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Med students: These 6 factors dictate resuming clinical training

The factors that determine whether students will return to the wards—and stay on them—include patient volume and adequate faculty bandwidth for supervision.

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Incoming med students: How will training start amid a pandemic?

Medicine is a profession that requires some comfort with ambiguity. For incoming medical students, picking up that skill will be among their first lessons.

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HEALS Act: What physicians and medical students need to know

The AMA offers highlights on the latest bill in response to COVID-19: "Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools Act” (HEALS Act).

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AMA COVID-19 daily video update: Medical schools apply lessons learned for incoming students

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 in the second of a two-part series about how medical schools are planning for students in the fall.

Medical School Life

AMA COVID-19 daily video update: How med schools are planning to accommodate students this fall

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 in the first of a two-part series about how medical schools are adapting for the fall.

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Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Issues

Brianna C. Sohl

Brianna C. Sohl holds the position of Medical Student Section representative for the Members of the Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Issues and is a student representative on the Medical Student Section (MSS) Councilors & Representatives.
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Medical Students

Stephanie Strohbeen

Stephanie Strohbeen, a medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin, serves as chair of the MSS Governing Council for the 2020-2021 term.
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Medical Students

Dory Askins

Dory Askins serves as vice chair of the AMA Medical Student Section (MSS) Governing Council for the 2020-2021 term.

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