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Nominate Yourself or Your Colleagues for an Alliance Award Submission deadline is Friday, June 7 The call for nominations for the 2025 Alliance Awards program is now open! The Alliance Awards honor faculty and staff who serve academic internal medicine. Each Alliance Award recipient will receive: Free registration to attend AIMW25 in New Orleans Custom 2025 award plaque A Read more

Curbsiders Teach Season 4 is sponsored by the Alliance and includes 4 AAIM-specific episodes premiering in May 2024. The first of these, Pearls from AIMW24, was released today. The episode features Carolyn Chan MD MHS, Shelly-Ann Fluker MD FACP, and Jen Olenik MD discuss high points from Columbus. For full details, visit the Curbsiders Teach x AAIM page . #News #Feature

APDIM Fall posters will be displayed and presented during the September 13 poster reception. In addition to presenting in-person at the 2024 APDIM Fall Meeting, all accepted poster presenters will provide a pre-recorded presentation for on-demand viewing during and after the meeting. APDIM Fall Meeting has two poster abstract submission categories: Programmatic Innovation and Research. Submissions Read more

AAIM Joins the Friends of HRSA Coalition in Supporting the Inclusion of at Least $10.5B for HRSA Programs from FY 2025 Discretionary Funds April 2024 - AAIM joins more than 80 organizations as the Friends of HRSA coalition in urging discretionary funds for Heath Resources and Services Administration programs in FY 2025, matching the coalition's amount from FY 2024. AAIM and the coalition believe Read more

AAIM is pleased to provide a template Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) to bridge the UME to GME transition for newly matched interns. The AAIM UME – GME Transition ILP is intended to specifically communicate a learner’s academic and professional needs for the transition between medical school to residency. AAIM has now updated the information to include FAQs, best practices, and examples of program Read more

The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) encourages all Internal Medicine residency programs and Internal Medicine subspecialty fellowship programs, in their holistic review of applicants, to accept that the COMLEX-USA results are equivalent to the USMLE. Read the letter #News #Feature

The Alliance is pleased to announce the results of the FY 2025 council elections, welcoming more than 20 new councilors, treasurers, and president-elects. New terms will start July 1 and are generally three years. A call for nominations and self-nominations was open to members September 20-October 11. Individual councils selected the final candidates for the ballot after review of all eligible nominations. Read more

Dear Colleagues: We write today to share some bittersweet news: after 16 years in the role, AAIM Deputy Chief Executive Officer and EVP Bergitta E. Cotroneo, FACMPE, has announced her resignation, effective February 23, 2024. We congratulate Bergitta on the next step in her career: Chief Operating Officer of the American College of Physicians. The search for a new executive leader Read more

Now in its second year, the 12-week course for new education administrators Foundations of Academic Internal Medicine for Education Administrators has been developed by experienced education administrators from Alliance member institutions and is designed for both UME and GME administrators who are in the first three years of their role or education administrators looking for a refresh! Read more

The Alliance is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of its esteemed award program. Celebrating the local, regional, and national contributions of members and leaders in education, research, administration, and leadership, the Alliance Awards Program highlights influential faculty and staff in departments of internal medicine at medical schools and teaching hospitals. Learn more . #News Read more