Medical Schools
Section on Medical Schools seeks nominees
Applications are due March 5 for positions on the 2012-2013 AMA Section on Medical Schools (AMA-SMS) Governing Council, including chair-elect, member-at-large (three slots), delegate, alternate delegate and section liaison to the AMA Council on Medical Education positions. Elections will be held at the June AMA-SMS meeting.
View the application and position descriptions. Questions? Contact Jackie Drake.
Medical schools changing to meet future needs
As a cosponsor of the New Horizons in Medical Education conference and the Innovative Strategies for Transforming the Education of Physicians initiative, the AMA is interested in the ways in which medical schools are changing to meet current and future health care needs.
In a recent interview with David Musick, PhD, associate dean of medical education at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, we learn what that institution is doing in this regard.
Q: What are some examples of major new activities, programs and initiatives at your school?
A: Our school has grown rapidly in the last five years, and is progressing in the direction of a bi-modal mission. By that, I mean that we are continuing to function as the classic community-based, primary care-oriented medical school...but have also grown our research portfolio significantly by emphasizing community health needs.
Read more.
Diversity among med school faculty up over last four decades
The gender and racial/ethnic diversity of medical school faculty continues to increase, according to a new study, but "lower retention rates, lower promotion rates, and longer times to promotion for women faculty and non-white faculty" may jeopardize these gains.
The Changing Demographics of Full-time U.S. Medical School Faculty, 1966-2009, from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), also finds that diversity is less evident among senior faculty versus newly appointed faculty.
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