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June 2002 Reporter

AAMC Strives for Improved AMCAS

Residents' Lawsuit Takes Aim at the NRMP

Confronting "Unequal Treatment"

Doctor Musicians

Viewpoint

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Scott Harris
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Staff Writer
Elissa Fuchs
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AAMC Reporter: June 2002

Confronting "Unequal Treatment":
The Institute of Medicine Weighs in on Health Care Disparities
A new Institute of Medicine report finds "overwhelming evidence" of racial disparities in health care. More >>

Residents' Lawsuit Takes Aim at the NRMP
Every year since 1952, the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), managed by the AAMC, has conducted an annual spring rite of passage essential to the training of newly minted M.D.'s: successfully matching medical school graduates and physicians with the residency programs they choose to complete their training. But in its 50th year, this mainstay of the U.S. medical system faces a new challenge. More >>

AAMC Strives for Improved AMCAS
Following months of work by the AAMC's AMCAS team and a constituent advisory board, medical school applicants to the 2003 entering class may now begin filing their AMCAS applications via the Web. More >>.

Doctor-Musicians: Juggling a Commitment to Medicine and a Passion for Music
Some physicians are juggling their commitment to medicine with a passion for music. More >>

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In This Issue:

A Word from the President:
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

Viewpoint:

The Pulse of Public Sentiment; by Mary Woolley, President, Research America

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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.

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