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Moving on up: Pilot gives medical residents chance to finish early

A pilot program aims to let medical residents advance to independent practice early—or late—depending on their skills instead of the date on the calendar.

Improve GME
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Medical residents stretched by pandemic at risk for stress injury

Find out how residency programs can track their residents’ well-being and lay the groundwork for “post-traumatic growth.”

Resident Wellness
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3 innovative proposals earn funding to change residency training

Learn how the projects selected for AMA grants will ease transition to practice, address health inequities and improve residency selection.

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Medical students: What you need to know about the GME landscape

Future residents can learn with the AMA about the funding and workforce issues residency programs will face in the coming years.

Prep for Residency
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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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Trump extends student-loan deferral—plan your next move now

No payments required on federal student loans for the rest of 2020. Here’s how residents and young doctors can think ahead to diminish their burdens in 2021.

Residency Finance
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AMA COVID-19 response: Meeting the needs of the medical education community

Learn AMA’s response to the educational disruptions related to COVID-19 and how we can work together and move forward with recovery. Let’s start the conversation now.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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COVID-19 resources for residents and fellows

AMA provides wellness resources along with info on PPE best practices for medical residents and fellows to assist them during COVID-19.

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AMA COVID-19 Guides
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4 ways the pandemic is changing the fellowship match process

The COVID-19 pandemic is complicating the fellowship match, but applicants can make moves to strengthen their candidacy, a recent article says.

Medical Fellowships