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Digital

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5 Min Read

Using telehealth to boost treatment for substance-use disorder

Edwin Chapman, MD, delivers multiple services at his “one-stop shopping” clinic in the nation’s capital.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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4 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Higher risk of cancer in which organ?

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: 39-year-old woman has mild clumsiness when walking, tingling hands and feet, persistent fatigue.

Specialty Profiles

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6 Min Read

What it’s like in occupational medicine: Shadowing Dr. Martin

AMA member Douglas Martin, MD, shares how life in occupational medicine has been affected by COVID-19. Learn more about whether this specialty is right for you.
An African-American man wearing a mask talking to an unseen person in the foreground.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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4 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Men's health drives these 10 stumpers

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Can you correctly answer these questions involving men’s health? Find out now.

USMLE® Step 3

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3 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 3 prep: Woman short of breath for 2 days

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A woman has had progressive shortness of breath since being hospitalized after a fall. What is the most appropriate next therapeutic intervention?
Medical student Victoria I. Gordon, looking up and smiling.

Leadership

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4 Min Read

Victoria I. Gordon: Sharing time, talents with those most in need

Medical student Victoria I. Gordon, an AMA member, chose to pursue medicine after seeing disparities in her community and her brother’s experience with type 1 diabetes.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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3 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Which is the appropriate pharmacotherapy?

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A 65-year-old man has a two-day history of fever, headache and confusion. Which is the most appropriate pharmacotherapy?
Person wearing a face mask

Ethics

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3 Min Read

How physicians can better care for Native American patients

Learn more about the ethical, social and cultural complexities of delivering care to Native patients living on sovereign tribal land and elsewhere in the U.S.