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  Role reversal: Physician participates in diabetes prevention program
  
  For an internist in Ann Arbor, Michigan, participating in a diabetes prevention program has helped him further the conversation about prediabetes. Learn more.
  
  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.
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  Emergency departments save 25,000 lives, $55 million. Here’s how.
  
  More than 1,000 EDs have transformed their clinical care practices to make a massive, lifesaving impact.
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  $370,000 in AMA grants will help drive rigorous med ed innovations
  
  Learn more about the 15 medical schools and institutions receiving funds under the 2019 AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Innovation Grant Program.
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  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.
  
  Physician contracting: What to look for in pay, benefits
  
  Residents and young doctors, learn from the AMA about what to look for in physician compensation and benefit packages.
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  Court says juries can’t rely on “common knowledge” gained through ad campaigns when making decisions in cases that involve complex medical conditions.
  
  Preparing physicians for the world as it is
  
  The effort to understand which conditions foster health—and which create inequities—must be reinforced in medical school and extend throughout a physician’s career.
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  The HOD speakers welcome comments for reports under development for the upcoming 2019 Interim Meeting and the 2020 Annual Meeting.
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  The American Medical Association is proud to celebrate September as Women in Medicine Month. “Women in Medicine: Trailblazers, Advocate, and Leaders” is this year’s theme.
  
  Media kit for Women in Medicine Month
  
  View images and sample social media posts you can use and share on social media to celebrate Women in Medicine Month during September.
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  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.
  
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  AMA member and IMG Subhash Chandra, MD, reminds patients and physicians of their right to mental, physical and spiritual well-being.
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Members Move Medicine: 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.

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Members Move Medicine: Helping psychiatric patients feel empowered

AMA member and IMG Subhash Chandra, MD, reminds patients and physicians of their right to mental, physical and spiritual well-being.

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Kevin King, MD, FACEP, AACEM

Kevin King, MD, FACEP, AACEM, holds the position of chair for the International Medical Graduates Section at the American Medical Association.

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Deepak Kumar, MD

Deepak Kumar, MD, holds the position of chair-elect for the International Medical Graduates Section at the American Medical Association.

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