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AAMC Reporter
CDC Receives Mixed Reviews on Structural Changes
Although the announced reorganization at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) was intended to streamline the agency's
daily operations and promote new goals, several healthcare observers
expressed doubt that the changes will be wholly beneficial. More >>
Call for Clinical Trials Registry Gaining Momentum
For years, most clinical investigators working with experimental
drugs have had some discretion about publishing their research findings
regardless of the outcome. More >>
Medical Students Find Niche in Prison Healthcare
Life behind bars has no privileges. Once convicted and sentenced, prisoners lose their right to privacy, their right to vote and their right to any possessions while incarcerated. Perhaps the only tolerable aspect of prison life is an inmate's constitutional right to healthcare. More >>
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Mid-Career Professionals Find Pathway to Enter Medicine
Over the past 20 years, selecting medicine as a second career or
applying to medical school after earning a liberal arts degree has
become more common. More >>
A Word from
the President:
Instituting Improvement in Medical Education
Viewpoint:
Shortening the Timeline for New Cancer Therapy
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Also in the August Issue:
Curriculum Redux
Opinions differ about what students should learn before medical school,
but most medical school faculty believe the premedical science curriculum
needs a facelift.
Helpful Guidelines
Licensing and patenting efforts by universities and corporations hampered the free flow of research and led to a bidding war for access to new developments. The National Institutes of Health drafted guidelines to reopen the door to shared discoveries, and the process is working.
Pipeline to Success
The Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education in New York helps promising
students from disadvantaged backgrounds get on track to medical school.
The high school enrichment program has prepared thousands of low-income
and minority students for careers in medicine, engineering and other science
fields.
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