Advocacy

The Alliance collaborates with other major medical societies and organizations to advance organizational priorities and advocate for issues important to members. Keep updated on the latest AAIM successes and take action on key policy issues affecting academic internal medicine.

Keep updated on the latest AAIM successes and take action on key policy issues affecting academic internal medicine.

Research Funding

On the issue of research funding, AAIM collaborates with the following partners: AAMC, ACP, FASEB, Research!America, and SGIM. Select advocacy policies, tools, and resources can be found below.

Coalitions

The Alliance participates in select AAMC Coalitions on behalf of its members.

Toolkits & Resources

AAIM curates a number of additional advocacy toolkits and resources relevant to the internal medicine community.

Statements of Support

The Alliance Signs On to Reject Cuts to Non-Defense Discretionary Funding in FY 2024 Deal
Dec 31, 2023 | 1 min read

January 2024 - AAIM joined 1,098 local, state, and national organizations in a letter calling on Congress to reject a full year CR that would result in cuts to non-defense discretionary programs and adopt the bipartisan Senate funding framework.
The Alliance Joins NAM Change Maker Campaign for Health Workforce Well-Being
Oct 1, 2023 | 1 min read

October 2023 - In October 2022, The National Academy of Medicine released the National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being to drive collective action to strengthen health workforce well-being.

Stakeholders

AAIM maintains many partnerships geared toward advancing all facets of academic internal medicine.

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
American College of Physicians (ACP)
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)
Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM)