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Medical students: Test your knowledge of health care financing

Learn with the AMA how patients’ lives and physicians’ livelihoods depend largely on a decision made by Congress almost 80 years ago.

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How medical students can shape medicine—in pandemic and beyond

Learn why medical students’ passion and energy are badly needed to make health care more accessible, more affordable and equitable for all Americans.

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Medical students help homeless people stay safe from COVID-19

Learn how a group of medical student AMA members has worked to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among homeless people in the nation’s capital.

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As pandemic hit, these medical students acted on systems approach

Learn with the AMA about how medical students’ work in contact tracing and cluster investigation filled an education gap and aided COVID-19 response.

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3 insights med students should know in the pursuit for health equity

Systemic inequities plague U.S. medicine, as laid bare in the last year. Learn how medical students can help in the push for change.

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How a student-run clinic helps low-tech patients during COVID-19

UC Davis shifted its medical student-run clinics to telemedicine during COVID-19. Learn how they adjusted to help patients access the right care.

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How a medical student-run clinic is navigating the pandemic

Restrictions on patient-student interaction during COVID-19 forced a University of Kansas volunteer clinic to rethink how it operates.

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Succeeding in Medical School
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Why medical students are out to cut telehealth’s red tape

Telehealth is one of three key issues that medical students will be advancing in congressional meetings. Learn more with the AMA.

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AMA guiding principles to protect learners responding to COVID-19

The AMA and other educational organizations issue principles to support and protect medical students if their institutions put them in physical contact with patients and/or offer early graduation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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