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Looking for a fellowship? Here’s how much you’ll spend to do it.

For trainees, the cost of applying for and interviewing with fellowship programs is an investment in their future. It can also be a big expense.

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Medical Fellowships
Thriving in Residency
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Project to remake residency training gets widespread interest

More than 300 entities with oversight of graduate medical education contributed to proposals to participate in the AMA’s Reimagining Residency Initiative.

Improve GME
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4 rules for making your first lecture a success

Don’t read your presentation off a set of slides crammed with text. And three other go-to tips from a physician with decades of experience.

Residency Life
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The top 5 medical specialties with the highest student-loan debts

Wondering how much you might owe before even starting practice in a particular specialty? We have the figures.

Specialty Profiles
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What you can do to beat burnout during medical residency

Factors outside of training can exert pressure and contribute to medical resident burnout. Here is what you can do to prevent medical resident burnout.

Resident Wellness
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AMA seeks more data on physician, medical student suicide

The new policy aims to identify patterns and target help for doctors and medical students experiencing distress.

Physician Health
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AMA policy aimed at preventing medical student and physician suicide

The AMA adopted policy during its Interim Meeting aimed at identifying patterns that could predict and ultimately prevent suicide among physicians-in-training.

Press Releases
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Doctors as disruptors? AMA CEO says medicine’s future demands it

Physicians must lead the way by ensuring that disruptive innovations improve patient care, says AMA CEO James L. Madara, MD.

Interim Meeting
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3 mistakes to avoid on medical student-loan repayment

Formulating a debt-repayment plan? Here’s a list of what you should not do when it comes to med school debt.

Residency Finance