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The Medical School Objectives Project is an initiative of the Association
of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) that is designed to reach a general
consensus within the American medical education community on the
"skills, attitudes, and knowledge" that students graduating from
accredited American medical schools should possess before beginning
postgraduate training. Since its inception in 1997, the Medical School
Objectives Project has published special reports addressing specific topics in
medical education. The goal of these reports is to outline these learning
objectives and the educational and assessment strategies that might be put to
use in their implementation. Titles of previous reports issued by the Medical
School Objectives Project include "Medical Informatics and Population
Health," "Communication in Medicine," "Basic Science
and Clinical Research," "Quality of Care," and
"Genetics Education." These reports are available online at
www.aamc.org/meded/msop/start.htm.