AMA implores change proposed regulation on international students

CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) urged Trump administration officials today to reconsider its ill-advised regulation on international students that could jeopardize the status of current medical students. 

In the letter, the AMA said the United States already is facing a physician shortage, and the pandemic has generated an even greater need for physicians all across the country. Ideally, this would be a time that the country provides medical students with as many options as possible to successfully obtain their education. Instead, the regulation would change the status of these student merely because their classes are moving online.