AMICOR Medicina: AMA, AAMC Say Reform Needed Across Continuum of US Medical Education, July 27, 2005, Voelker 294 (4): 416

AMICOR Medicina

This Blog, is one of a set of AMICOR instruments of communication, where I use to refer relevant material I select for myself, making it also available for my colleagues and friends. The main blog address is http://amicor.blogspot.com This one is specific for medical education. To see more information on compliance with the Health On The Net Foundation's initiative (HONCode) visit http://achutti.blogspot.com

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Name: Aloyzio Achutti

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Coordinator of the list AMICOR. Friends and colleagues, mostly from Brazil. The AMICOR list is where I use to post relevant scientific material I find surfing in the INTERNET. Also references sent by other member of the list.

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

AMA, AAMC Say Reform Needed Across Continuum of US Medical Education, July 27, 2005, Voelker 294 (4): 416

JAMA -- AMA, AAMC Say Reform Needed Across Continuum of US Medical Education, July 27, 2005, Voelker 294 (4): 416: "With a few pen strokes, the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reaffirmed their close ties while signifying an urgent need for reform in US medical education.

In mid-June, as the AMA’s House of Delegates opened its 2005 Annual Meeting, the heads of both associations signed a statement of cooperation intended to improve health care by making changes throughout the educational continuum, from undergraduate medical education to continuing medical education (CME).

The one-page statement points out that the two groups are longtime partners in medical school accreditation and data collection on medical school and residency training. Now, both associations have pledged to cooperate in facilitating reforms intended to prepare physicians for the scientific, technological, and practice challenges of medicine in the 21st century."