AMA triples medical schools involved in initiative to transform med ed

Less than two years after the American Medical Association (AMA) launched its bold initiative to reshape medical education across the United States, the organization today announced that it will provide funding for up to 20 additional medical schools to join the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium and work toward a significant redesign of undergraduate medical education that better aligns with the 21st century health care system.

The consortium was created by the AMA in 2013 with an $11 million grant initiative to 11 of the country’s top medical schools. Each school received a $1 million grant over five years, and together they formed a dynamic consortium that is developing innovative curriculum models to help thousands of medical students better prepare for delivering care in the rapidly evolving health care landscape. The projects currently underway encompass many educational innovations, including models for student immersion within the health care system from day one of medical school and competency-based models enabling students to advance through medical school based on their own individualized learning plans.