Involved in GME? Join the AMA Academic Physicians Section

AMA members who are designated institutional officials, residency program directors and faculty involved in graduate medical education (GME) are invited to join the AMA Academic Physicians Section (APS). How the AMA-APS explores new solutions for GME The AMA-APS holds two meetings per year, in June and November, and serves as the voice of academic physicians to the AMA House of Delegates. The next AMA-APS meeting is June 10-11 in Chicago. Educational sessions at previous section meetings have reflected a high interest level in topics related to GME, such as resident and fellow duty hours, GME funding, the Match process and the new single accreditation system for allopathic and osteopathic GME. Why the section adopted a new name Formerly known as the AMA Section on Medical Schools, the section changed its name to the AMA Academic Physicians Section in light of a strategic refocus to better meet the needs of AMA members involved in all levels of medical education. The name change also serves to better reflect the breadth of the section, the scope of which includes faculty at nonmedical school-affiliated medical centers and residency programs. The prior name connoted an exclusive focus on undergraduate medical education, even though the section has welcomed academic physicians interested in graduate and continuing medical education, as well as those who serve in a clinical or research capacity within an academic medical center, community hospital or other health car...
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