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Rebecca Voelker

JAMA. 2005;294:416-417.

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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.

Michael D. Maves, MD, executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Medical Association, and Jordan J. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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