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AMA Reimagining Residency initiative
GCEP Resident

GME Competency Education Program (GCEP)
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3 innovative proposals earn funding to change residency training
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6 things resident physicians need for stronger transitions to GME

Residents identified pain points in the transition to graduate medical education as they were going through it. Learn more with the AMA.

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Thriving in Residency
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Where do medical interns spend shifts? Tracking badges tell tale

New research with real-time locating system badges details how first-year internal medicine resident physicians spend their time on duty. Learn more.

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Thriving in Residency
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Physical exam training: Improving residents clinical skills with Sanjay Desai, MD

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion about improving residents clinical skills.

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Moving Medicine Video Update
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Resident physicians honored for work on telehealth, cancer care

Resident physicians also earned accolades for their work to address patients’ food insecurity. Learn about these teams’ innovative projects.

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At NYU, coaching helps medical students’ move to residency

Learn with the AMA how pairing graduating students with coaches from residency faculty can smooth the transition and produce better, happier doctors.

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Add rural medicine exposure in training to boost country doctors

Physician shortages help drive rural health inequities. Delegates outlined steps to improve the supply of doctors in less densely populated areas.

Population Health
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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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At Johns Hopkins, COVID-19 made telemedicine a mainstay in med ed

Learn with the AMA about a project that uses a virtual physical exam to cut diagnostic errors and deepen connections between patients and physicians.

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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