The American Medical Association Medical Education Innovation Challenge

Medical education activities of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Sir—Drawing ability could be disrupted by many neurological disorders, of which graphic neglect after unilateral brain damage (generally of right parietal cortex) is most frequent. In this disorder, patients draw preferentially on the right side of the paper, omit and deform objects on the left side, but judge their drawings to be complete. Graphic neglect can become especially evident in the w...

Innovation in medical education.

O July 29, 2014, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report on the governance and financing of graduate medical education (GME).1 An important incidental finding of the IOM’s study was that the evidence base available to inform future directions for the substance, organization, and financing of GME is quite limited. The limited evidence reflects a systematic lack of research investment...

The renewal of medical education in Iran: progress and challenge

Medical students and measuring blood pressure: Results from the American Medical Association Blood Pressure Check Challenge

Blood pressure (BP) measurement is the most common procedure performed in clinical practice. Accurate BP measurement is critical if patient care is to be delivered with the highest quality, as stressed in published guidelines. Physician training in BP measurement is often limited to a brief demonstration during medical school without retraining in residency, fellowship, or clinical practice to ...

Perspectives: the American Medical Association.