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June, 2003 Reporter
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Limits on Duty
Hours Main Topic at GRA Meeting
Post 9/11 Fallout:
International Students, Patients Still Facing Scrutiny
Organ Transplantation:
Modern Triumphs and Tribulations
Innovations
in Medical Education: Spinning a Web in Simulation
Current &
Choice: Filling the Pipeline
A Word From the
President: Bridging the Quality Chasm
Viewpoint:
What We Are Learning From SARS
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AAMC Reporter June 2003
Limits on Duty Hours Main Topic at GRA Meeting
With the Accreditation for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
resident duty hour requirements set to take effect July 1,
the issue was the primary topic of discussion at the spring
conference of the AAMC's Group on Resident Affairs (GRA).
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Filling the Pipeline
More disadvantaged and minority students are now in the medical
education "pipeline", thanks in part to the Health
Professions Partnership Initiative (HPPI) program. More >>
Post 9/11 Fallout: International Students, Patients Still
Facing Scrutiny
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, tightened anti-terrorism
background checks have substantially delayed, and in some
cases barred, foreigners' entrance into this country. More >>
 "A
Day in the Life of a Medical Student"
Runners-Up
Photograph: One of the runners-up to the AAMC Reporter
2002-2003 Photography Contest.
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Organ Transplantation: Modern Triumphs and Tribulations
In 1954, Ronald Herrick made history when he became the first
person to give the gift of life by donating one of his kidneys
to his twin brother, Richard, who had chronic kidney failure.
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Innovations in Medical Education: Spinning
a Web in Simulation
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A Word from the President:
Bridging the Quality Chasm
Viewpoint:
What We Are Learning From SARS
Announcement
AAMC Photo Contest
2003: "Portraits of Medical Education"
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