What's New
AAMC Applauds Congress for
Extending Medicaid Moratorium
Congress has passed legislation to prohibit any regulatory action
on Medicaid funding for graduate medical education until April 1,
2009. (June 27, 2008)
AAMC Thanks Senate Committee
for NIH Funding Increase
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a $1.025 billion
increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (June 27,
2008)
AAMC Names New Chief Academic
Officer
Dr. John E. Prescott, former dean of the West Virginia University
School of Medicine, will lead the AAMC's efforts to improve the
education and training of new physicians. (June 27, 2008)
AAMC Calls for Strict Limits
on Industry Support of Medical Education
The Executive Council has approved a new AAMC report that will help
guide medical schools in adopting policies to limit industry influence
on medical education. (June 19, 2008)
AAMC President Says
Many Factors To Be Considered in Assessing Physician Workforce
In a new commentary in JAMA, AAMC President and CEO Darrell
Kirch, M.D., says addressing physician workforce supply is a complex
issue. (June 10, 2008)
AAMC Applauds Bill
to Disclose Industry Payments to Doctors
The AAMC has endorsed the Senate-proposed, amended version
of the "Physician Payments Sunshine Act." (May
20, 2008)
Medical School Enrollment
Projected to Rise
An annual survey on medical school expansion indicates that
first-year enrollment in U.S. medical schools is estimated
to grow 21 percent (3,400 students per year) by 2012. (May
1, 2008)
AAMC Adopts Position
on "Medical Home" System of Care
The AAMC has adopted a formal position on the "medical home"
model of health care delivery, which provides patients with
a coordinated, comprehensive approach to primary care. (March
25, 2008)
AAMC News
Releases >>
Frequently Requested Resources
2008 Match
More than 15,000 U.S. medical school seniors applied for residency
positions through the NRMP this year, and 94 percent of them
matched to a program of their choice—the most successful
Match in 30 years.
Analysis in Brief: Challenges and Strategies of Medical School Expansion (PDF, 2 pages)
Medical school administrators face many obstacles throughout their expansion efforts—including a lack of faculty resources, financial resources, and classroom and training space—but careful planning can help overcome these challenges. (Feb. 2008)
Culture and the Courage to Change
In his President's Address at the association's 2007 annual meeting, Dr. Darrell
G. Kirch urged medical school and teaching hospital leadership
to change the culture of academic medicine by emphasizing
"collaboration, shared accountability, and team performance."
(Nov. 4, 2007)
AAMC President
and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., Biography and Photos
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Data Resources
FACTS
Tables of comprehensive, objective data on medical school
applicants, matriculants, enrollment, and graduates
Number of U.S. Medical Schools
Teaching Selected Topics, 2004-2005
AAMC-Member
Medical Schools Listing
AAMC-Member
Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems Listing
Diversity
in the Physician Workforce: Facts and Figures 2006
More Data Resources >>
Publications and Reports
Medical
School Expansion: Challenges and Strategies
Describes challenges that medical schools face as they expand
medical student class size and the strategies they employ
to overcome those challenges. (Jan. 2008)
2007 State Physician Workforce Data Book
This report examines the active physician supply in each state, medical school enrollment, and physicians in graduate medical education
programs. Includes tables. (PDF, 39 pages - Nov. 2007)
Medical
School Tuition and Young Physician Indebtedness (An Update
to the 2004 Report) (Oct. 2007)
More Publications >>
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Recurring Publications
AAMC Reporter
Academic Medicine
Analysis in Brief
AAMC STAT—Short,
Topical and Timely
Washington Highlights
Top Issues
Diversity in Medicine
Financial Conflicts of Interest
in Clinical Research (press kit)
Geriatrics in Medical
Education (press kit)
Health Care Quality
Medical Student Debt
NIH Funding (press kit)
Physician Workforce (press kit)
Protecting America's Uninsured
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