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Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Man has increased urination frequency

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The 45-year-old man with a BMI of 45 is urinating 15 times daily. Which blood lab finding in serum is likeliest?
7 signs of burnout

Practice Management Physician Health

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How to beat burnout: 7 signs physicians should know

It is important to recognize and understand the signs and symptoms of physician burnout. Here’s how to know that something’s wrong.

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Fever, headache, confusion, jaundice

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A 40-year-old woman is admitted with fever, headache, confusion and jaundice for a week. What’s her diagnosis?
A physician taking a patient's blood pressure.

Public Health Prevention & Wellness

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5 barriers to hypertension control: What they are and how to address them

To improve patient outcomes, it is important for physicians to understand the barriers to effective hypertension control and how to address them. Learn more.

Residents USMLE® Step 3

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Kaplan USMLE Step 3: Multiple compound fractures after car crash

A 34-year-old man admitted after a car crash has extensive blood loss in surgery. What lab finding confirms the diagnosis?
A person's hands typing information into a laptop.

About Ethics

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Your patient wants to be a medical tourist—6 things you should do

Physicians should be prepared on how to respond when a patient asks for advice before a trip for treatment or seeks follow-up care after coming back. Learn to navigate these unique ethical challenges in medical tourism.
Closeup of a cell on mobile phone.

Practice Management Medicare & Medicaid

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Digital medicine, QPP pushed ahead in 2019 Medicare final rules

AMA advocacy efforts helped push CMS to embrace digital medicine in the fee schedule. Also catch up on the latest changes to the Medicare Quality Payment Program.
Health care myths

About Ethics

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How health care myths can hurt patients

The online mountain of health content hasn’t put a damper on the proliferation of false beliefs. What should physicians do to stem the tide of medical myths?