December 2021— The Alliance is one of 42 organizations that has joined ACGME, the Organization of Program Directors Associations, and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies in Equity Matters, a comprehensive strategic initiative focused on diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism....
October 2021— At the end of July 2021, ACGME opened a 45-day comment period for the focused revisions to program requirements related to program director and coordinator support. While generally in support of the revisions, the Alliance emphasized the timeline needed to effect significant...
March 2021— The challenges of the COVID pandemic have exacerbated many struggles in medical education; the 2020 APDIM Fall Program Directors Survey revealed that up to one-third of internal medicine program directors in community- and university-based settings feel less than "highly supported"...
November 2020— AAIM was invited to testify during the November 16 ACGME Congress on Program Support, which was convened by an ACGME Board of Directors Task Force to examine common and specialty-specific program requirements relating to duties, functions, dedicated time, and support for program...
The Internal Medicine Education Advisory Board (IMEAB) was established in 2011 as a forum for discussion, collaboration, and consensus building around issues impacting the education of internal medicine physicians. In its initial meetings, the IMEAB discussed a variety of topics; however, the...