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2023 Compendium of GME Initiatives Report
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Compendium of graduate medical education initiatives

The AMA addresses concerns regarding the challenges faced by the current graduate medical education (GME) system with a report on GME initiatives to help inform future GME advocacy.

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In-person a no-go, so residency program told its story on Instagram

During a tumultuous year, the pediatrics residency program at an Oakland hospital leveraged its Instagram account to show its values and create community.

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Allyship and gender inequity: What medical residents need to know

Women in medicine face more hurdles—in both pay and advancement—than their peers. One medical resident led the development of a curriculum to address those realities.

Health Equity
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Building lesson plans to make medical residents better teachers

Learn with the AMA how a core feature of high school education can be applied in medical schools and GME to improve clinical reasoning skills.

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Can simulations help residents uncover social needs affecting health?

Health inequity manifests throughout the health care system but nowhere more than in safety net settings. Learn with the AMA how to head it off.

Health Equity
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Residency applicant screening: What role should AI tools play?

Learn with the AMA and GME leaders how to refine AI screening tools to increase resident diversity and help meet the social mission of medicine.

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Moving on up: Pilot gives medical residents chance to finish early

A pilot program aims to let medical residents advance to independent practice early—or late—depending on their skills instead of the date on the calendar.

Residency Life
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Medical residents stretched by pandemic at risk for stress injury

Find out how residency programs can track their residents’ well-being and lay the groundwork for “post-traumatic growth.”

Medical Resident Wellness
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3 innovative proposals earn funding to change residency training

Learn how the projects selected for AMA grants will ease transition to practice, address health inequities and improve residency selection.

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