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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
May 2022— AAIM discourages participation in the Doximity survey for the Residency Navigator tool because of the survey's flawed methodology and unscientific approach and the invalid data it yields. The Alliance is concerned about the potential harm the tool can cause, including misinformation...
April 2022– Almost 3,000 incoming chief residents, residency and fellowship administrators, student educators, business administrators, and GME faculty came together for Academic Internal Medicine Week 2022, AAIM's first in-person conference in two years. Attendees, who were all fully vaccinated...
April 2022— Now in its fifth year, the AAIM Guidelines for Fellowship Applicant Letter of Recommendations have improved the educational handover from residency to fellowship. When compared to letters that did not adhere to guidelines, fellowship program directors found conforming letters to be...
April 2022— Without volunteers, AAIM would have no speakers, no authors, no decision-makers, no data, no ambassadors, no relationships with key stakeholders, no national guidelines, no mentors, and no voice in the “house of medicine.” In April, the Alliance acknowledges National Volunteer Month...