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USMLE Step 2 FAQs: Study tips to help maximize your score

How much should medical students study? What’s on the test? Experts offer insight on the best ways to get ready for the Step 2 exam.

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USMLE® Step 1 & 2
Succeeding in Medical School

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What doctors wish patients knew about multiple sclerosis

MS is a disease of the central nervous system, affecting nearly 1 million people in the U.S. Augusto Miravalle, MD, of Rush Medical Group, shares more.

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Population Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
Joy in Medicine: Texas Children's Pediatrics
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Giving physicians a seat at the table, and a team to optimize care

Texas Children’s Pediatrics improves thriving scores by 14% through support teams, well-being programs, and enhancing the physician voice on committees. 

Physician Health
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What doctors wish patients knew about kidney stones

One in nine people will get kidney stones at some point. Ryan Steinberg, MD, a urologist at University of Iowa Health Care, shares more about kidney stones.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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Turning physician burnout insights into systemwide change

Confluence Health uses data and EHR redesign to ease administrative burden and improve physician well-being across the system. 

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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These books can boost your specialty knowledge on rotation

In general surgery, radiology and more, physicians weigh in with specialty-specific books to help medical students to get up to speed. 

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Clinical Rotations
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
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Lawmakers extend CMS hospital-at-home waiver for five years

The move is a big winner for patients and doctors that the AMA fought for to help boost care, cut postdischarge costs and save lives. 

Population Health
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8 “Cs” drive physician buy-in to high-value patient care

Henry Ford Health’s wide spectrum approach to value-based care leads to reduced hospitalizations and improved metrics in chronic disease management. 

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Payment & Delivery Models
Health System Spotlight
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Food insecurity affects medical students. Here’s how to address it.

Nutrition and well-being are connected. Learn how one medical school is taking on a problem affecting more than 20% of medical students.

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Med Student Health
Succeeding in Medical School