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Educators should tap learners’ insights, med students argue

Being partial outsiders, medical students and residents have useful insights into medical education, argues a recent commentary in the journal Academic Medicine.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Medical students: Advocate action on opioids during lame-duck session

Fellow students provide step-by-step instructions for encouraging U.S. representatives to support the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.

Medical Students
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Be a physician entrepreneur: Medical and health care innovation advice

The rapid evolution of health care creates opportunities for medical innovation. Physician entrepreneurs and investment experts advise how to take an idea from concept to company.

Transition to Attending
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How a student network sparked a stronger med school curriculum

Students are exploring creative ways to share project ideas and collaborate with faculty to transform physician training. Here’s how one student leveraged his peer network to help pilot a new curriculum and spur future student innovation.

Improve GME
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How to learn about health policy and advocate for change

The AMA Medical Student Section’s Advocacy Champions Program connects medical students across the nation to strengthen health policy grassroots efforts. For students who are interested in health policy, the program is an opportunity to get more involved in advocacy efforts and inspire others to be active in organized medicine.

Medical Students
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3 events that are transforming learning in med ed

The AMA’s Event of the Month showcases creative recruitment, community service and education events coordinated by individual AMA medical student sections. Here are the events the AMA’s recent winners hosted.

Medical Students
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What students wish they were learning in med school

At a recent meeting of the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative, a panel of medical students discussed what they hoped to learn to prepare them for their future careers. ...

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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New “core science” could prep med students for health care changes

For medical students of the future, one day there could be a new science on their Step 1 exams. The work AMA's Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative has helped push the need for health care delivery science.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Med students practice on pigs feet during skills lab

Medical students at Indiana University School of Medicine at Evansville practiced blood drawing, IV catheter placement and intubation during the school’s skills lab. They also practiced airway management, pig feet suturing and basic clinical exam skills.

Medical Students