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AMA builds on efforts to expand funding for graduate medical education

The AMA today adopted policy at its Annual Meeting aimed at ensuring there is sufficient funding for medical residency positions.

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Health systems science: Teaching med students skills for team-based medicine

Med schools need to provide students with an understanding of the health care delivery system and a better appreciation for the patient experience. HSS becomes the 3rd third pillar of undergraduate medical education.

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Health systems science prepares med students for care beyond exam room

Learning health systems science will help med students be better physicians. Goal is to align medical education with needs of health systems. HSS will help physicians care for patients beyond the exam room.

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Medical student wellness: Blueprints for the curriculum of the future

Preventing physician burnout is one of the initiatives sponsored by the AMA Medical Education Innovation Challenge. Teams from five med schools present proposals to improve med student wellness.

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Virtual patients help create the med ed environment of the future

Med students can expect virtual patients to play a larger role in learning and problem-solving. In the future, they’ll be able to tailor the content and level of complexity of the cases to a specific learner.

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Med students' perceptions of learning environment matter

Studies show med students who feel more positive about their learning environment perform better on the USMLE. See how campus culture plays a large role in perception and how it could affect medical education.

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Post-Match evaluations urged for medical residency programs

Competency-based assessments of med school grads entering residency programs urged. University of Michigan Medical School study suggests this would identify areas where trainees need extra help and improve training of interns.

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Medical community inspires next generation of minority doctors

AMA National Doctors Back to School Day sends minority physicians and medical students into local schools to inspire kids to get into medicine. Seeing physicians who look like them inspires students.

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What med ed and organizational change have in common

Learn how the ideas of leading thinkers on business innovation can be applied by medical schools embarking on radical change.

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