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Students Specialty Profiles

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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.

Students 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.

Residents 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.

About Leadership

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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.

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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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

About 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.
Kevin Connolly King, MD

About Leadership

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3 Min Read

Kevin Connolly King, MD: Revitalizing residency training programs

AMA member Kevin Connolly King, MD, volunteered for five years and knew medicine was the profession he wanted to pursue.

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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3 Min Read

Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Persistent left shoulder pain, diaphoresis

The case: 75-year-old man with these symptoms is patient gets sublingual nitroglycerin. What changes will it cause?