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Lesson is resilience when this physician goes back to school

Frank Clark, MD, works to inspire the next generation of underrepresented minority students by sharing his successes—and his struggles. 

Medical School Diversity
AMA President Andrew W. Gurman, MD, and DACA medical students
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These med students fear a rude awakening for their career dreams

DACA-recipient medical students in Chicago talk with AMA President Andrew W. Gurman, MD, about uncertainties over their status.

Medical School Diversity
Loyola University Chicago medical student Diana Andino
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Med student “dreamers” speak out on maintaining DACA protections

Joy, hope and fear run through the stories of DACA recipients who aspire to serve their communities as physicians.

Medical School Diversity
A bill to protect "dreamers" grows.
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Don’t deport our “dreamers”; DACA bill earns physician support

A bill designed to protect the DACA recipients known as “dreamers” from deportation gathers new backing.

Medical School Diversity
Medical student disability.
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Study finds more med students with disabilities; ADHD tops list

A survey of 89 medical schools finds much higher disability rate than previous studies. Better data are needed to ensure adequate accommodations.

Medical School Diversity
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Latino medical students host policy summit in D.C.

The third annual Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) Policy Summit, held Oct. 21-23, was a comprehensive experiential training in Latino health policy.

Underrepresented in Medicine
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Health professionals with disabilities: Ethics and progress

The October issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics® explores what “disability” means, how we can learn from physicians and health professionals with disabilities; and how medical schools can accommodate med students with disabilities.

Ethics
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Supreme Court ruling on race and med school admissions

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled med schools have a right to create a more racially and ethnically diverse physician workforce. They have an obligation to redress current disparities in health care by graduating doctors who more closely reflect the patient population.

Judicial Advocacy
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High court supports race-conscious school admission policies

The Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin ruling is essential to help eliminate racial health disparities.

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