The Federal Government and Graduate Medical Education

During the late 1970s, three important groups—the Association of American Medical Colleges Task Force on Graduate Medical Education, the Macy Foundation's Study Group on Graduate Medical Education, and the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Council — conducted thoughtful studies of the future of graduate medical education in this country. Each group published its final report in 1980. Although no specific recommendations were offered on how the complex issues facing graduate medical education might be resolved, each group recognized that innovative approaches to graduate medical education might be required as a response to mounting social pressures affecting the health-care delivery system. . . .