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About the AAMC
The Association of American Medical Colleges is a non-profit association
founded in 1876 to work for reform in medical education. Originally
representing only medical schools, the AAMC represents the nation's
126 accredited medical schools,
nearly 400 major teaching hospitals,
more than 105,000 faculty in 98 academic
and scientific societies, and the nation's 66,000 medical students
and 97,000 residents. Additionally, the administrative leadership of medical schools and
teaching hospitals are served by a variety of professional
development groups housed within the AAMC.
The AAMC has as its purpose the improvement of the nation's health
through the advancement of medical schools and teaching hospitals.
As an association of medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic
societies, the AAMC works with its members to set a national agenda
for medical education, biomedical research, and health care, and
assists its members by providing services at the national level
that facilitate the accomplishment of their missions. In pursuing
its purpose, the Association works to strengthen the quality of
medical education and training, to enhance the search for biomedical
knowledge, to advance research in health sciences, and to integrate
education into the provision of effective health care. Today the
Association carries out a broad range of programs and studies to
represent its constituents.
The Association has five constituent components: the Council
of Deans, the Council of Teaching
Hospitals and Health Systems, the Council
of Academic Societies, the Organization
of Student Representatives, and the Organization
of Resident Representatives. Each of these components elects
members to the Executive
Council, the AAMC's 30-member governing body.
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