AMA announces next phase of national effort to reimagine med education

CHICAGO — As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure physicians are trained to meet the needs of patients in both modern and future health systems, the American Medical Association (AMA) today announced the next phase of the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium. Each of the consortium’s 32 medical school members have committed to continuing their work together to reimagine medical education and develop new—and expand upon existing—education innovations that can be shared among medical schools nationwide. The projects being announced today include curricular innovations focused on improving student well-being, addressing social determinants of health, improving quality of patient care and enhancing patient safety.

“Our consortium of medical schools has been an invigorating and productive community of innovation over the past five years. Knowing that our work to transform medical education is far from finished, the AMA is excited to continue to foster this environment where individuals and institutions can learn from each other and innovate,” said AMA CEO and Executive Vice President James L. Madara, M.D. “This next phase of work will allow consortium schools to continue to explore new concepts and create new solutions for medical education—impacting the national direction of medical education and better preparing all of our future physicians for practice in the continually changing health care environment.”