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Press Kit: Teaching Hospitals

A "teaching hospital" refers to both individual hospitals and health systems and networks that deliver medical care to patients and are committed to educational activities in the health professions. Teaching hospitals provide clinical education and training to medical students, residents, and postgraduate fellows and are distinguished, in large part, by their clinical research programs, where drugs, medical devices and treatment methods are developed and tested. There are more than 1,000 teaching hospitals in the United States, 400 of which belong to the AAMC's Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems (COTH).


About Teaching Hospitals and Graduate Medical Education

What Roles Do Teaching Hospitals Fulfill?
(PDF, 2 pages, 2009)

What is Graduate Medical Education (GME)?
(PDF, 1 page, January 2009)

Key Facts About Teaching Hospitals
Teaching hospitals' missions of education, research and patient care are complemented by a commitment to care for the communities they serve.
(PDF, 7 pages, 2009)

How Graduate Medical Education is Funded:
Medicare Indirect Medical Education (IME) Payments
(PDF, 2 pages, February 2009)
Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) Payments
(PDF, 2 pages, February 2009)

AAMC-Member Teaching Hospitals

How Graduate Medical Education is Changing

"GME Innovations"

Simulators Come to Life in Resident Training
(AAMC Reporter, Jan. 2008, PDF)

Future Physicians Enlist in Resident Boot Camps
(AAMC Reporter, Feb. 2008, PDF)

Residency Training Focuses on Improving Chronic Care
(AAMC Reporter, March 2008, PDF)

Programs Give Residents Ample Outpatient Opportunities
(AAMC Reporter, April 2008, PDF)

A Community Approach to Resident Training and Patient Care

(AAMC Reporter, May 2008, PDF)

Confidence in Continuity of Care
(AAMC Repoter, June 2008, PDF)

Residencies Revolve Around Rural Care
(AAMC Reporter, July 2008, PDF)

A Conscious Focus
(AAMC Reporter, Aug. 2008, PDF)

In Redesigned Programs, Residents Prioritize Patients' Needs
(AAMC Reporter, Sept. 2008, PDF)

Residency Programs Continue to Respond to Duty Hour Limits
(AAMC Reporter, Oct. 2008, PDF)

Humanities 101: Poetry and Paintings Enter the Residency Curriculum
(AAMC Reporter, Nov. 2008, PDF)


Cultural Competency Becomes Curricular Cornerstone
(AAMC Reporter, Dec. 2008, PDF)


 

 

The Role of Teaching Hospitals as a Critical Health Care Safety Net

How Do Teaching Hospitals Serve America’s Communities?
(PDF, 2 pages, 2009)

Data: Teaching Hospitals and Charity Care
(PDF, 14 pages, 2009)

Hospital Transfers of Medicare Patients
Teaching hospitals care for the highest proportion of transfer patients, who come from other hospitals to receive the more specialized, complex care they cannot get anywhere else.
(PDF, 2 pages, February 2009)

Teaching Hospitals and Their Communities

Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service
An award recognizing exceptional teaching hospitals and medical schools that go the extra mile to meet their communities' needs.
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
(2008 recipient)
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
(2007 recipient)

Related Resources

Grover: U.S. Teaching Hospitals Need Federal Support
(Roll Call, Op-Ed by Atul Grover - June 8, 2009)

Toward a Virtuous Cycle: The Changing Face of Academic Health Centers
(Academic Medicine, September 2008, PDF)

The U.S. Health Care System Is in Crisis: Implications for Academic Medical Centers and Their Missions
(Academic Medicine, August 2006, PDF)

The Future of Academic Health Centers
(Academic Medicine, April 2006, PDF)

 


Medical Firsts at AAMC Teaching Hospitals
(PDF, 2 pages, February 2009)

 

The Economic Impact of AAMC-Member Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals
The Economic Impact of AAMC-Member Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals
(PDF, 32 pages, September 2009)

 

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