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Challenging the “hidden curricula” in residency programs

Medical residents often face a “hidden curricula”— subtle structural issues within an institution that shape how and what trainees are taught. A study shows programs should help train residents to challenge staff management decisions in a clear and effective manner, especially when patient safety is at risk.

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AMA continues innovative initiative to reshape medical education

Medical students across the country will soon complete new curricula developed through AMA's work with 11 top medical schools, reshaping U.S. medical education.

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The medical school of the future: A year of groundbreaking work

The path to preparing the ideal future physician is becoming clearer after a year of developing and implementing innovative ideas for training medical students. Take a look back at how the AMA's Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative made strides toward creating the medical school of the future.

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What medical schools can expect in the future

A special consortium of medical schools has spent the last year developing and implementing innovative ideas to transform the way future physicians are trained, and soon the medical education environment will experience the benefits of their efforts. In January 2013, the AMA announced its intent to fund five to 10 medical schools to implement bold innovations in medical education.

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How one medical school created a “student GPS”

At Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, a new program is tracking where and how students learn, gathering data on a variety of metrics to provide students with a real-time snapshot of their progress through medical school.

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Medical education explores competency-based assessment

More medical schools are moving their learning models toward competency-based assessment, requiring greater collaboration and information-sharing in this relatively new area.

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Harvard symposium explores how to take med ed into the future

About 200 academic physicians discussed the role of technology in medical education during the Harvard Macy Institute (HMI) 20th Anniversary Symposium last week in Boston, sharing ideas for transformational learning in the face of a changing health care system.

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Where med schools are headed: 12 months of innovations

In the year since the AMA announced the participants in its unprecedented initiative to transform medical education and create new ways to train future physicians, there has been tremendous progress and consensus on new ideas.

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AMA sets new course on key medical education issues

A more relevant and efficient maintenance of certification (MOC) process, evidence-based changes to resident/fellow duty hours to ensure patient safety, and improved access to care through innovations in residency program funding were among the actions called for by the AMA House of Delegates during the 2014 AMA Annual Meeting in Chicago.

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