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AMA seeks more help for medical students, residents with disabilities

To improve workforce diversity and patient care, medical schools and GME institutions must remove barriers and refocus on student and trainee abilities, not limitations.

Medical School Diversity
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Q&A: Calling out systemic racism’s impact in medicine

Faith Crittenden, MD, MPH, was part of the medical student-led effort to have the AMA recognize racism as a public health threat. Learn more.

Med Student Advocacy
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Brittany Ikwuagwu on the power of medical student advocacy

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Brittany Ikwuagwu on medical student advocacy.

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Med Student Advocacy
Moving Medicine Video Update
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USC's Keck School of Medicine health justice advocacy curriculum

Ron Ben-Ari, MD, FACP, discusses a curriculum made to equip medical students with skills in health justice advocacy.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Why a patient’s housing qualifies as a health care treatment

Poor health is a primary outcome of experiencing homelessness and, as with so much else, the COVID-19 pandemic made a growing problem even worse.

Med Student Advocacy
Jul 27, 2021 ·
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Webinar: Health Care Advocacy and the New Administration

Hear from the experts on what medical students can expect in health care over the next four years.

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AMA equity in medical education resources

Find information about AMA's work towards equity in medical education and available resources for physicians and their practices.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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To produce more Black male doctors, start by acknowledging bias

Black men remain highly underrepresented in medicine. Learn more with the AMA about how this can be changed.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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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.

Med Student Advocacy