Authors of News & Leadership Viewpoints Bookmark Staff News Writer AMA Affiliated Groups News Writer, Authors Written by members of the AMA Physician Communications team. News Authors Catalog of Topics About Leadership Oct 25, 2019 · 3 Min Read Baillie A. Bronner: Tackling the underlying barriers to care AMA member Baillie A. Bronner hopes that physicians will advocate more effectively and aggressively for the rights of minorities, immigrants and refugees. Advocacy Public Health Advocacy Oct 24, 2019 · 17 Min Read Why U.S. spends so much on health care: Learn from world comparisons Harvard’s Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, lays out what we know—and don’t know—about health care spending in the U.S. and around the world. Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2 Oct 21, 2019 · 3 Min Read Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Drawing a conclusion from drug study This USMLE Step 1 exam question deals with an investigator who is evaluating the effects of new synthetic drugs on arteriolar resistance. Kaplan Medical walks you through the explanation. About Ethics Oct 18, 2019 · 2 Min Read What clinical ethics can learn from decision science Learn more about the role that decision science can play in health care, and consider some of the ethical questions that it raises. About Leadership Oct 17, 2019 · 2 Min Read Omer Bajwa, MD: Striving to continually educate patients AMA member and IMG Omer Bajwa, MD, has always wanted to help people. Through learning the science of medicine, he can make people’s lives better. Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2 Oct 14, 2019 · 4 Min Read Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: What is most likely diagnosis? This USMLE Step 2 exam question deals with a 42-year-old woman who comes to the physician because of a four-month history of intermittent abdominal cramps and diarrhea. About Leadership Oct 11, 2019 · 2 Min Read Sabesan Karuppiah, MD, MPH: Helping as many people as he can AMA member and IMG Saby Karuppiah, MD, MPH, became a doctor to help people because his mother struggled with lack of health care during her childhood. Advocacy Judicial Advocacy Oct 11, 2019 · 4 Min Read Ban on standard D&E abortion procedure is unsafe, unwarranted A physician-backed amicus brief details why reinstating a Kentucky mandate designed to end a safe and effective abortion procedure is a bad idea. Load More
