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Membership Online CME

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9 CME activities to help you improve chronic disease management

These online CME activities offer educational insights on nutrition, diabetes prevention, hypertension control, practice redesign and more.

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: A man’s left hand complications

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A 24-year-old man reports awkwardness when using his left hand. What will the physical examination show?

Students Specialty Profiles

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What it’s like in forensic pathology: Shadowing Dr. Caruso

For James Caruso, MD, the ability to provide closure for families in cases of unexpected death is greatly rewarding.

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Years of gastric pain; which test is right?

If you’re preparing for the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 2 exam, you might want to know which questions are most often missed by test-prep takers.
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About Ethics

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4 CME courses from the folks who wrote the book on medical ethics

The women and men behind the AMA Code of Medical Ethics bring you great educational activities to help you earn CME credit and answer challenging questions.
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Residents Residency Finance

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5 ways to manage federal medical student-loan debt

Learn how to handle your medical student-loan debt and get personalized advice for the road ahead.
Kevin Hopkins, MD

About Leadership

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Members Move Medicine: Redesigning practice to improve care

AMA member Kevin Hopkins, MD, says there is value in remembering why you went into medicine in the first place.
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Practice Management Payment & Delivery Models

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2017 MIPS final scores reissued, new review deadline set

The AMA and others flagged calculation-error concerns, prompting CMS to revise physician scores under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System.