First Lady Michelle Obama announced Jan. 11, that the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, with 105 and 25 schools, respectively, have committed to leveraging their missions in education, research and clinical care, “to meet the unique health-care needs” of the military and veterans communities.
That commitment includes a pledge from the nation’s medical colleges to better train civilian health care providers in caring for war veterans and their families and to push for more research in the wounds of war, Obama said.
The announcement, which was made at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., marked the latest endeavor of her “Joining Forces” campaign with Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, to rally nationwide support for military families.
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