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AAMC Reporter: October 2007

In the News

Despite Hurdles, New Medical Schools on the Rise
The nation's medical school community is undergoing a growth spurt.

Informed Consent Documents Group: Keep It Simple
A group of experts in human subject protections has developed recommendations for overhauling the way in which informed consent documents are created for clinical research trials.

Stocking a fruit stand at Greenmarket, which Mount Sinai School of Medicine helped establish in Harlem

Going Green
Health care institutions help the planet, their patients, and the bottom line.

Holocaust-era Medicine Holds Lessons for Students Today
A new initiative led by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is designed to educate students on the medical atrocities of the Nazi era, and the ethical issues that created them, in the hopes that they are never repeated.

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In Every Issue

A Word from the President
"Strategic Thinking and Positioning: Charting Our Course for the Future"

Viewpoint
"International Scholars Span the Globe to Learn by Doing"
By Sten H. Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., director, Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; and David Korn, M.D., senior vice president, AAMC Division of Biomedical and Health Science Research

The Back Page
"It's No Trick: Physician's Chocolate Shop is a Treat"

The Print Issue

New Editor-in-Chief for Academic Medicine
Models in Quality: Outcomes Drive Improvements in Community Health
A Holistic Approach to Medical School Admissions
Careers in Medicine Program Heads Over the Pond

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