The American Medical Association is looking for a big idea on how to change the way future physicians are trained—a $10 million idea, to be exact.

The AMA—the nation's largest doctor group—last week announced a $10 million competitive grant initiative to "attract bold, innovative projects to transform the way medical schools train future physicians." They said they will provide the money over the next five years to fund 8-10 projects that support a significant redesign of undergraduate medical education.

"Rapid changes in health care require a transformation in the way we train future physicians," AMA President Dr. Jeremy Lazarus said. "The AMA is deeply committed to redesigning undergraduate medical education to prepare the medical students of today for the health care of tomorrow."

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