IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 531 
Recognizing the contributions of academic medicine and observing Academic 
Medicine Week from June 23 through 27, 2025. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2025 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the contributions of academic medicine and ob-
serving Academic Medicine Week from June 23 through 
27, 2025. 
Whereas the week of June 23 through 27, 2025, is des-
ignated Academic Medicine Week to recognize the con-
tributions of academic medicine to medical research, clin-
ical care, medical education, and community health na-
tionwide; 
Whereas academic medicine, the Nation’s academic health 
systems and teaching hospitals, medical schools, resident 
physicians, faculty physicians, students, and biomedical 
researchers, serves a vital and unique role in the United 
States health care system; 
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Whereas these providers and institutions, including the Asso-
ciation of American Medical Colleges (‘‘AAMC’’) network 
of nearly 500 academic health systems and teaching hos-
pitals and 160 medical schools, focus on four missions— 
(1) educating and training the nation’s health care 
workforce; 
(2) conducting groundbreaking medical research; 
(3) delivering cutting-edge patient care, including 
care for the sickest and most complex patients; and 
(4) collaborating with communities to improve the 
health of communities everywhere; 
Whereas the AAMC leads and serves the United States med-
ical schools, academic health systems and teaching hos-
pitals, and the millions of individuals across academic 
medicine, including more than 210,000 full-time faculty 
members, 99,000 medical students, 162,000 resident 
physicians, 
and 
60,000 
graduate 
students 
and 
postdoctoral researchers in the biomedical sciences; 
Whereas AAMC-member institutions drive medical research 
and innovation, and the unique partnership between the 
National Institutes of Health (‘‘NIH’’) and the Nation’s 
medical schools and teaching hospitals, forged just after 
World War II, deepens the understanding of the mecha-
nisms of human health and disease, leading to advance-
ments in treatments, therapies, and medical technologies 
that bring hope to patients and families; 
Whereas, approximately 60 percent of all NIH extramural re-
search is conducted by AAMC-member institutions; 
Whereas the AAMC continues to project that physician de-
mand will grow faster than supply (primarily driven by 
a growing, aging United States population) leading to a 
projected total physician shortage of up to 86,000 physi-
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cians by 2036, action is needed now to address the physi-
cian shortage; 
Whereas every community nationwide relies on medical 
schools and teaching hospitals to prepare future physi-
cians and researchers who will serve all patients, and 
AAMC-member teaching health systems and hospitals 
train over 70 percent of medical residents; 
Whereas a key element of addressing the physician shortage 
and ensuring access to care for all communities is in-
creasing Medicare support for graduate medical edu-
cation, which will help patients receive care when they 
need it, particularly in rural and other underserved areas; 
Whereas continued support is needed for the pathway pro-
grams funded and administered by Health Resources and 
Services Administration title VII health professions and 
title VIII nursing programs, which invests in K–16 
health outreach and education programs through partner-
ships between health professions schools and local com-
munity-based organizations to play an important role in 
training and supporting a health care workforce in rural 
and other underserved areas through scholarships, 
mentorship, community-based and interdisciplinary train-
ing, and well-being programs; 
Whereas the perspectives of learners have been represented 
and augmented through the AAMC on important issues 
including pathways to careers in medicine, STEM edu-
cation, student loans, faculty mentorship, training pro-
grams, and bipartisan approaches to strengthening med-
ical education continues; 
Whereas AAMC-member institutions equip medical students 
with the knowledge, skills, and behaviors to positively im-
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pact patients, students, health care organizations, and so-
ciety generally by improving the clinical learning environ-
ment, health care quality, health outcomes, and patient 
satisfaction; 
Whereas medical schools and academic health systems and 
teaching hospitals collaborate to address the physician 
shortage by increasing the number of Medicare-supported 
residency positions and international physicians who are 
willing to practice in underserved areas after completing 
residency training, and to share expertise, resources, and 
responsibility for achieving common goals; 
Whereas AAMC-member institutions support the primary 
care workforce by expanding training for medical stu-
dents in states with the highest primary care workforce 
shortages; 
Whereas AAMC-member institutions and the Department of 
Veterans Affairs (‘‘VA’’) have forged and maintained a 
79-year partnership, built on the shared missions of edu-
cation, health care, and medical research, which has im-
proved the lives of veterans and improved health equity 
for veterans by ensuring they have access to advanced 
health care; 
Whereas, through this historic collaboration, the VA has be-
come the largest single provider of medical training in 
the country, with approximately 70 percent of all physi-
cians in the United States completing at least part of 
their training in VA facilities; 
Whereas maintaining predictable and reliable investments in 
medical research, physician training, and patient care 
leads to lifesaving advancements, stronger patient health 
outcomes, and improved health of the Nation; 
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Whereas medical schools and academic health systems and 
teaching hospitals contributed more than $728 billion in 
gross domestic product (‘‘GDP’’), 3.2 percent of the 
United States GDP, in 2019, an economic impact com-
parable in size to other important sectors such as trans-
portation, warehousing, and food services; 
Whereas AAMC-member institutions generate approximately 
$2,218 in economic impact per person and supported 
more than 7.1 million jobs in the United States across 
multiple industries, which was approximately 4.4 percent 
of the 2019 labor force nationwide, and paid an average 
of more than $68,000 in wages, salaries, and benefits per 
job; and 
Whereas academic medicine’s four mission areas are so deep-
ly interconnected that inadequate financing or reductions 
in funding for one mission area limit the effectiveness of 
the others: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘Academic Med-
icine Week’’; 
(2) affirms the unique and critical impact of 
academic medicine on patients and communities na-
tionwide; 
(3) recognizes the importance of ensuring 
strong Federal support for programs that support 
academic medicine’s leadership in medical research, 
cutting-edge patient care, innovative medical edu-
cation, and critical community collaborations; and 
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