Academic Medicine is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The journal serves as an international forum for the exchange of ideas, information, and strategies to address the major challenges facing the academic medicine community as it strives to carry out its missions in the public interest. The journal's areas of focus include: education and training issues; health and science policy; institutional policy, management, and values; research practice; and clinical practice in academic settings.
Journal Time Line
1920s
Fred C. Zapffe |
1926 — | The
Bulletin of the Association of American Medical Colleges is
first published in July, under the leadership of Fred C. Zapffe, who serves as the editor-in-chief for 24 years. Dr. Zapffe describes it as "the only publication of its kind in the world—a journal devoted to medical education and pedagogy." |
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1929 — | The publication is more formally designated the
Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. |
1930s and 1940s
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1930 — | The journal shifts from a quarterly publication schedule to six issues per year. |
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1939–1945 — | The journal is published throughout World War II. |
1950s
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1951 — | At the editorial board's recommendation to use "a name that is significant and descriptive of the contents and field covered," the journal is renamed
Medical Education. It becomes the
Journal of Medical Education in May. |
Dean F. Smiley
John Z. Bowers |
1951 — | Dean F. Smiley becomes editor-in-chief and serves through 1957. |
1953 — | The journal begins to be published monthly. |
1958 — | John Z. Bowers becomes editor-in-chief and serves through 1962. |
1960s and 1970s
John A. D.
Cooper
Merrill McCord |
1963 — | John A. D. Cooper becomes editor-in-chief and serves through 1971. |
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1972 — | Merrill McCord becomes editor-in-chief and serves into 1988. |
1980s and 1990s
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1988 — | Addeane S. Caelleigh becomes editor-in-chief and serves through 2001. |
Addeane S. Caelleigh |
1989 — | The journal's focus is broadened to allow articles on a wider range of topics to appeal to the entire academic medicine community, and its name is changed to
Academic Medicine. |
1991 — | The Medicine and the Arts feature debuts. |
2000s
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2000 — |
Academic Medicine is first published online. |
Michael E. Whitcomb
Steven L. Kanter |
2002 — | Michael E. Whitcomb becomes editor-in-chief and serves through 2007. |
2002 — | The Teaching and Learning Moments feature debuts. |
2008 — | Steven L. Kanter becomes editor-in-chief and serves through 2012. |
2008 — | The journal's covers begin to feature original works of art submitted by the academic medicine community. Later, the AM Last Page feature debuts. |
2010s
David P. Sklar |
2012 —
2013 —
| The
Academic Medicine app launches.
David P. Sklar becomes editor-in-chief and serves through2019.
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2020s
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2020 —
| Laura Weiss Roberts becomes editor-in-chief.
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Laura Weiss
Roberts
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Image credits: The photograph of John Z. Bowers appears courtesy of the History of Health Sciences Collection, Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah. All other images appear courtesy of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Sources: Petersdorf RG. From the President. Acad Med. 1989;64:20. Whitcomb M. What Is the Purpose of Academic Medicine? Acad Med. 2003;78:767‑768.
