AMA gathers 400+ innovators for ChangeMedEd conference

CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) today kicked off its three-day ChangeMedEd 2017 national conference—bringing together more than 400 innovators from medical and health professions education, as well as health systems, to continue the work underway to transform the way future physicians are trained. The goal of the three-day conference is to further cultivate a community of innovation that will continue to accelerate change in medical education—by spreading innovations and emerging concepts from leading medical schools working together to create the medical school of the future.

“Over the past four years, the AMA has been working to identify the innovations needed to create the medical school of the future with 32 of the nation’s leading medical schools. We’ve made tremendous progress in transforming the medical education system to ensure future physicians are prepared to meet the needs of patients in the modern health system, but we know that we must continue to grow our community of innovation to further affect change,” said AMA President David O. Barbe, M.D. “We will continue to work with more leaders and innovators from medical and health professions education to prepare physicians to enter practice during a period of rapid progress, new technology, and changing expectations from government and society.”