For many years there has been general consensus that medical education—based largely on an educational model more than a century old—has needed to change in order to address significant gaps in physician training and prepare new doctors to practice effectively in our 21st century health systems.
To help fill these gaps, and as part of its larger strategic focus to improve our nation’s health, the AMA launched the “Accelerating Change in Medical Education” initiative in 2013. After awarding initial grants to 11 medical schools from across the country, the AMA brought these schools together to form the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium—a unique, innovative collaboration that allowed for the sharing and dissemination of groundbreaking ideas and projects.
In 2016 the AMA awarded grants to another 21 schools and in 2019 five additional schools were added. Today, the 37-member consortium, which represents one-fifth of allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, is delivering forward-thinking educational experiences to nearly 24,000 medical students—students who will provide care to a potential 41 million patients annually.
See the complete list of 37 medical schools working together to create the medical schools of the future and transform physician training.
Member schools of the consortium
- A.T. Still University's School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
- Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- CUNY School of Medicine
- Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin
- Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
- Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Morehouse School of Medicine
- New York University School of Medicine
- Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
- Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
- Stanford University School of Medicine
- University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
- University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
- University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
- University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine
- University of Michigan Medical School
- University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine
- University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
- University of Utah School of Medicine
- University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
- University of Washington School of Medicine
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University