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Discover resources and guidance on how to make the most of medical school with the AMA.

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Practice innovation strategies: Physician burnout

Find proven approaches on how to engage health system leadership, understand physician burnout and how to address it, and develop a culture that supports well-being.

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Resident & Student Health

Jun 22, 2022 ·

3 MIN READ

Gay, lesbian and bi medical students report worse emotional climate

Gay, lesbian and bisexual medical students report less favorable perceptions of their learning environments, with a link to more burnout. Learn more.

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Annual Meeting

Jun 15, 2022 ·

40 MIN READ

Highlights from the 2022 AMA Annual Meeting

Catch up with the news and key moments from the AMA House of Delegates’ meeting, which ran June 10-15.

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Resident & Student Health

Jun 15, 2022 ·

5 MIN READ

Find new ways to help medical students, residents get child care

Nearly all child care is unaffordable on a resident physician’s salary, per HHS criteria. The AMA will ID best practices for on-site or subsidized care.

Press Releases

Jun 14, 2022 ·

4 MIN READ

AMA adopts new policies on second day of Annual Meeting

The AMA, the premier national physician organization in the country, voted this week to adopt new policies during the voting session of the AMA’s Annual Meeting.

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Physician Health

May 9, 2022 ·

5 MIN READ

How Headspace helps physicians, medical students tame stress

A surgeon, pathologist and resident physician have found one way to cut stress on their own—by practicing mindfulness meditation with the Headspace app.

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USMLE®

Apr 27, 2022 ·

4 MIN READ

USMLE Step 1 score switch: Answers to medical students’ top questions

The move to a pass-fail only version of Step 1 is well underway. Make sure you know what it means for your study plans and residency applications.

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RFS June 2022 Meeting agenda & resources

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of June 27, 2022

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