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Resident & Student Finance

How free medical school tuition can change the physician workforce

Some medical schools are zeroing out their tuition bills. That could mean a more diverse pool of physicians who are freer to pursue different career and life paths.
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Preparing for Medical School

Which undergrad majors are best for med school?

Identifying the coursework that will make you the best medical school applicant—and eventually help you succeed as a medical student—is an inexact science.
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Medical School Life

3 tips for getting the most out of feedback in medical school

Feedback is crucial to a physician’s training, but it is often vague or clouded by discomfort. These practices can add specificity and accountability.

Press Releases

AMA expansion of national effort creating medical school of the future

Leaders from 37-medical school consortium, convene for meeting on building a pipeline of physicians whose racial and ethnic background reflect needs of patients.
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Accelerating Change in Medical Education

5 more medical schools join innovative medical education consortium

Navigating digital health and addressing social determinants of health are among the goals of pathbreaking projects the schools bring to the AMA’s effort to reshape medical education.

Accelerating Change in Medical Education

Member schools of the consortium

See the complete list of 37 medical schools working together to create the medical schools of the future and transform physician training.

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Accelerating Change in Medical Education

Medical students as change agents? How these six are doing it

The winners of a recent competition highlight how medical students can be catalysts for change at the health systems level.
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Resident & Student Health

Medical students feeling burned out get a hotline for help

A peer support phone line provided a low-cost accessible solution aimed at relieving the stress of medical school. Learn how students are helping other students.

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