Modern Healthcare May 4, 2019
Dr. James Madara, executive vice president and CEO of the American Medical Association, says momentum is building for reimagining medical education, as evidenced by the nearly 40 schools that are part of the association’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education. The AMA is now setting its sights on residency programs. Modern Healthcare’s editorial board met with Madara to talk about the need to revamp how doctors are trained. The following is an edited transcript.
MH: What policy are you working on in regard to medical education?
Madara: There have been opinions on what’s wrong with the current educational structure for more than a decade. Everyone’s in agreement but no one was doing anything about it. So we decided we would...