The Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME), founded in 1956, is a national, non-profit professional organization involved in the continuum of hospital-based medical education: undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education. AHME's more than 600 members represent hundreds of teaching hospitals, academic medical centers, and consortia nationwide.

The mission of AHME is to:

• promote improvement in medical education to meet health care needs;
• serve as a forum and resource for medical education information;
• develop professionals in the field of medical education; and
• advocate the value of medical education in health care.

Membership in AHME provides you with:

Access to training and current information for medical education professionals.

• Educational Institute -- our annual conference, highlighting key issues, expert speakers, valuable networking and exhibitors
• AHME Academy -- a one-day GME primer for those new or returning to GME at all levels
• A new Message Board -- a national "conversation" and collection of medical education hot topics and resources
• Guide to Medical Education in the Teaching Hospital -- AHME's online publication with over 30 chapters by experts in the field
• AHME News -- bi-annual publication

Help finding practical solutions for practical problems:

• Members-Only Area gives access to important resources like the Message Board and The Guide
• Newcomer Luncheon at the Spring Institute
• Sharing policies and forms
• How-to educational events and conference sessions
  

Mentoring and training from national experts on GME institutional administration:

• CAO/DIO Luncheon and networking/special events at Spring Educational Institute
• Plenaries and practical sessions, giving personal access to the top professionals in the field
• AHME Council Meetings - representing four distinct audiences within AHME -- Council of Administrative Directors of Medical Education (CADME), Council on Medical Education Consortia (COMEC), Council on Continuing Medical Education (CCME), and Council of Transitional Year Program Directors (CTYPD)
  

Effective collaborations with accreditation, regulatory, governmental and other professional organizations.

• Liaison with ACCME, ACGME, NRMP, ECFMG and other pertinent organizations
• Member representation on ACCME & ACGME Review Committees, board and various committees