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The Doctors Back to School™ program

Download the Careers in medicine resource list and Doctors Back to School™ Kit to learn more about how the program aims to increase the number of minority physicians and work toward eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities.

Minority Affairs
Frank Alexander Clark, MD
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Frank Alexander Clark, MD: Family tragedy sparks passion for medicine

AMA member Frank Alexander Clark, MD, saw firsthand the devastating impact of illness in his family. That pushed him to seek a medical career despite the hurdles.

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Members Move Medicine
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Lesson is resilience when this physician goes back to school

Frank Clark, MD, works to inspire the next generation of underrepresented minority students by sharing his successes—and his struggles. 

Medical School Diversity
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AMA Medical Student Section: 2016 Interim Meeting highlights

The Medical Student Section meeting featured presentations on gun violence, the opioid epidemic and burnout.

Medical Students
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Medical community inspires next generation of minority doctors

AMA National Doctors Back to School Day sends minority physicians and medical students into local schools to inspire kids to get into medicine. Seeing physicians who look like them inspires students.

Minority Affairs
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Inner-city kids learn about healthy living, medical careers

More than 50 medical students made quite an impression Friday on nearly 600 children at a public school in Chicago’s South Side during a special health and wellness event held in conjunction with the 2014 AMA Annual Meeting.

Minority Affairs
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AMA-MAS chair named Minnesota's Psychiatrist of the Year

A dedicated advocate for eliminating health care disparities and encouraging minority students to pursue medical careers was named Psychiatrist of the Year by the Minnesota Psychiatric Society: Dionne Hart, MD.

Minority Affairs
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For minorities, road to medical school a leaky pipeline

Minority students trying to pursue a career in medicine are rapidly leaving the “medical school pipeline,” a recent analysis of data by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) shows. 

Medical School Diversity
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Med school curriculum changes aim to eliminate health care disparities

How should physicians of the future eliminate health care disparities and deliver the best patient care? Some schools are beginning to address this weighty question by focusing on the unique needs of underserved populations, workforce diversity and population health.

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