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New AAMC Study Examines Members'
Economic Impact
New Facilities, New Partnerships: Medical
Education Expands
Transformations in Research:
Community Collaboration Key in CDC Extramural Research Projects
A Word from the President:
Tackling the Physician Supply Question
Viewpoint: Asking the
Teachers to Lead
Portraits of Medical Education
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AAMC Reporter February 2004
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New AAMC Study Examines Members' Economic
Impact
A recent AAMC report on the economic impact of medical
schools and teaching hospitals indicates that many of these
institutions function as engines of significant growth in
their communities, affecting not only their immediate regions
but also the economy of the entire nation. More >>
New Facilities, New Partnerships: Medical
Education Expands
For the past 30 years, medical students at Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) have received their
medical education in two locations. The Lubbock site offered
the first two years of classroom instruction, followed by
two years of clinical education at a number of locations,
including El Paso, the site of a future medical school. More >>
Transformations in Research: Community
Collaboration Key in CDC Extramural Research Projects
Research funding at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) has undergone a facelift in the past
year - intramural (internal) research projects are not the
only ones securing grant monies anymore. More >>
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'Portraits of Medical Education'
This is a final
runner-up in the 2003 AAMC Reporter photography
contest.
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A Word
from the President:
Tackling the Physician Supply Question
Viwepoint:
Asking the Teachers to Lead
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