AAMC RELEASES ADVOCACY/LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR 2000
WHAT: The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) will present the organization's advocacy and legislative agenda for the coming year. Leading priorities include: an aggressive legislative agenda around strengthening the clinical research enterprise; heightened attention paid to reducing medical errors and enhancing patient safety; and, continued focus on the financial instability of U.S. teaching hospitals. AAMC President Jordan J. Cohen, M.D., will be joined by Duke University's Ralph Snyderman, M.D., chair of the AAMC Task Force on Clinical Research, who will provide an institutional perspective on the major issues facing academic medicine in 2000.
WHO: Jordan J. Cohen, M.D., president
Association of American Medical Colleges
Ralph Snyderman, M.D., president and chief executive officer
Duke University Health System
WHEN: January 13, 2000
9:30a.m.-10:30a.m.
WHERE: AAMC President's Conference Room (569)
2450 N Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
For more information and to RSVP, contact:
John Parker, AAMC, 202-828-0975 or [email protected]
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The Association of American Medical Colleges represents the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools; the 16 accredited Canadian medical schools; some 400 major teaching hospitals, including 74 Veterans Administration medical centers; 91 academic and professional societies representing nearly 88,000 faculty members; and the nation's 67,000 medical students and 102,000 residents.
Additional information about the AAMC and U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals available at http://www.aamc.org/newsroom.
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