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AMA House of Delegates Adopts Resolutions, Part 1
Scott Reid, DO
JAMA. 1998;279:342.
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At the 1997 American Medical Association Interim Meeting, the House of Delegates considered many issues of importance to the Resident Physicians Section. The most important topic concerned collective negotiations between residents and training institutions. This has many implications for resident working conditions and the ability of residents to provide high quality patient care. It is a complex subject that will be discussed in greater detail in a future Resident Forum.
The resolutions summarized below concern House actions on funding for graduate medical education, resident contracts, and the residency application process. Next week's Resident Forum will summarize resolutions concerning resident benefits and public health issues. A complete summary of all House actions is available through the AMA web page at www.ama-assn.org/meetings/public/int97/.
Medicare Voluntary Residency Reduction Incentive Program expresses the House's concern over the nationwide expansion of the New York Medicare Demonstration Project because the project's end results . . . [Full Text of this Article]
AMA-RPS Delegate
Columbia Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center
Olympia Fields, Ill
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