Journal. Association of American Medical Colleges

Aims & Scope

Academic Medicine is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

The journal serves as an international forum for the exchange of ideas, information, and strategies to address the major challenges facing the academic medicine community as it strives to carry out its missions in the public interest.

The journal's areas of focus include: education and training issues; health and science policy; institutional policy, management, and values; research practice; and clinical practice in academic settings.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Learning Objectives for Medical Student Education— Guidelines for Medical Schools: Report I of the Medical School Objectives Project

  Citation: 327

  Authors:

• Preface

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Addeane S., Lisa R.

• Health Professions Research

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Charles R. B.

• How Much Neurology Should a Medical Student Learn? A Position Statement of the AAN Undergraduate Education Subcommittee

  Citation: 38

  Authors: David P., Barbara, Ralph F.

• Medical History in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Susan E., Ellen S., Joel D.

• Systems Errors versus Physiciansʼ Errors: Finding the Balance in Medical Education

  Citation: 37

  Authors: David, Charles

• Toward a Person-centered Medicine: Religious Studies in the Medical Curriculum

  Citation: 31

  Authors: David, Richard, Christine K.

• Charting the Winds of Change: Evaluating Innovative Medical Curricula

  Citation: 29

  Authors: CHARLES P., RUTH, DAVID S., STEWART P., GEOFFREY R., CECIL G., DAVID B., CHRISTEL A.

• Early and Final Preferences for Pediatrics as a Specialty: A Study of U.S. Medical School Graduates in 1983

  Citation: 24

  Authors: SUSAN E., DAVID

• AAMC Focus

  Citation: 21

  Authors: