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DELEGATE'S REPORT
Liana Puscas, MD
JAMA. 1999;281:572.
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At its Interim Meeting this past December, the American Medical Association House of Delegates (AMA-HOD) considered many resolutions and reports submitted by the AMA Resident Physicians Section (RPS). The resolutions summarized below concern HOD actions on these resolutions. A complete summary of all HOD actions is available at http://www.ama-assn.org/meetings/public/int1998/reports/reports.htm.
Adjusting the Size of the Educational Pipeline. This report stemmed from an RPS resolution calling for the AMA and other organizations to develop recommendations regarding the number of students graduating from US medical schools, because it is widely believed that the United States will soon have an oversupply of physicians. In an effort to develop a consensus opinion, the AMA's Council on Medical Education will hold an open hearing on this topic in the spring of 1999.
Definition of a Resident. This report recommended an expansion and clarification of the AMA's definition of the term resident . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Delegate, AMA-RPS
Los Angeles, Calif
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