Oppose Discrimination in Residency Selection Based on the Location of Medical School

Year: 2010

Resolution Number: 63

Action Taken: Referred to the Board

Status:

Author(s): Venkat K. Rao, MD

Sponsor: Michael L. Gambel, MD

On behalf of: International Medical Graduate Section

Committee: E (Science & Education Affairs)

Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS add to its present list of prohibitions in resident selection the name of the candidates’ medical school; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to lobby the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education to add medical schools not accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education to their list of prohibited discriminations.

Fiscal Note: NULL

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