Medical education is at a crossroads. Although unique features exist at the undergraduate,
graduate, and continuing education levels, shared aspects of all three levels are especially …

This article was written to provide a brief history of the medical educational system in the
USA, the current educational structure, and the current topics and challenges facing USA …

For all its traditional successes, the current model of medical education in the United States
and Canada is being challenged on issues of quality, throughput, and cost, a process that …

MEDICINE is changing rapidly and at an increasing rate. When today's students are in
midcareer, medical practice will be far different. Medical educators must find ways to help …

The ACME–TRI project was the idea of Louis J. Kettel, former Vice President for the Division
of Academic Affairs of the Association of American Medical Colleges. It was Lou's desire to …

ContextTo better provide medical students with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values
they will need as physicians, US medical schools continue to make ongoing changes to their …

Fifteen educational innovations in academic medicine are described in relation to 5
environmental trends. The first trend, demands for increased clinical productivity, has …

US health care is changing, and it will continue to change across multiple dimensions: a
different mix of patients; more ambulatory, chronic care and less acute, inpatient care; an …

▪ A conference organized by the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation was attended by 37
participants from Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. The …

Medical education is at a crossroads. Facing challenges wrought by science and technology
as well as societal change, the curriculum is increasingly out of synch with new needs in …