AAMC Reporter: March 2007

In the News Federal Budget Process Could Yield Mixed Results Several programs important to academic medicine and the nation's health care are currently up for debate as part of the fiscal year 2008 budget process. Medical Schools Moving to Increase Enrollment A new study from the AAMC Center for Workforce Studies forecasts a 17 percent increase in medical school enrollment by 2012. Conflicts of Interest Targeted in Research, Medical Education Several recently completed or ongoing local and national efforts are designed to better ensure the integrity of medical education and biomedical research. Basketball Docs Lead March to Performance Team physicians work on and off the court to help guide the chase to victory. Subscribe to the AAMC Reporter

In Every Issue A Word from the President "GME: Trained on the Future" Viewpoint "Collaborating for the Future" Richard D. Krugman, M.D., AAMC Chair and Dean of the University of Colorado School of Medicine The Back Page Jeffrey Rothenberg, M.D., likens the process of learning how to blow glass to that of becoming a physician. The Print Issue Models in Quality: Vanderbilt Rockets to Vanguard Medical Schools Advocate for Threatened Title VII Programs Shining Light in Dark Places: "Hope in Hell: Inside Doctors Without Borders" Read this and previous print editions at the Reporter Archive.

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