What's New
AAMC Applauds Senate Democrats
for Including NIH Funds in Stimulus Bill
The AAMC thanks Senate Democrats for including $1 billion for
the National Institutes of Health in the new economic stimulus bill.
(November 20, 2008)
AAMC Urges Congress to Stimulate
the Economy Through Increased Support for NIH and Medical Education
The AAMC calls on Congress to increase funding for medical schools
and teaching hospitals so they can provide an economic stimulus
to their communities. (November 11, 2008)
AAMC Launches AspiringDocs.org
Video Contest
The AAMC has launched an online video contest to give college students
a chance to turn their dream of becoming a doctor into $1,000 toward
medical school application costs. (November 10, 2008)
Dr. Elliot Sussman, of Lehigh
Valley Hospital, Becomes AAMC Chair
In conjunction with the AAMC's 119th annual meeting, Dr. Sussman
succeeds Dr. Robert J. Desnick as chair and dean of the University
of Minnesota Medical School, Dr. Deborah Powell, is named chair-elect.
(November 3, 2008)
AAMC President Poses "Tough Questions"
at Annual Meeting
Dr. Darrell G. Kirch challenged the leaders of the nation's medical
schools and teaching hospitals to bring change to academic medicine
by confronting five "tough questions" related to medical education,
research, and patient care. (November 2, 2008)
AAMC News Releases
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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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