General
Medical
Students with Disabilities: A Generation of Practice
This publication provides an overview of the status of the law today
regarding students with disabilities. Guidance provided in the document
is not a substitute for case-specific legal advice. This publication
provides a general sense of how to work through the challenging
application of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and
the ADA in the context of medical education.
Executive Summary of ADA Booklet
This 1993 handbook provides an overview of the ADA and the antecedent
Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
GSA Meeting
Types (PDF) This document, outlining the
purpose, audience, format, and content of various AAMC/GSA meetings,
was approved at the January 31, 2002, GSA Steering Committee Meeting.
Careers in Medicine
A career planning program designed to assist students in choosing
a specialty
Chemical Impairment Guidelines
These guidelines are intended to assist medical schools in the development
of policies and programs to insure appropriate care for any medical
students who are impaired due to chemical abuse.
Extramural Electives Compendium—Elective
Program Coordinator Login (AAMC Login required)
Extramural Electives
Compendium—Public Search Page
The Extramural Electives Compendium (EEC) contains essential information
for medical students about elective opportunities at Liaison Committee
on Medical Education (LCME)-accredited medical schools in the United
States and Canada.
Preparing for H1N1
To help our member medical schools better prepare for the current
influenza season, a memo was sent to the student affairs deans and
the Group on Student Affairs which consolidates the latest information
and guidance on the H1N1 virus from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). Because individuals younger than 25 (the age
of many medical students) are more susceptible to the virus and
students are exposed to classroom and clinical environments, the
AAMC identified the information that was most relevant for medical
schools. The memo also includes questions medical school leaders
can ask to help them assess their current policies and resources.
As this year's flu season progresses, the association will continue
to monitor CDC information, share important updates with medical
schools, and evaluate our member services and programs in light
of different scenarios.
Infectious
Disease Handbook for Medical School Student Affairs Officers
(Second Edition)
This handbook is intended as a resource for those who are concerned
about the transmission of infectious diseases in the health care
setting. It contains information about common hospital-acquired
agents, methods of transmission, risks of infectivity, and control/prevention
procedures.
Institutional
Programs and Educational Activities to Address the Needs of GLBT
Students and Patients (PDF)
These recommendations address medical school responses to the needs
of and educational programming for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
(GLBT) medical students and attitudes toward GLBT students and patients.
Appropriate
Treatment in Medicine (ATM): A Compendium on Medical Student Mistreatment
This compendium provides information to support and enrich program
and policy development at each medical school regarding methods
of preventing student mistreatment and responding promptly to complaints.
The AAMC Roadmap
to Residency: From Application to the Match and Beyond provides
comprehensive information about the process of making application
to graduate medical education programs in the United States. It
includes a description of candidacy requirements, factors involved
in specialty choice, possible criteria for residency selection,
and information about matching processes, program visits, and potential
application outcomes, as well as about the transition from medical
school to residency. The document also includes a bibliography of
valuable print resources and a "Webliography" of useful
Web resources. It was created to provide information for all applicants
to U.S. residency programs, whether they are enrolled in, or graduates
of, medical schools located in the United States or in other countries.
AAMC Recommended Reading: Group
on Student Affairs
Annual Meeting 2008 - Information and Handouts 2008
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Admissions
AAMC
Recommendations for Medical School Admission Officers
The recommended procedures to be followed by medical school admission
officers in the application and admission processes at AAMC-member
medical schools.
AAMC Recommendations
for Medical School Applicants
The recommended procedures to be followed by medical school applicants
in the application and admission processes at AAMC-member medical
schools.
MR5: 5th Comprehensive Review
of the MCAT Exam
The AAMC has begun a comprehensive review of the Medical College
Admission Test (MCAT). In standardized testing, periodic reviews
of examinations are considered a best practice. This new review
will be the fifth time the MCAT exam has been evaluated since it
was first administered in 1928.
Postbaccalaureate
Premedical Programs (AAMC Login Required)
Postbaccalaureate Premedical
Programs—Searchable Database
A number of schools now offer postbaccalaureate premedical programs
designed to assist individuals in preparing for medical school.
This database can be searched by state, school/institution name,
undergraduate or graduate program, degree type and special program
focus.
Transfer Policies for Applicants
(AAMC Login Required)
Transfer Policies
for Applicants—Public
Search Page
This application has been designed to allow administrators access
to add new transfer policy records or update their existing records.
The public search page gives students access to an online database
of medical school transfer policy records.
Handbook
for Student Admissions Officers
The Handbook for Admissions Officers compiles key information, examples
of best office practices, and general wisdom based on decades of
experience. The members of the 2002-2003 GSA National Committee
on Admissions, along with other experienced admissions office personnel,
created this document as a resource guide for both the new and the
experienced admissions officer.
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Diversity Affairs
CODA Guidelines
for the Structure and Functions of Diversity Affairs Offices at
U.S. Medical Schools
Helpful information to help diversity affairs offices develop plans
or to review the functions of an existing office
Minorities in Medicine
Resources for minorities considering a career in medicine
Summer Medical
and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)
Summer educational enhancement program designed to help promising
students interested in promoting diversity within medicine gain
admission to medical school.
