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Residents USMLE® Step 3

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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?
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Public Health Health Equity

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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.

Students Specialty Profiles

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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.

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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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?

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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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?

Residents USMLE® Step 3

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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.
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About Ethics

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How legacies of the Holocaust should inform health care

The involvement of health professionals in the atrocities of the Holocaust have significantly influenced bioethics. Learn more from the AMA Journal of Ethics.

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Woman with metastatic cancer, severe leg pain

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A 65-year-old woman with metastatic cancer has had severe pain in her left leg for two weeks.