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What you can do to beat burnout during medical residency

Factors outside of training can exert pressure and contribute to medical resident burnout. Here is what you can do to prevent medical resident burnout.

Resident Wellness
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Medical specialty choice: Make the most of informational interviews

Gleaning insights while in medical school from physicians already practicing a medical specialty is far preferable to “if I only knew” moments later.

Specialty Profiles
Best of 2018
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Matchmaking 2018: Top stories on the residency application process

Medical students were as Match-minded as always in 2018. Here are our most popular stories about the residency application process this year.

Transition to Residency
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What we learned about medical specialty choice in 2018

From burnout to payouts, this was a big year for coverage of specialty specific data. Here are a few of our greatest hits.

Specialty Profiles
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What it’s like to specialize in medical genetics: Shadowing Dr. Abbott

Mary-Alice Abbott, MD, PhD, says that medical genetics allows you to practice at the cutting edge of science during an incredible time in medicine.

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Specialty Profiles
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
Physicians performing surgery
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Residency Match: The 7 most competitive medical specialties

What are the most competitive specialties in the residency Match for U.S. medical school grads? Here’s what the data says.

Specialty Profiles
Delegates gather at the 2018 AMA Interim Meeting
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AMA seeks more data on physician, medical student suicide

The new policy aims to identify patterns and target help for doctors and medical students experiencing distress.

Physician Health
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AMA policy aimed at preventing medical student and physician suicide

The AMA adopted policy during its Interim Meeting aimed at identifying patterns that could predict and ultimately prevent suicide among physicians-in-training.

Press Releases
James L. Madara, MD, at 2018 AMA Interim Meeting
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Doctors as disruptors? AMA CEO says medicine’s future demands it

Physicians must lead the way by ensuring that disruptive innovations improve patient care, says AMA CEO James L. Madara, MD.

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