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4 MIN READ

What new AAMC competency requirements mean for medical students

Medical students are expected to demonstrate skills related to diversity, equity and inclusion before entering residency. Here’s how they can do it.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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3 MIN READ

Harvard, Vanderbilt join effort to reshape LGBTQ+ physician training

Learn how the AMA Foundation National LGBTQ+ Fellowship Program is working to improve U.S. health equity.

Population Care
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3 MIN READ

High court shouldn’t impede efforts to diversify medical schools

The AMA, AAMC and many other organizations urge the Supreme Court to keep allowing consideration of race, ethnicity in medical school admissions.

Medical School Diversity
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10 MIN READ

Q&A: When fighting climate change, don’t overlook health equity

Throughout the pandemic, AMA member Jerry Abraham, MD, MPH, CMQ, has advocated for equitable vaccine distribution. Now he’s taking on climate change.

Public Health
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10 MIN READ

What doctors wish patients knew about breastfeeding

Breastfeeding offers benefits for babies and moms, but it’s hard. Two pediatricians say shame over feeding choices has no place in the nursery.

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Population Care
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
3 MIN READ

Release the Pressure toolkit for health care professionals

Download campaign toolkit resources from AMA, physician groups, heart health experts and ESSENCE that aim to support Black women in a movement for healthy blood pressure.

Hypertension
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2 MIN READ

When considering iatrogenesis, don’t overlook structural drivers

Moving beyond diagnostic and treatment errors, find out how structural biases and inequities contribute to medically induced harm.

Ethics
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28 MIN READ

Prioritizing Equity video series: Reproductive health care as a human right

Learn how reproductive health care is a human right and connects to health equity, exploring the impacts of the overturn of Roe v. Wade in this Prioritizing Equity discussion.

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Health Equity
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
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4 MIN READ

AMA to court: Race, ethnicity helps gauge COVID-19 severity risk

Inequities lead to worse COVID-19 outcomes. Learn why physicians should be able to account for that in prescribing decisions.

Health Equity