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4 tips to enhance patient communication as a medical student

Communication skills are an emphasis throughout your medical training, but they take on a new meaning once you begin your clerkships.

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Succeeding in Medical School
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AMA Virtual White Coat Ceremony

On Aug. 19, the AMA joined clinical and educational leaders for a virtual white coat ceremony welcoming medical students to the profession.

Med School Life
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What medicine’s newest recruits can expect from medical school

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 the experiences of entering the medical profession during the pandemic.

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AMA Update
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All in the family: Mother, daughter graduate medical school together

Multigenerational physician families in medicine are not uncommon, but seldom will one see a mother and daughter graduate medical school in tandem.

Med School Life
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Limited by pandemic precautions, white-coat ceremonies take new forms

With physical distancing measures limiting large crowds, a traditional rite of passage for new medical students is being modified or delayed.

Med School Life
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How medical schools—disrupted by COVID-19—can get back on track

Learn with the AMA about three educational models that can be used in concert to help medical students make up for time lost to the pandemic.

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Med students: These 6 factors dictate resuming clinical training

The factors that determine whether students will return to the wards—and stay on them—include patient volume and adequate faculty bandwidth for supervision.

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Incoming med students: How will training start amid a pandemic?

Medicine is a profession that requires some comfort with ambiguity. For incoming medical students, picking up that skill will be among their first lessons.

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How medical schools can apply COVID-19 lessons learned for incoming students

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 in the second of a two-part series about how medical schools are planning for students in the fall.

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