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AAMC Reporter: December 2008

In the News

Graduates Report Higher Debt, Primary Care Interest
Results from the 2008 AAMC Graduate Questionnaire found new medical school graduates reporting high debt and concerns about the nation's health system.

Institutions Expand Conflict of Interest Policies
Medical schools and teaching hospitals nationwide are creating new financial conflict-of-interest (COI) policies in response to increasing calls for action from inside and outside the academic medical community.

Brain Gain: Helping Developing Countries Grow Their Own Medical Expertise
Medical schools across the United States are not only treating patients in developing countries, but training new crops of health care workers.

Physicians, Medical Students Struggle with Mental Illness and Suicide
The physician profession has the highest suicide rate of any occupation in the nation. Why do depressed doctors have difficult seeking the help they need?

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In Every Issue

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

A Word from the President
"Toward a More Perfect Union in Medicine"

Georges C. Benjamin, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E.P.

Viewpoint
"Linking Academics to Public Health Practice Creating the Wellness Workforce"
By Georges C. Benjamine, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E.P., Executive Director, American Public Health Association

The Back Page
"Small Concerts Strike a Big Chord"

The Print Issue

GME Innovations: Cultural Competency Becomes Curricular Cornerstone
Women Researchers Face Barriers
The House of God Revisited
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.