January 2021— In response to a December 8 request from the Coalition for Physician Accountability UME-to-GME Review Committee seeking organizational input on the “ideal state” of UME-GME transition, an Alliance joint committee-council writing group developed a statement that emphasized the...
December 2020— AAIM joined 348 member organizations in the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research to commend US President-Elect Joseph R. Biden for his support of growth for NIH as part of $300 billion in new research and development investments in his Build Back Better plan. In the months and...
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...
October 2020— US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency of the US Department of Homeland Security, proposed a visa rule change September 25 which aims to change the process for certain nonimmigrant visa holders to extend their period of authorized stay in the United States. One...
August 2020— In the interest of identifying and developing an optimal approach to assess clinical skills for licensure, on July 10 NBME invited Alliance constituent organizations to share perspectives on the prior USMLE Step 2 CS exam and how clinical skills would ideally be assessed for...
Advocacy Keep updated on the latest AAIM successes and take action on key policy issues affecting academic internal medicine. AAIM Comments on Ideal State of UME-GME Transition for COPA January 2021—In response to a December 8 request from the Coalition for Physician Accountability UME-to...