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California allots $7 million for primary care residency slots

Unprecedented grassroots advocacy by the physician and medical student community, including the AMA Medical Student Section and the California Medical Association, has led the California legislature to approve and the governor to sign a state budget that includes $7 million for new primary care residency slots.

GME Funding
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5 tips to manage medical school loans after graduation

The average medical school graduate of the class of 2013 left school with nearly $170,000 in debt, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). For many, it’s even higher. Manage your education loans after graduation with five tips.

Residency Finance
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Med schools receive AMA awards for innovative programs

The AMA Medical Student Section presented the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences and the University of Florida College of Medicine with awards during the AMA-MSS Annual Meeting. Both schools are prior winners of the section’s Event of the Month awards.

Medical Students
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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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Students to discuss e-cigarettes, USMLE Step 1, EHRs and more

Students will have a chance to debate some of the hottest topics in undergraduate medical education at the AMA Medical Student Section (MSS) Annual Meeting, June 5-7 in Chicago. Some of these issues will make it to the AMA House of Delegates floor to be considered for adoption as AMA policy.

Medical Students
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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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U. of Toledo wins latest AMA Event of the Month award

The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences’ Specialty Speed Dating event earned the school the latest AMA Section Involvement Grant (SIG) Event of the Month award.

Medical Students
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What med students should know about SGR

Unless Congress repeals Medicare's flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula by March 31, physicians face pay cuts and consequences—and medical students aren't immune. Patients in many areas of the country already face problems getting physician care, but this will worsen unless Congress acts.

Medicare & Medicaid
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U. of Arkansas wins AMA-MSS Event of the Month award

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine's Residency Fair Speed Dating Event earned the school the AMA-Medical Student Section's Event of the Month Award.

Medical Students