Background
In 2013 the AMA launched its groundbreaking “Accelerating Change in Medical Education” initiative—an ambitious effort to rebuild medical education from the ground up. Through deep work with a consortium of 37 medical schools and 11 AMA Reimagining Residency grant teams, the initiative was a catalyst for transformative change that has inspired the entire medical education community to work toward creating a system that trains physicians to meet the needs of today's patients and to anticipate future changes.
Areas of strategic focus
In 2023 the AMA placed a new level of strategic focus on these high-priority areas in medical education:
As part of its evolution, the program has streamlined its name but not its mission or vision of the future. Through the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative, the AMA is concentrating on developing the foundational attributes of precision education and its real-world application via investments in new partnerships and exploratory pilots.
Building on the AMA’s decade-long work in CBME, transitions, and workforce development, the initiative will help lay the groundwork for their future application to precision education. Collectively, this work is facilitated through the ChangeMedEd Consortitum and focused engagement with grant teams.
This community of innovation works collaboratively with the AMA to develop, implement and disseminate bold, innovative projects that promote systemic change to better train and prepare future physicians.
Our vision for the future
Ultimately, through the ChangeMedEd initiative, the AMA is investing in and facilitating collaboration between a wide range of partners across the medical education continuum—and throughout the health care ecosystem. Our shared goals and vision will continue to inspire us to catalyze change and seek innovations that reduce barriers to lifelong learning, advance fairness in health care and improve patient outcomes.
