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AAMC Reporter: January 2006

In the News

Academic Medicine Prepares for Potential Pandemic
As the United States prepares for a potential avian flu pandemic, our medical schools and teaching hospitals are educating students and public officials, performing research, and helping to shape public policy.

As Cancer Patients Live Longer, Providers Shift Focus
Once primarily an acute-care speciality, cancer treatment is shifting its focus to chronic-care management. How can academic medicine meet the needs of cancer survivors?

MSPE: Will It Overcome Challenges?
The AAMC's Medical School Performance Evaluation (MSPE) is designed to provide an objective and standardized tool for evaluating medical residency applicants — yet the MSPE faces persistent challenges.




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In Every Issue

A Word from the President
"MedEdPORTAL: Virtually Yours"

Viewpoint
"The Leadership Imperative for Academic Medicine" by Thomas M. Priselac, M.P.H., President and Chief Executive Officer, Cedars-Sinai Health System

In the Print Issue

Academic Physicians Bring Skills and Knowledge to Poor Countries
Physicians who train health care workers in less affluent countries say they also learn from the experience.

Quest for Health: Promoting Health and Preventing Disease
How is academic medicine responding to the public's growing interest in prevention?

A Physician and Nature Capture Each Other
A University of Pennsylvania pulmonologist uses photography to relax and to connect with his patients.

     

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