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Specialty Profiles

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What it’s like in adolescent medicine: Shadowing Dr. Titchen

AMA member, Kanani Titchen, MD, explains that teens and young adults are suffering during this pandemic, if not from COVID-19 infection then from isolation.
Woman in a white room coughing, covering her mouth.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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3 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: 5 stumpers that start with a cough

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Can you answer these questions involving a cough? Find out now.

USMLE® Step 3

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3 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 3 prep: Woman has frequent kidney stones

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: 38-year-old woman with lupus, hypertension has frequent nephrolithiasis. What is the treatment?
Person wearing a face mask

Health Equity

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3 Min Read

What can physicians do about racial and ethnic health inequities?

Learn more from the AMA Journal of Ethics about the racial and ethnic inequity in morbidity, mortality and access to health and other vital services.

Specialty Profiles

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7 Min Read

What it’s like to specialize in endocrinology: Shadowing Dr. Correa

For AMA member Ricardo Correa, MD, helping underrepresented minorities feel good and providing them the best care is a rewarding part of endocrinology.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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3 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: How to treat burning sensation in legs?

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A 56-year-old woman has a two-year history of a burning sensation in her legs. Which pharmacotherapy will help her leg pain?

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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6 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Senior man involved in car accident

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: 71-year-old man experiences confusion weeks after a car crash. What’s his underlying condition?

USMLE® Step 3

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4 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 3 prep: Management for plumber with eye injury

A 42-year-old woman whom you have been treating for anxiety calls your office demanding to talk to you. Her plumber hurt his eye.