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Medical school transformation begins to spread

Two new medical schools are opening within the University of Texas system, and they’ve tapped the consortium of medical schools in the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative to help develop forward-thinking curricula that will prepare future physicians for an increasingly complex health care system.

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Med ed gets evaluated in special JAMA issue

A special theme issue of JAMA focuses on important topics in the continuum of medical education, including health care spending, resident duty hours and maintenance of certification (MOC).

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AAMC releasing core competencies in LGBT medical education

A groundbreaking publication defining core competencies in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) medical education recently was released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

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What future doctors need to know about health determinants

Tomorrow’s doctors are learning more about socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation and other social determinants of health. Physicians nationwide support integrating more training on the social determinants of health into undergraduate medical education—they voted to make it AMA policy at the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting.

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How medical schools are redefining the basic sciences

Physicians must have strong foundations in both basic sciences—including cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, pharmacology and physiology—and clinical sciences, which means mastering a large body of knowledge. What do tomorrow’s physicians need to know to treat patients in the future?

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Real-time tracker puts education decisions into students' hands

The Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine's REDEI system (Research and Evaluation Data for Educational Improvement) will let medical students, their coaches and school leaders immediately input and track evaluation information, displaying a snapshot of each student’s performance in real time.

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How health IT is giving med students real-world experience

A new “teaching electronic health record” (tEHR) from Indiana University School of Medicine will give medical students a chance to learn clinical decision-making and system-based care using real data.

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What medical schools can expect in the future

A special consortium of medical schools has spent the last year developing and implementing innovative ideas to transform the way future physicians are trained, and soon the medical education environment will experience the benefits of their efforts. In January 2013, the AMA announced its intent to fund five to 10 medical schools to implement bold innovations in medical education.

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Real clinical data gives medical students new perspectives

Medical students now can use real clinical data to examine patient populations and the value of health care with new, free tools from New York University School of Medicine.

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