Online education plus real-life experience

Ease the burden of integrating emerging topics and enhancing support for your medical students with the AMA UME Resource Program.

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Medical students: Start here to learn about health systems science

This third pillar of medical education provides insight into an increasingly complex health care system, never more critical than when medicine is tested by a global pandemic.

Med School Life
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Medical students: Know the fundamentals of medical ethics

For generations, physicians have relied on medical ethics to guide their relationships with patients. An online module from the AMA provides a primer.

Med School Life
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Virtual residency interviews: Tips to help M4s manage new stressor

Virtual residency interviews get underway soon. Here’s how students can manage the stress that comes with this new Q&A mode.

Residency Prep
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Why achieving health equity is so hard in the telehealth age

Telemedicine has helped millions get care from the safety of their homes, yet many patients are unable to access virtual care. Learn more with the AMA.

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Revising the history and physical for new era in medicine

A new model of the history and physical exam—the H&P 360—can help physicians adapt to their changing role in the health care system.

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1st-year medical students write physician oath for tumultuous times

Amid the pandemic and civil rights protests, incoming class of Pittsburgh medical students puts its own spin on an oath they swear as future doctors.

Med School Life
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John Andrews, MD, discusses reimagining residency at the GME Innovations Summit

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing a recap of the first ever virtual GME Innovations Summit.

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AMA Update
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How a record-setting gift will help tomorrow’s Black physicians

A massive donation to the nation’s four historically Black medical schools will provide about $100,000 in tuition funding per student.

Medical School Diversity
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5 ways the pandemic may transform medical education

Some innovations put in place for medical students during COVID-19 may remain in place well after the pandemic’s end.

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Succeeding in Medical School