The
Arizona Medical Education Consortium (AzMEC)
formed in 2003 as a direct outgrowth of the Phoenix Area Medical
Education Consortium. PAMEC was created in 1996 to collectively
enhance the graduate medical education opportunities in Phoenix.
By
combining the academic resources of The University of Arizona
College of Medicine with the clinical resources, local faculty
commitment and traditions of the teaching hospitals in Phoenix,
Scottsdale and Tucson, AzMEC now offers the strongest possible
clinical training experience available in Arizona to over 1,100
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Further,
AzMEC develops programs and processes to strengthen and support
all GME programs associated with the University of Arizona.
Members of the Arizona Medical Education Consortium (AzMEC) include:
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Through
affiliation with The University of Arizona College of Medicine, these
medical institutions allow a wide array of expertise and resources ensuring
the ability to create and maintain the highest quality academic curriculum
in association with an abundant and variable patient mix. The ability
to utilize the natural strengths of each existing program and the shared
resources to enhance and create excellence in identified areas requiring
improvement in training experience, with a strong research wing to track
and study educational and patient care outcomes, will allow a continuously
improving education program.
Graduate medical
education consortia are developing throughout the United States.
These combined entities of academic and community-based teaching
hospitals offer stability to the established quality resident training
programs in this rapidly changing market.
Under the leadership
of Michael Grossman, MD, MACP, associate dean for GME for the University
of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix and executive director
of AzMEC, the consortium is focusing on effective clinical training
to ensure continued success in providing the highest quality educational
experience for all residents.
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Purposes
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- Serve
as an integral clinical partner for the Arizona state initiative
in biomedical research
- Assist
member organizations in the continuation of distinguished graduate
medical education and undergraduate medical school clinical rotations
in our hospitals, measured in part by their continued ability
to compete nationally for the best students
- Assist
member organizations in meeting the significant changes occurring
in the accreditation requirements and financing of graduate medical
education by assisting with:
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Internal Reviews
- ACGME
General Competencies and Core Curricula
- Coordinating
clinical rotations and training policies
- Provide
a forum for discussion of issues that affect strategic direction,
policies and procedures of all AzMEC institutions
- Provide
a forum for discussing and resolving on-going issues affecting
medical education in Arizona
- Demonstrate
the benefits of GME to the community and state by aligning the
Member organization’s goals to the needs of our trainees
and healthcare needs of Arizona
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2008, Arizona Board of Regents
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