Authors of News & Leadership Viewpoints Bookmark Staff News Writer AMA Affiliated Groups News Writer, Authors Written by members of the AMA Physician Communications team. News Authors Catalog of Topics USMLE® Step 1 & 2 Nov 11, 2019 · 4 MIN READ Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Next step for girl with heavy menstrual flow This USMLE Step 2 prep question deals with a 14-year-old patient with heavy periods. Based on the physical exam and blood work results, students are asked to determine the appropriate next step in managing the case. Leadership Nov 8, 2019 · 3 MIN READ Haidn E. Foster: Members Move Medicine: Advancing LGBTQ medical education Medical student Haidn E. Foster chose a career in medicine after finally being diagnosed and treated for a longstanding chronic condition. He knew he had to help others find wellness too. Physician Health Nov 7, 2019 · 3 MIN READ Bullied in medical residency? Learn how you can respond Medicine’s introduction to physician professionalism and peer-to-peer respect is too often a hazing ritual. Medical residents don’t have to accept it. Ethics Nov 6, 2019 · 3 MIN READ How to assess quality of life in reconstructive transplantation Reconstructive transplantation is elective and conducted to improve patients’ quality of life. Yet ethical inquiry into quality of life is lacking. Find out more from the AMA. Overdose Epidemic Nov 6, 2019 · 3 MIN READ Fighting stigma, building a career treating substance-use disorders Learn how AMA member Alena Balasanova, MD, is helping to fill the gaps in addiction psychiatry and medication-assisted treatment in Nebraska. USMLE® Step 1 & 2 Nov 4, 2019 · 3 MIN READ Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Abnormality on contrast-enhanced chest CT This USMLE Step 1 exam question deals with a 66-year-old man brought to the emergency room after recent discharge following a Whipple’s procedure for pancreatic cancer performed seven days prior. Leadership Nov 1, 2019 · 4 MIN READ Charles F. Willson, MD: He improved primary care for Medicaid patients AMA member Charles F. Willson, MD, was born prematurely and a pediatrician saved his life. Now he follows his own path as a pediatrician. Overdose Epidemic Oct 31, 2019 · 18 MIN READ The opioid epidemic and emerging public health policy priorities Adm. Brett P. Giroir, MD, of the Department of Health and Human Services, explores this national problem, along with potential solutions. Load More