Minority
Faculty Career Development Seminar
The Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar program is designed
for junior faculty (senior fellows, instructors, and assistant professors)
who are members of underrepresented minority groups and who aspire
to positions of leadership in academic medicine.
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Financial Aid
2010
Professional Development Conference (PDC) Session Presentations
FIRST for Medical
Education
FIRST offers a full range of financial information resources, services,
and tools for applicants, medical school students, residents, advisors,
and financial aid officers. Our goal is to help medical school borrowers
expand their financial literacy, make smart decisions about student
loans, and manage their student debt wisely.
GradPLUS Consolidation:
More Questions than Answers—AGAIN (PDF)
Handbook for Financial
Aid Officers (PDF)
A resource for both new and experienced financial aid administrators
LCME 1b Data Reports
(AAMC Login Required)
Satisfactory Academic Progress
(PDF)
Essentials for compliance at medical schools
State Loan and Other
Loan Repayment/Forgiveness and Scholarship Programs
A compilation of U.S. programs that offer financial assistance,
in the form of loan repayments, for a commitment to service
Statement
of Effective Interactions in Financial Aid (PDF)
This document contains recommendations for consideration
by the medical school financial aid community as medical schools
establish institutional guidelines for interactions between schools
and their commercial partners in financial aid.
USMLE Step 2 Clinical
Skills Exam FAQs
The following compilation of FAQs should address some of the concerns
financial aid officers have about this requirement. Test
Sites and Hotel Discounts for USMLE Step 2 CS Exams.
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Student Affairs
A Guide to the Preparation
of the Medical Student Performance Evaluation
This guide introduces the Medical Student Performance Evaluation,
which replaces the former "Dean's Letter." Initiated in
2002, the MSPE is the means by which medical schools provide an
assessment of students' academic performance and professional attributes
in medical school to graduate medical education program directors
as a component of the residency application process. A Professionalism
Assessment Form (PDF) was developed by the MSPE
Advisory Committee and is made available for adoption or adaptation
by medical schools desiring to assess and report on the professionalism
attributes of their students.
Student
Health Services Guidelines (1992, "Immunizations"
Revised 2006) (PDF)
A listing of health service guidelines, approved in 1992 and revised
in 2006, for general topics, insurance, mental health, chemical
dependency, immunization, and occupational exposure.
Student Mistreatment Guidelines
A discussion about the medical learning environments expectation
to facilitate students' acquisition of the professional and collegial
attitudes necessary for effective, caring, and compassionate health
care.
Summer Make-Up Courses
Compendium
This searchable database is available for search during the spring
semester of each academic year.
"Scramble" Document (PDF, 3 Pages)
Effective Practices for the "Scramble"
Guidelines for the
Consideration of Applications for Transfer or Advanced Standing
These guidelines, by the Group on Student Affairs Steering Committee,
were established to assist medical schools in the handling of applications.
Transfer Policies
for Applicants - Public Search Page
Search through our online database of medical school transfer policy
records.
GSA Crisis Response
and Intervention Education Resource (GSA-CRIER)
View the GSA-CRIER, the resource document on crisis management being
developed for the GSA community by the GSA Committee on Student
Affairs (COSA).
Handbook
for Student Affairs Officers
This Handbook for Student Affairs Officers is a compilation of information
regarding the roles, responsibilities, and critical functions of
the Student Affairs officer, best practices of Student Affairs offices,
and resources available for Student Affairs personnel. The GSA National
Committee on Student Affairs created this document as a resource
guide for both the new and experienced Student Affairs officer,
as well as for members of their professional and administrative
staffs.
Informational Guide to Effective
Practices for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Students
and Patients
Student Affairs Handouts
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Student Records
Guidelines
for Maintaining Active and Permanent Individual Student Records
(PDF)
These guidelines (approved by the AAMC Executive Council in February
2005) were developed by the GSA National Committee on Student Records
to assist medical school student records officers in developing
and implementing medical school policies relating to the maintenance
of academic records for currently enrolled students, former students,
and graduates.
Guidelines
for Medical School Regarding Academic Transcripts (Revised 2006)
(PDF)
Revised guidelines for medical schools regarding academic transcripts
GME Track
This resident database and tracking system assists GME administrators
and program directors in the collection and management of GME data.
Student Records System
(SRS) (AAMC Login required)
This centralized, online enrollment information enables all medical
school student records administrators to track all individual students
during their progress from matriculation through graduation. The
SRS also supports the LCME in reporting enrollment measures. A more
extensive introduction to the
SRS is available.
Student
Records Administrators Handbook
This handbook, first prepared by the Group on Student Affairs (GSA)
ad hoc Committee on Medical Licensure (1996-97) and revised by the
GSA National Committee on Student Records (in 1998 and 2001), is
intended as a resource guide for medical school registrars, as well
as a source of general information for every student affairs professional.
This handbook is available as a PDF and in print from the Section
for Student Services. Contact Danielle Gregory at dgregory@aamc.org
to request a hard copy.
Good
Standing Best Practices (2010) (PDF)
The GSA National Committee on Student Records has developed this
document to provide medical school student records officers with
a list of good standing best practices to be incorporated in their
institution's policies.
Visiting Student Guidelines:
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