Association Partners

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)

AMIA is the professional home for biomedical and health informatics. AMIA is dedicated to promoting the effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information in health care in support of patient care, public health, teaching, research, administration, and related policy. AMIA's 4,000 members advance the use of health information and communications technology in clinical care and clinical research, personal health management, public health/population, and translational science with the ultimate objective of improving health.

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

AAMC and the medical schools, teaching hospitals, academic and professional societies, faculty, residents, and students it represents are committed to improving the nation's health through medical education, research, and high-quality patient care. AAMC and the groups it represents dedicated to the communities they serve, committed to advancing the public good, and steadfast in their desire to earn and keep the public's trust for the role the are privileged to play in our society.

Group on Educational Affairs (GEA)

GEA promotes excellence in the education of physicians throughout their professional lives and, thereby, contributes to improving the health of the public.

Group on Information Resources (GIR)

GIR provides a forum for individuals in roles of leadership and responsibility to promote excellence in the application and integration of information resources in academic medicine.

Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC)

IPEC’s mission is to ensure that new and current health professionals are proficient in the competencies essential for patient-centered, community and population oriented, interprofessional, collaborative practice. Established in 2009 by six organizations committed to advancing interprofessional learning experiences and promoting team-based care, IPEC includes the following continuing member associations: American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), American Dental Education Association (ADEA), Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND), American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM), American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC), American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT), American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), American Psychological Association (APA), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL), Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC), Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP), Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO), Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), National League for Nursing (NLN), Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)

Medical Library Association (MLA)

MLA is a nonprofit, educational organization with more than 4,000 health sciences information professional members and partners worldwide. MLA provides lifelong educational opportunities, supports a knowledgebase of health information research, and works with a global network of partners to promote the importance of quality information for improved health to the health care community and the public. 

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

NLM, on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences. The collections stand at more than 9 million items--books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images. Housed within the Library is one of the world's finest medical history collections of old and rare medical works. The Library's collection may be consulted in the reading room or requested on interlibrary loan. NLM is a national resource for all U.S. health science libraries through a National Network of Libraries of Medicine.