AAIM is pleased to launch the call for committee volunteers for FY 2024 committees. All current members who meet the criteria and can meet the expectations are welcome to volunteer to serve; members generally may not serve in more than one council or committee capacity in any given year. To...
AAIM is pleased to provide a template Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) to bridge the UME to GME transition for newly matched interns. Developed by the AAIM Learner Handoff Standards Task Force, the ILP can be sent to fourth year medical students just after they have matched into your...
The Alliance has been an integral part of the ERAS Supplemental Application Pilot in FY 2022 and FY 2023. As you may know, geographic preferences and the revised experiences section of the pilot will be fully integrated into the application for FY 2024. Program signals are also being fully...
A call for nominations and self-nominations was open to members September 19-October 12. Individual councils selected the final candidates for the ballot after review of all eligible nominations. Elections were open to members January 11-31; members were notified by email and asked to log into ...
Alliance Ambassadors serve as a friendly face and voice to help highlight the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) membership, events, and activities at their institutions. With the help of AAIM staff and other members in their department, Ambassadors will: serve as a champion...
Black History Month recognizes and celebrates the wealth of the accomplishments of African Americans throughout American history. Credit for the evolving awareness of the true place of Blacks in history can largely be bestowed on one man, Carter G. Woodson. And his brainchild, the Association...
Residency faculty and staff identify the annual ACGME Resident and Faculty Survey as a stressor because of the implications for accreditation, vague and confusing language for trainees, and the pressure to make changes in their program to improve the survey. To support members, the FAQ and two...
The ACGME Outcomes Project created a fundamental shift in the defined program coordinator position from primarily clerical to managerial role. Through the work of the APDIM PA Advisory Council, AAIM developed a residency program manager job description in 2020; the January 2023 AAIM Perspectives...
The 2021 AAMC US Medical School Faculty Roster Report indicated that of 189,553 basic and clinical sciences faculty, a total of 295 individuals identified as American Indian or Alaska Native. Only 24 of these faculty were in internal medicine! In comparison, the US Census Bureau reported...
November 2022– In fall 2022, the Alliance released recommendations on how to promote equity and inclusion in the interview process . These recommendations can be readily adapted for the fellowship interview process and can be found in the December 2022 issue of AAIM Perspectives in The...