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COVID-19 FAQs: Guidance for medical students

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Specialty Guide simplifies medical students’ specialty selection process

Online learning during COVID-19: Tips to help med students succeed

AMA 2020 Annual Meeting suspended; Special Meeting of HOD convened

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Residency

Key changes recommended to the 2021 residency application cycle

For rising fourth-year medical students, away rotations will be largely discouraged, and residency interviews are likely to take place virtually.

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Health Equity

Medical students offer insights on inequities during COVID-19

Medical students from across organized medicine are working to address the health inequity laid bare by the pandemic.

Resident & Student Finance

AMA COVID-19 daily video update: Why frontline care workers need student loan forgiveness

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by advocating for student loan forgiveness for physicians and other health care workers.

Physician Diversity

AMA COVID-19 daily video update: How immigration issues may impact the physician workforce

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the impact of immigration issues on the physician workforce.

Health Equity

Prioritizing Equity video series: COVID-19 & the Experiences of Medical Students

AMA’s Chief Health Equity Officer, Aletha Maybank MD, MPH, hosts a panel with a group of medical students, some of the nation’s youngest medical leaders to discuss health equity considerations during the pandemic.

Medical School Life

Leading physicians, celebs join to celebrate medical school grads

The medical school Class of 2020 has displayed flexibility, resiliency and compassion. An AMA tribute event honors the nations’ newest physicians.

Medical School Life

AMA COVID-19 daily video update: Helping student and resident programs minimize disruption

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by providing resources for student and resident education during the pandemic.

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USMLE®

Step 1 scramble: Test-center closures leave medical students in limbo

Spring is a key time for USMLE Step 1 test-takers, but COVID-19-related delays are causing students to amend study plans and adjust to uncertainty.

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