What's New
AAMC Names New Chief Health Care Officer
Dr. Joanne Conroy, executive vice president of Atlantic Health System
and chief operating officer of Morristown Memorial Hospital, will
be the association's new chief health care officer. (September
2, 2008)
New Hospital Quality Information
Added to Hospital Compare Web Site
The AAMC and other members of the Hospital Quality Alliance have
added new data on hospital mortality rates for pneumonia patients
and pediatric asthma care to Hospital Compare. (August
20, 2008)
Congress Commended for Medicare
Veto Override
The AAMC has commended Congress for voting to override President
Bush's veto of legislation that averts major reductions in Medicare
physician payments. (July 17, 2008)
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 News
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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)
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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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