The purposes of the Association are:
- To provide support of graduate and post-graduate medical education programs through collaboration with member institutions and through faculty development programs.
- To provide a forum to enhance the educational, managerial, administrative, and leadership skills of members by offering networking opportunities and educational programs.
- To represent the concerns and issues of teaching hospitals wherever necessary and to assume a leadership role in enhancing the quality of medical care through quality improvement projects and participation in national quality initiatives.
- To provide a forum to discuss the external forces and trends that affect departments of internal medicine and to provide benchmark data to members about departments of internal medicine at teaching hospitals.