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From MOC to vaccines: Top 10 stories from AMA Annual Meeting

A new maintenance of certification (MOC) policy, GME funding, and exemptions from vaccinations were among the top stories from the 2015 AMA Annual Meeting.

Annual Meeting
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GME funding, doc shortage tackled in new policy

Physicians at the 2015 AMA Annual Meeting passed policy to address insufficient funding for graduate medical education ahead of a predicted shortage of physicians over the next decade. The policy calls for the AMA to advocate for continued and expanded GME funding from federal, state, local and private sources.

GME Funding
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AMA continues efforts to expand funding for graduate medical education

The AMA adopted policy today reaffirming the need for increasing medical residency slots and expanding funding sources for graduate medical education (GME).

Press Releases
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4 things students should know about the new GME bill

Graduate medical educations slots will increase 15,000 if a new bill for Medicare-funded residency positions is adopted. Med students should know the bill’s provisions about the new residency slots and funding.

GME Funding
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Snow can't stop them: Medical students head to the Hill

For the second Medical Student Advocacy Day in a row, a snow storm that shut down Washington, D.C. didn’t deter more than 150 medical students from descending on Capitol Hill to ask Congress for new and innovative ways to fund graduate medical education.

GME Funding
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AMA applauds Congress for efforts to modernize graduate med education

The AMA continues to urge support for increasing the number of medical residency slots and health care access to underserved areas.

Press Releases
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How students and residents are saving GME

Medical students and trainees took to social media last week, calling for Congress to support graduate medical education (GME) and bringing attention to the impending physician shortage during Save GME Week.

GME Funding
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Students, residents deliver message to Congress: Save GME

Students, residents and fellows across the country are coming together this week to call on Congress to preserve funding for graduate medical education (GME) during Save GME Week.

GME Funding
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GME financing system needs overhaul: IOM report

A long-awaited report from the Institute of Medicine calls for transitioning the current graduate medical education system to a transparent, performance-based system. Adding additional funds to the system, however, isn’t one of the recommendations—a fact that concerns the AMA.

GME Funding