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AAMC Reporter: August 2007

In the News

States, Courts Affect Race-Conscious Education Policies
Some voters may be determining the fate of their state's affirmative action programs in the 2008 elections.

Academic Community Responds to Student Loan Scrutiny
Medical schools, the AAMC and other organizations, and various lawmakers are re-examining ethical guidelines governing the practice of financial aid in higher education.

Through the Looking Glass: Montefiore Integrates Care in the Bronx
The latest in the Reporter's "Models in Quality" series examines Montefiore Medical Center, a trailblazer in the patient care quality movement.

New Report Urges More Public Health Training
A report conducted by the Institute of Medicine and co-sponsored by the AAMC recommends increases in the number of public health physicians and public and preventive health training for all doctors.

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In Every Issue

A Word from the President
"Resilience and the Long Road to Recovery"

Viewpoint
"Two Years After Katrina, Mental Health Issues Abound"
By Howard J. Osofsky, M.D., Ph.D., chair, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) Department of Psychiatry; and Joy D. Osofsky, Ph.D., LSUHSC professor of pediatrics and psychiatry

K. Patrick Ober next to statue of Mark Twain

The Back Page
"On the River of Knowledge"
Mark Twain scholar K. Patrick Ober, M.D., F.A.C.S., got hooked on Huck Finn while growing up in Iowa.

The Print Issue

Faces in the Crowd: Students Beat Tremendous Odds to Earn Medical Degrees
Philadelphia Holds on to Famed Medical School Portrait
AAMC Holds Capitol Hill Briefing

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