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AMA backs stronger leave policies for medical students, doctors

In medical school, residency or in practice, those caring for newborns or dealing with illnesses or deaths in the family should get time away.

Med Student Advocacy
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What medical students should do to best prep for loan repayment

Medical students can take a few key steps to best position themselves to repay their loans after they graduate. Here’s how.

Residency Finance
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What it takes for medical students to identify as systems thinkers

Today’s physicians need more than medical knowledge. Learn with the AMA how to inspire them to think and practice at the system level.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Why medical schools may need to pivot on admissions approach

The U.S. Supreme Court this week heard oral arguments in two cases that could alter how medical schools work to diversify the physician workforce.

Judicial Advocacy
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These away rotations boost future Black doctors, 4 weeks at a time

Learn how a partnership enables Morehouse medical students to do away rotations at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health.

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Medical School Diversity
Health System Spotlight
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Recognizing diversity’s benefits in classrooms—and exam rooms

The Supreme Court must not outlaw longstanding admissions policies that are helping shape a future physician workforce that more closely resembles the nation’s patients.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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What I wish I knew in medical school about physician burnout

AMA Board of Trustees Chair Sandra Fryhofer, MD, explains what she wishes she knew in medical school about burnout and when to get help.

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Med Student Health
Succeeding in Medical School
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Why residency selection slows the road to competency-based med ed

The emphasis on grades and rank-order lists impedes assessment of competencies in medical school. A top med ed innovator says the two can coexist.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Health Systems Science Scholars: Faculty and co-mentors

Meet the faculty and co-mentors of AMA's Health Systems Science Scholars program.

ChangeMedEd Initiative