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AAMC Reporter: April 2009

In the News

Match Day Numbers Reflect Enrollment Growth
On this year's Match Day, March 19, a record number of U.S. medical school seniors learned where they would perform their residencies. The record numbers, experts said, reflect recent medical expansion efforts.

No Easy Path for Health IT
Medical leaders acknowledge serious challenges in quickly implementing meaningful health IT systems.

"Peeking Over the Horizon": New AAMC Leaders Look to the Future
A profile of new AAMC Chief Scientific Officer Ann C. Bonham, Ph.D., and new Chief Advocacy Officer Atul Grover, M.D., Ph.D.

Rapid Response Teams Yield Mixed Results
At a glance, the increasingly popular rapid response team concept would seem to have little downside. However, they are generating lots of debate.

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In Every Issue

AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D.

A Word from the President
"A New Leadership Concept in Action"

Viewpoint
"Preparing New Doctors for Health Care Reform"
By Elliot J. Sussman, M.D., M.B.A., AAMC chair, president and chief executive officer, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network

The Back Page
Nothing in Jeopardy About Resident's Game Show Appearance

The Print Issue

Overview: The Physician Workforce Shortage
Medical School Curricula Change With the Times
Author Q&A: Women and the Field of Medicine
Research InRoads
In Brief

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The AAMC Reporter (ISSN 1544-0540), the association's flagship news publication, covers major programs and initiatives at the AAMC and member institutions, as well as the broader issues that affect the academic medical community. Each month, the AAMC Reporter informs the academic medicine community with articles on conferences and meetings addressing critical issues; enlightens with timely features on topics as diverse as medical student community service, women's health education, and affirmative action; notifies constituents of upcoming AAMC events; and alerts readers to future shifts in the ever-changing medical education and health care environments through analytical articles written by experts in the field. Subscribe now.