Resident & medical student COVID-19 resource guide

Why doctors marry doctors: Exploring medical marriages

Success in residency, romance aren’t mutually exclusive

How medical residents can make the most of their time off

Press Releases

AMA issues guidance to protect med students during COVID-19

Our medical students and residents are important members of the health care workforce in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Public Health

Residency in a pandemic: How COVID-19 is affecting trainees

Medical residents are both doctors and learners. Learn how trainees are balancing both roles during this ongoing public health emergency.

Public Health

AMA guiding principles to protect learners responding to COVID-19

The AMA and other educational organizations issue principles to support and protect medical students if their institutions put them in physical contact with patients and/or offer early graduation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Match

So you matched to a residency program—now what?

As a medical student transitioning to residency, your life is going to change significantly. What are the best steps to prepare for the next stage of your career?

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USMLE®

USMLE Step 1 moves to pass-fail: Answers to 7 key questions

Educators and students had long been advocating for changes to Step 1 scoring. Learn more with the AMA about why the shift happened and what comes next.

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Physician Health

6 big things that must change to beat physician burnout

There’s a need for collective, coordinated action across all levels of the health care system to combat physician burnout. Find out how to lay the foundation for change.

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Resident & Student Health

Chief residents offer 4 ways programs can fight burnout

Four chief medical residents from Brigham and Women’s Hospital offer their vantage point on resident burnout and how programs can combat it.

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Residency

M4s: Make the most of your post-Match time in medical school

Medical school is challenging. And then comes residency training. Here’s what you can do, in your final months as a medical student, to prepare.

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