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All AAIM members are invited to submit a workshop session and/or poster abstract proposal for Academic Internal Medicine Week 2023 , held April 2-5, 2023, at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX. Submission deadline is   Friday, August 26 at 11:59 p.m. EDT .   More information . #News ​ #Feature

The housing block for Academic Internal Medicine Week 2023 will open in November 2022.  Orchid Events is the official--and only--housing partner for AAIM for AIMW23.  As with AIMW22, registrants will not have access to the housing system until they have registered for the meeting. Any company that is offering housing for AIMW23 prior to November or that is not Orchid Events is fraudulent and should Read more

Programs designed to mentor aspiring doctors and build a trustworthy health care system PHILADELPHIA, July 12, 2022 – Today, leading internal medicine organizations announced the awarding of grants designed to improve the quality of education and training to build a more trustworthy health system.   The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), Read more

Initially developed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association in response to the June 24 US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the statement asserts that “as the US health care system enters a post-Roe era, we, representing dozens of major organizations of health care professionals, oppose all legislative interference Read more

The process for interviewing fellowship candidates changed dramatically during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 recruitment seasons in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with applicants and programs developing new approaches for the application and recruitment process and conducting interviews almost exclusively via a virtual format. New recommendations are necessary to incorporate successful elements of Read more

The Alliance is saddened and horrified by the most recent spate of mass shootings in the United States.  More than two years ago, AAIM joined 40 other leading organizations to call for policies to help reduce firearm related injury and death in the United States.  Today, the Alliance calls for policymakers to represent the interests of the public—which includes our patients, learners, and faculty Read more

May 2022— AAIM is pleased to announce that Polly E. Parsons, MD, will serve as AAIM President and CEO, beginning July 11, 2022. The second president in the Alliance’s history, Dr. Parsons brings her commitment to the tripartite mission to lead AAIM into the next phase of the future. The Alliance members, leaders, and staff look forward to Dr. Parsons’s leadership as AAIM continues to serve the needs Read more

Imposter Syndrome First explained in the 1978 by psychologists Suzanne Imes, PhD, and Pauline Rose Clance, PhD, Merriam-Webster states that impostor syndrome is a psychological condition that is characterized by persistent doubt concerning one's abilities or accomplishments accompanied by the fear of being exposed as a fraud despite evidence of one's ongoing success. According to Psychology Read more

May 2022— In 2021, most APDIM residency and fellowship program administration internal medicine residents and fellowship program administrators attended society equity training offered by their institutions. Learn more #DEINewsletter #News ​​

May 2022— Mark your calendar and plan on attending the 2022 APDIM Fall Meeting, which will be held in person in San Diego, CA, September 22-24. Registration opens on June 6. DEI is its own workshop track at the meeting; your expert peers will provide ideas, approaches, and content that you can bring back to your own institution. Learn more #DEINewsletter #News