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What it’s like to specialize in psychiatry: Shadowing Dr. MacLean

AMA member Lisa MacLean, MD, has found that the pandemic has brought to light the many ways psychiatrists can provide mental health care to those most in need.

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What it’s like to specialize in urology: Shadowing Dr. Davuluri

AMA member Meena Davuluri, MD, finds that the instant gratification of seeing her patients improvement is the most rewarding part of being a urologist.

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What it’s like in family medicine: Shadowing Dr. Lambert

AMA member Carl Lambert, MD, says the best part of family medicine is journeying and seeing patients through challenging situations.

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What it’s like in adolescent medicine: Shadowing Dr. Titchen

AMA member, Kanani Titchen, MD, explains that teens and young adults are suffering during this pandemic, if not from COVID-19 infection then from isolation.

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What it’s like to specialize in endocrinology: Shadowing Dr. Correa

For AMA member Ricardo Correa, MD, helping underrepresented minorities feel good and providing them the best care is a rewarding part of endocrinology.

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AMA medical education experts discuss the Fauci effect

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 emerging phenomena known as the “Fauci effect” as well as medical education-related trends.

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What it’s like in interventional cardiology: Shadowing Dr. Azrak

Personal interest and content of specialty are the most popular motivating factors for medical students when they pick a career path.

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The 11 factors that influence med student specialty choice

Personal interest and content of specialty are the most popular motivating factors for medical students when they pick a career path.

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Medical specialty choice: Should residency training length matter?

Find out how long residency training lasts in each specialty, and learn with the AMA how big a factor that should play in your specialty choice.

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