The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Curriculum SCOPE Survey, first administered in 2023, is a questionnaire administered by the AAMC. It collects medical education program data regarding curriculum structure, content, organization, process, and evaluation.
Data from the Curriculum SCOPE Survey supports the AAMC and AACOM missions and advocacy work, informs medical school strategic plans and evidence-based curriculum decisions, and facilitates scholarship and dissemination.
Survey opens: September 9, 2025
Survey closes: December 5, 2025
The Curriculum SCOPE Survey has been reviewed by the American Institutes for Research Institutional Review Board.
Stay Connected
Contact curriculum@aamc.org to ensure your school contacts are up to date to receive the survey invitation and latest news.
Curriculum Virtual Community
Keep up with discussions, samples, and events related to the Curriculum SCOPE Survey, including informational session recordings regarding data and reports as well as preparing to complete the survey, templates, a glossary, and more.
Resources
Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
Most common questions and answers regarding the Curriculum SCOPE Survey are available here. If your question is not listed in the FAQs, please contact curriculum@aamc.org.
Curriculum Committee
The Curriculum Committee includes a sub-group that provides feedback and advises as to survey content and data use of the Curriculum SCOPE Survey.
Suggestion Box
Questions on the Curriculum SCOPE Survey change over time to meet ever-evolving needs of medical educators. Proposed topics and questions are considered in light of priorities and with advisement from the Curriculum Committee. If you have suggested topics or questions for a future iteration of the Curriculum SCOPE Survey, we welcome your feedback.
Reports
The reporting strategy aims to support medical schools’ evidence-based evaluation and curriculum change, as well as support AAMC and AACOM mission and advocacy efforts on behalf of medical education programs. To meet that aim, participating medical schools are provided with:
- Custom visual benchmarking
- Aggregate statistics
- Analyzable de-identified data
The reporting strategy is grounded in an iterative development and feedback process so data can be shared more swiftly, and future report editions consider user feedback.
Participating medical schools’ reports are delivered annually in June. More information about reports’ access, format, and content is available in this informational session recording and the SCOPE FAQs.