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2014's top moments in medical education

The past year was jam-packed with major events in medical education. Take a look back at six news-making medical education topics.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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One way residents can prepare to be tomorrow's leaders

Today’s residents and medical students are training to be not only skilled physicians but also leaders of the health care system. Get training to make a difference in the profession, and be recognized as a positive influence on health care, through a special leadership award program.

Residency Life
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Med ed gets evaluated in special JAMA issue

A special theme issue of JAMA focuses on important topics in the continuum of medical education, including health care spending, resident duty hours and maintenance of certification (MOC).

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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9 top tips for getting published in a medical journal

For new physicians, getting your research published in a medical journal helps establish yourself as an expert. Getting published isn’t easy so follow these tips from Edward H. Livingston, MD, deputy editor of clinical content at JAMA.

Research in Residency
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5 ways to manage student debt

More than 80 percent of physicians under the age of 40 still are paying off their medical school loans, according to AMA Insurance’s National Work/Life Profiles 2013 survey. Nearly one-half of these young physicians carry a debt of $150,000-$200,000.

Residency Finance
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The history of residency—and what lies ahead

Residency was not the only option for all medical school graduates, Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD, an internist, medical educator and historian of medicine, said during a recent presentation at the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Medical school graduates could take different pathways to become physicians, including apprenticeships or studying outside of the country.

Improve GME
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Residents: How would you transform GME?

Now that the consortium of schools in the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative are making transformative improvements to undergraduate medical education (UME), it’s time to move onto graduate medical education (GME)—and input from residents is crucial to the process.

Improve GME
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Hot topics that could affect how residents practice medicine

More than 500 physicians, residents and medical students will meet this week in Dallas to weigh new AMA policy that will affect both the medical profession and the patients they serve.

Improve GME
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Get published: Ethics journal now accepting articles for peer review

The AMA’s online ethics journal, Virtual Mentor, now offers an outstanding opportunity for physicians and physicians in training to be part of an important discussion and get their peer-reviewed articles published. Virtual Mentor is a student- and resident-driven journal published online monthly; it is advertisement-free and open-access.

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