The American Medical Association (AMA) announced the recipients of $12 million in grant funding aimed at modernizing how physicians learn across their career. In all, 11 teams representing more than 80 institutions secured funding from the Transforming Lifelong Learning Through Precision Education Grant Program.
Precision education uses data and technology, including augmented intelligence (AI), to tailor learning to each learner’s needs, delivering the right education to the right learner at the right time. These systems help medical students, residents, and practicing physicians focus on building the skills and competencies that matter most in diagnosing, communicating, and caring for patients.
“Technology and AI have the potential to reshape how physicians learn, practice, and care for their patients, and these grants will help bring that potential to life,” said AMA CEO John Whyte, MD, MPH. “As new tools emerge, we have an opportunity to build learning environments that are more engaging, more adaptable, and better aligned with the realities of practicing medicine. Our goal is to ensure that innovation strengthens the physician experience and creates a future where every physician is fully equipped to meet the needs of patients.”
The 11 selected grant teams will each receive $1.1 million over four years, with grantees spanning medical schools, residency programs, health systems, and specialty societies across the country:
- Georgia Academy of Family Physicians
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
- Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine
- Mount Sinai Morningside/West
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Stanford University
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (in collaboration with Arizona State University John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering)
- University of Hawaii – John A. Burns School of Medicine
- University of Illinois College of Medicine
- University of Michigan
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
The AMA’s investment will help build and enhance systems to give more medical students, residents, and physicians access to cutting-edge technology, making learning more efficient, effective, and focused on optimal patient care. Several projects will use AI-powered tools to help physicians strengthen their communication skills, clinical reasoning, and ability to respond to patients’ needs in real time. Others will implement mobile sensor technologies to track mastery of clinical skills, build tools that help trainees transition smoothly into practice, and enhance coaching and feedback models.
All projects leverage large data sets to guide learning, with teams working together to ensure responsible data use. The teams will also collaborate on interoperability, so these innovations can be shared widely and used by learners across the medical education continuum.
The sizable investment from the AMA aligns closely with the mission of the newly launched AMA Center for Digital Health and AI, which works to ensure that physicians have a strong voice in shaping how AI and digital tools are used in clinical settings. The center focuses on integrating technology into daily clinical workflows, expanding physician education and training, fostering collaboration across health care and technology sectors, and supporting safe and effective policymaking.
The Transforming Lifelong Learning Through Precision Education Grant Program was developed through collaboration with national experts in augmented intelligence, assessment, and medical education, and followed a rigorous review and selection process. This investment builds on more than a decade of AMA leadership through its ChangeMedEd® Initiative, which has provided nearly $50 million in funding to transform medical education across the continuum.
Learn more about the new precision education grant teams and their projects.
About the American Medical Association
The American Medical Association is the physicians’ powerful ally in patient care. As the only medical association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical societies and other critical stakeholders, the AMA represents physicians with a unified voice to all key players in health care. The AMA leverages its strength by removing the obstacles that interfere with patient care, leading the charge to prevent chronic disease and confront public health crises and, driving the future of medicine to tackle the biggest challenges in health care.
