The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is a nonprofit membership organization that represents U.S. and Canadian accredited medical schools, teaching hospitals, academic medical centers, and related academic societies. It works to improve health by advancing medical education, research, clinical care, and community health through data, policy analysis, workforce planning, education services, and advocacy.
Medical education and training policy (undergraduate and graduate medical education), physician workforce planning and residency funding, research funding and regulatory issues, health care financing (Medicare/Medicaid impact on academic medicine), admissions and assessment policies (MCAT/AMCAS-related), diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, public health preparedness and clinical training standards.
Primarily funded by membership dues from medical schools and teaching hospitals, fees for services and products (e.g., MCAT administration, AMCAS application services, conferences, publications), grants and contracts, and philanthropic contributions.
Member medical schools and academic medical centers across the U.S. and Canada; the AAMC Foundation; the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), which the AAMC co-sponsors; academic medical center leaders and medical school deans.
Nonprofit trade association / 501(c)(3) membership organization
