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5 keys to help medical students sharpen their presentations

Look up any list on fears or phobias and public speaking is toward the top. As a medical student, here’s how to ensure nerves don’t affect your presentation.

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Medical students: Learn how collaboration, leadership go hand in hand

Health care is a team sport, and the same can be said of leadership. For medical students, learning the benefits of working cohesively can pay dividends.

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Webinar: Health Care Advocacy and the New Administration

Hear from the experts on what medical students can expect in health care over the next four years.

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Medical students can learn to handle medicine’s inevitable conflicts

Conflict resolution is an important part of working with patients and peers. Learn how medical students can get started in developing this essential skill.

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Clyde Yancy, MD, on the importance of research for students & residents

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, on how students and residents can get involved in medical research.

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4 tips to hit the ground running as a 1st-year medical student

Medical school can seem overwhelming at first. A third-year medical student offers M1s some great advice on getting off to a strong start.

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2nd COVID class: What one medical school plans for new students

M1s starting in 2020 had an unprecedented medical school experience. Learn about what life will be like for this year’s first-year medical students.

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Medical students: Test your knowledge of health care financing

Learn with the AMA how patients’ lives and physicians’ livelihoods depend largely on a decision made by Congress almost 80 years ago.

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How medical students can shape medicine—in pandemic and beyond

Learn why medical students’ passion and energy are badly needed to make health care more accessible, more affordable and equitable for all Americans.

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