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January
2002 Reporter
"First
Contact, First Response" The AAMC Responds to the Threat of Terrorism
Paying
the Price to Become a Doctor: The Impact of Medical School Debt
AAMC
Releases Guidelines: Financial Conflicts of Interest in Human Subjects Research
Viewpoint:
CDC and "First Contact, First Response"
A Word
from the President
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AAMC Reporter: January 2002
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In an unprecedented initiative to prepare health care professionals
to respond to the new reality of bioterrorism and the significant
public health threat it poses, the AAMC has spearheaded a
new initiative called "First Contact, First Response."
AAMC Releases Guidelines
Financial Conflicts of Interest in Human Subjects Research
In the wake of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, the past two decades
have seen unprecedented growth in the number of relationships
between academic medicine and the private sector, reflecting
energetic efforts to bring medical innovations to the marketplace.
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A recently graduated medical school student's debt is almost
$100,000, up 4% over last year. Is the cost of becoming a
physician forcing students to choose different career paths
in medicine?
In Every Issue:
Viewpoint: CDC and "First
Contact, First Response"
A Word from the President: Defining
Who We Are
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About the Reporter:
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