Here are five things to know:
1. The AMA awarded each medical school $75,000 over a three-year period to implement forward-thinking projects that prepare medical students for the modern healthcare system.
2. The selection of 20 more medical schools adds to the 11 medical schools that already received funding from the AMA in 2013.
3. The 31 medical schools will aid the training of about 18,000 medical students, who in turn, will treat about 31 million patients annually.
4. Emory plans to implement a curriculum focused on quality and patient safety. The medical school will work with its partner health systems Grady, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Emory Healthcare to meet measureable outcomes.
5. J. William Eley, MD, executive associate dean for medical education and student affairs at Emory University School of Medicine, will serve as principal investigator of the grant.
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