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Where med schools are headed: 12 months of innovations

In the year since the AMA announced the participants in its unprecedented initiative to transform medical education and create new ways to train future physicians, there has been tremendous progress and consensus on new ideas.

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Inner-city kids learn about healthy living, medical careers

More than 50 medical students made quite an impression Friday on nearly 600 children at a public school in Chicago’s South Side during a special health and wellness event held in conjunction with the 2014 AMA Annual Meeting.

Underrepresented in Medicine
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Scholarships awarded to increase physician workforce diversity

Eleven outstanding medical students from across the country were announced earlier this month as recipients of Minority Scholars Awards from the AMA Foundation.

Med School Prep
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Med College of Wisconsin wins latest Event of the Month Award

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Mini-Med School Day event earned the school the latest AMA Section Involvement Grant (SIG) Event of the Month award.

Medical Students
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Schools receiving Title IX funds receive anti-discrimination guidelines

A new guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) clarifies that schools receiving federal Title IX funds may not discriminate against transgender and gender-nonconforming students. 

Medical School Diversity
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For minorities, road to medical school a leaky pipeline

Minority students trying to pursue a career in medicine are rapidly leaving the “medical school pipeline,” a recent analysis of data by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) shows. 

Medical School Diversity
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Med school curriculum changes aim to eliminate health care disparities

How should physicians of the future eliminate health care disparities and deliver the best patient care? Some schools are beginning to address this weighty question by focusing on the unique needs of underserved populations, workforce diversity and population health.

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