AMA convenes more than 500 innovators for ChangeMedEd Conference

CHICAGO – The American Medical Association (AMA) today kicked-off its ChangeMedEd^® 2019 national conference—convening more than 500 innovators and experts in medical education to transform the way future physicians are trained. The AMA continues to cultivate its community of innovation to build upon and share innovations developed over the past six years by the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium. Together, leading medical schools, residency programs, and health systems are working to create the medical schools of the future and significantly improve residency training.        

“Over the past six years, the AMA has invested more than $30 million to redesign physician training because we know that significant changes are needed to ensure future physicians are prepared to meet the needs of patients in the modern health system. By continuing to invest in and expand upon our community of innovation, we will together be able to more quickly make the changes needed to better prepare physicians to enter practice during a period of rapid progress, new technology, and changing expectations from government and society,” said AMA CEO and Executive Vice President James L. Madara, M.D. “We will continue to work with more leaders and innovators from medical education and health systems to drive the future of medicine.”