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6 Min Read

A resident’s guide to a successful Couples Match rank-order list

AMA member Chance Fisher, DO, successfully navigated the Couples Match with his physician wife last year. His advice: Make it clear where you won’t go.

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Transition to Residency
The Road to Residency
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3 Min Read

Help your resident physicians identify burnout and boost well-being

Understanding how to beat burnout can be a key to a physician’s making the successful transition from medical school to residency. 

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What it's really like in anesthesiology—from 3 physicians who know

Shadowing one physician in anesthesiology is a great way to learn about life in the specialty. Exploring these insights from three of them is the next best thing.

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Specialty Profiles
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
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5 Min Read

Use these strategies to create your residency Match rank-order list

As the Match rank-order list deadline nears, go with your personal preferences and carefully weigh every residency program you interviewed with.

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Transition to Residency
The Road to Residency
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11 Min Read

Better preparing med students for residency by creating foundational UME competencies [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about foundational UME competencies.

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ChangeMedEd Initiative
AMA Update Podcast
William Childs, DO
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What it's like to specialize in family medicine: Shadowing Dr. Childs

William Childs, DO, of Henry Ford Health, is just one year into practice, and he has already changed his approach to being a family physician. 

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Specialty Profiles
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
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4 Min Read

Teaching residents what to do when patients don’t take their meds

Medication nonadherence is costly and deadly and frustrates even seasoned physicians. An online training covers how to tackle this common problem.

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Thriving in Residency
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Ease your Match rank-order list stress with these insights

Among the tips a wellness expert offers physician residency applicants: Maintain perspective and accept that you will never make the perfect list. 

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Transition to Residency
The Road to Residency
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Medical student’s research on well-being shaped his career

Now a surgical intern, AMA member George Burnet, MD, reflects on what he gained from presenting his research at the American Conference on Physician Health.

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Publishing Research
Succeeding in Medical School