In conclusion, this white paper, which those listed as being in attendance approved, proposes that all ABMS member boards whose diplomates participate in the care of older adults select the floor competencies enumerated by the AAMC that apply to their specialty and add or subtract those completed during their trainees’ initial (intern) year and then define those needed in subsequent years of residency and ultimate practice. This would fulfill the requirements of Recommendation 4.2 above
AAFP News Now article reports that U.S. medical schools are on track to meet the 30 percent increase in first-year medical school enrollments called for in 2006 by the Association of American Medical Colleges, and many of those positions likely will be filled by students interested in primary care. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center) MedWorm Sponsor Message: Find out how you can get your message posted here and on over 100,000 other medical web pages in just a couple of days, plus support MedWorm at the same time
Conclusions: Our goal in this article is to itemize criteria for systematic faculty evaluation that can be applied in any institutional setting to assist promotion decision makers in their task of evaluating medical school faculty. PMID: 21745065 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Teaching and Learning in Medicine)
Conclusion: A perception of having been mistreated in medical school is related to students’ career choices, a finding that may be useful to medical school administrators/faculty and students as mistreatment is addressed in program planning, counseling, and faculty recruitment.
Leaders from the nation’s medical school and teaching hospital communities joined the AAMC on Capitol Hill Tuesday to unveil Best Practices for Better Care (BPBC), a multiyear campaign designed to improve the quality and safety of health care. “Over the last century, the nation’s medical schools and teaching hospitals have pioneered techniques and treatments that have set the standard of care for the nation and the world,” said AAMC Chief Health Care Officer Joanne M.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The AMA, AARP, and AAMC have offered a variety of suggestions for changes in the federal government’s accountable care organization (ACO) regulations in comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
How do IMGs pursue residency in the United States? Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (Source: Medscape Today Headlines) MedWorm Sponsor Message: Find out how you can get your message posted here and on over 100,000 other medical web pages in just a couple of days, plus support MedWorm at the same time.
Presents an update of Figures and Tables 1 and 2 of the 2009 State Physician Workforce Data Book. A fully updated 2011 book will be released in late fall 2011. — Association of American Medical Colleges (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center) MedWorm Sponsor Message: Find out how you can get your message posted here and on over 100,000 other medical web pages in just a couple of days, plus support MedWorm at the same time
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