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Which undergrad majors are best for med school?

Identifying the undergraduate coursework that will make you the best medical school applicant is an inexact science. Learn why with the AMA.

Preparing for Medical School

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MCAT scores and medical school success: Do they correlate?

The MCAT is key to earning admission to medical school. How well the test score predicts your med school career is a bit more complicated. Find out why.

Preparing for Medical School
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M1s help spot emergency patients who can benefit from naloxone

Learn how first-year medical students can add value and learn about addiction medicine by screening patients to ID those at risk of an opioid-related overdose.

Overdose Epidemic
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2021 medical school class sees enrollment diversity grow

The current class of first-year medical school students made significant gains among Black and Hispanic students, AAMC data shows.

Medical School Diversity
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How medical education has gone from sore spot to bright spot

An important centenary caused the medical education community to take stock. What emerged from the AMA and innovative medical schools was transformative.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Microaggressions happen in medical school. Here’s how to stop them.

It takes big commitment to deter microaggressions, the negative racial slights that harm medical students’ training. Learn more with the AMA.

Medical School Diversity
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Chronic disease management has a new tool: The H&P 360

A study in the journal Academic Medicine shows how a modified H&P can help collect more biopsychosocial information to better identify care barriers.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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The 11 factors that influence med student specialty choice

Personal interest and content of specialty are the most popular motivating factors for medical students when they pick a career path.

Specialty Profiles
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Medical specialty choice: Should residency training length matter?

Find out how long residency training lasts in each specialty, and learn with the AMA how big a factor that should play in your specialty choice.

Specialty Profiles