Preserving Research Integrity: AAMC Releases Report On Conflict
of Interest Guidelines
After two years of groundwork, the AAMC has issued a new
report that seeks to establish a framework for assessing and
addressing financial conflicts of interest in human subjects
research at the institutional level. More
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Malpractice Update: States Say Federal Help Needed To Deal
With Spiraling Costs
As teaching hospitals around the country continue to face
steep malpractice insurance increases, patient care in some
institutions is in danger of being compromised, and lawmakers
and healthcare leaders are struggling to find a solution.
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Caring for Community:
Medical Students Venture Into Utahs Rural and Frontier
Areas
Leadership
Q & A:
Research Should Be Safe - and Effective
Computer-Based
MCAT Gets a Test in London
"A Day in the Life of a Medical Student"

Runners Up Photograph:
AAMC Reporter 2002-2003 Photography Contest

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Image Guided Surgery: Making "X-Ray Vision" A New Reality

Ask any surgeon what capability would make his or her job
easier, and more than a few would likely answer, X-ray
vision. This capacity, previously available only to
fictional characters like Superman, is now becoming a reality
for a growing number of surgeons using the tools of modern
image-guided surgery. More
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Medical Schools Branch Out: Regional Medical Campuses on
the Rise
Regional medical campuses often play crucial roles in their
communities, in addition to offering expanded clinical training
opportunities for students and faculty. UT-San Antonio is
one of many medical schools in the country that have opted
to create regional campuses to complement their academic programs.
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A Word
from the President: Transforming CME
Viewpoint:
An Accellerating Trend: More Humanism in Medicine

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