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Well-being in Academic Medicine
Well-being in academic medicine has emerged as a critical issue facing faculty, physicians, researchers, residents, and students. These resources help explain and address the challenges.
Engagement Solutions Customized Consultative Services
Engagement Solutions, the consulting service of the AAMC, brings together two of the AAMC’s greatest resources: unmatched national, historic and comprehensive data sources with the foremost subject matter experts in academic medicine.
Optimizing Graduate Medical Education
Graduate medical education in the United States is at a critical juncture, and the AAMC and its member institutions are rising to the challenge. Find out more about the comprehensive, five-year plan to optimize GME in the United States.
Helping Our Nation's Veterans
Medical schools and teaching hospitals' dedication to our men and women in uniform dates back to the end of World War II, and this unwavering commitment drives our institutions today.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has become a vital part of physician training, with more than 40,000 residents and more than 20,000 medical students receiving some or all of their clinical training at a VA facility during 2013.
Advancing Holistic Review Initiative
The Advancing Holistic Review Initiative (AHRI) offers tools and resources that medical schools can use in order to create and sustain medical student diversity.
Research on Care Community
The home for academic medicine leaders and their teams committed to using clinical effectiveness research and implementation science.
Urban Universities for HEALTH
Urban Universities for HEALTH aims to enhance and expand a culturally sensitive, diverse, and prepared health workforce that improves health and reduces health disparities in urban communities.