March 22-25, 2019
The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

Join your colleagues at the only national meeting designed exclusively for medical school deans. The 2019 COD Spring Meeting will convene deans of AAMC-member institutions for in-depth conversations about the changes that are needed to sustain academic medicine and strategies for implementation that will enable medical schools to move beyond the status quo.

Meeting Highlights
Primary focus areas will include how to harness the potential of cutting-edge educational technology to advance curriculum and training; how to build a faculty workforce that fosters a respectful, inclusive environment for learners; how to foster collaborative, cross-disciplinary innovations that have measurable impacts on the community; and how major health care, educational, and philanthropic organizations can align to make an impact around key priorities.

Additional topics covered will include:

• Managing faculty conflict of interest
• Improving approaches to recruiting and retaining African American men in medicine
• Developing metrics to guide institutional approaches that support medical student mental health and well-being
• Creating a robust clinical platform to support the academic mission
• COD Ignite-style presentations on sleeper innovations and the most important next steps for academic medicine