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Medical students get first-hand experience with underserved patients

Preparing primary care physicians to address the needs of underserved communities is the focus of several programs that provide first-hand experience for med students. Patient care skills emphasized.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Med schools focus on quality improvement, patient safety

Renewed emphasis on training med students in quality improvement and patient safety activities means schools are changing curricula. Initiatives at three schools demonstrate more comprehensive approach.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Dedicated mentorship program supports med students

Rather than leaving med school students to find a mentor, Stanford created the Educators 4 Care program. A dedicated mentor is assigned 5 – 6 students for duration of med school. Result is a community atmosphere to support students.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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How faculty, students can improve care while saving money

Medical school faculty could do more to cultivate a new generation of physicians focused on containing health care costs, a new research report finds. It outlines the opportunities and obstacles on the road to greater cost consciousness. The ethical imperative Nine out of 10 students agree that physicians have...

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Supreme Court ruling on race and med school admissions

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled med schools have a right to create a more racially and ethnically diverse physician workforce. They have an obligation to redress current disparities in health care by graduating doctors who more closely reflect the patient population.

Judicial Advocacy
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Adding master's degrees to a medical education has new alternative

Programs to reshape medical education bring new ways to teach students to handle the ever-evolving nature of health care. Innovations in physician training prepare students to become master adaptive learners.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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High court supports race-conscious school admission policies

The Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin ruling is essential to help eliminate racial health disparities.

Press Releases
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AMA Academic Physicians Section: 40 years shaping medical education

The AMA Academic Physicians Section celebrates its 40th anniversary. This group of physicians continues to shape medical education and the practice of medicine. A look back at their history.

Academic Physicians
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AMA encourages telemedicine training for medical students, residents

New policy builds upon the AMA's efforts to create the medical school of the future.

Press Releases