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There’s no shortcut to boosting diversity among physician faculty

It will take sustained effort to overcome long-established barriers and make medical schools look more like the nation. Learn more with the AMA.

Health Equity
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Resident physicians honored for work on telehealth, cancer care

Resident physicians also earned accolades for their work to address patients’ food insecurity. Learn about these teams’ innovative projects.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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These medical students are not waiting to make their impact felt

Reaching those without homes and those awash in misinformation, medical students around the country were honored for innovative projects.

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ChangeMedEd Initiative
Succeeding in Medical School
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Transforming transition to residency at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Learn about the NYU Transition to Residency Advantage program, which aims to improve the transition from medical school to postgraduate medical education.

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ChangeMedEd Initiative
Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium Showcase
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M1s help spot emergency patients who can benefit from naloxone

Learn how first-year medical students can add value and learn about addiction medicine by screening patients to ID those at risk of an opioid-related overdose.

Overdose Epidemic
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2021 medical school class sees enrollment diversity grow

The current class of first-year medical school students made significant gains among Black and Hispanic students, AAMC data shows.

Medical School Diversity
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How M1s, M2s are helping patients navigate complex medical systems

Learn with the AMA about an authentic, longitudinal experience in the pre-clerkship years that benefits patients and their academic medical center.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Inequities in medicine take personal toll on physicians, students

Two physicians and a medical student shared stories of how inequities and racism in medicine have personally impacted them as patients and trainees.

Medical School Diversity
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How medical students spearheaded an entrepreneurship curriculum

Students at a New Jersey medical school wanted to learn about innovation in medicine so they introduce their own curriculum on the topic.

ChangeMedEd Initiative