The American College of General Medicine is an academic center of higher learning and research. One of the educational missions of the college is to teach general medicine to general practitioners and other physicians who desire to become general practitioners. The college is also currently developing another educational focus which will involve the teaching of basic science courses.

In executing some of its various educational projects, the American College of General Medicine is proud to have worked with faculty from other top-rated colleges and universities.

One such college is The College of William and Mary which, in its antecedents, was the first college in the United States (1619) and the first college to establish an inter-collegiate fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (1776). The College of William and Mary is also known as being the alma mater of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. The American College of General Medicine has sponsored and produced several conferences on various medical topics for the undergraduate students of The College of William and Mary. The American College of General Medicine has also sponsored, in the past, several merit-based awards for the undergraduate students of The College of William and Mary.

Another such college is the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine. The American College of General Medicine utilizes the Student Training Center of the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine for the Clinical Skills Evaluation Section of the General Practice Training Program.

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

"Docendo Discitur" - we learn by teaching.

The foundation for any academic endeavor must be a clear mind with freedom of thought. The result must be constructive. The primary task is the pursuit of truth.

MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

The American College of General Medicine has begun a long-term plan to develop, in collaboration with The College of William and Mary, an internationally known research center which will be devoted primarily to basic science and clinical research in medicine. Some of the research areas of current interest include investigations into the role of phospholipids in cell-volume regulation, the role of angiogenesis in tumor cell proliferation, and the role of cytokines and dendritic cells in cancer therapy, and investigations into areas which will lead to a better understanding of the human immune system.

The American College of General Medicine is developing plans to engage in clinical trials which will incorporate the input of general practitioners who are in private practice across the nation. Clinical information will be obtained which will help all practitioners improve the care of all patients by enhanced disease detection and treatment modalities.