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2014's top moments in medical education

The past year was jam-packed with major events in medical education. Take a look back at six news-making medical education topics.

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How students and residents are saving GME

Medical students and trainees took to social media last week, calling for Congress to support graduate medical education (GME) and bringing attention to the impending physician shortage during Save GME Week.

GME Funding
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GME reform essential, but how to proceed? Experts debate

A dozen experts—many of them physicians directly involved in medical education—presented an array of perspectives on the current state of GME and how to revise the system for the 21st century at a forum hosted by Health Affairs.

GME Funding
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Students, residents deliver message to Congress: Save GME

Students, residents and fellows across the country are coming together this week to call on Congress to preserve funding for graduate medical education (GME) during Save GME Week.

GME Funding
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GME financing system needs overhaul: IOM report

A long-awaited report from the Institute of Medicine calls for transitioning the current graduate medical education system to a transparent, performance-based system. Adding additional funds to the system, however, isn’t one of the recommendations—a fact that concerns the AMA.

GME Funding
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Bill would fund residency slots for underserved areas

A recent federal bill is seeking to authorize grants for graduate medical education (GME) positions in states that have a low rate of medical residents relative to the general population, increasing residency slots in needed areas.

GME Funding
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California allots $7 million for primary care residency slots

Unprecedented grassroots advocacy by the physician and medical student community, including the AMA Medical Student Section and the California Medical Association, has led the California legislature to approve and the governor to sign a state budget that includes $7 million for new primary care residency slots.

GME Funding
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Alternative GME solutions needed to meet workforce demands

More graduate medical education positions are necessary to ensure there are enough doctors to meet the nation’s health care needs. Delegates passed policy to investigate new solutions for GME funding and workforce expansion and to continue advocating for additional federal GME funding.

GME Funding
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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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