Online education plus real-life experience

Ease the burden of integrating emerging topics and enhancing support for your medical students with the AMA UME Resource Program.

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Take a look at old tech in new ways to boost health care teamwork

Learn with the AMA how an inconspicuous food-service tool was repurposed to speed up clinical communication and improve the patient experience.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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How master adaptive learner model can help struggling med students

Medical school is difficult, and some students can fall behind. Learn with the AMA how to spot and fix learning deficits.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Rehearsals for residency: How “acting internships” help prep M4s

Too many residents aren’t ready for residency on day one. Learn how one medical school is helping graduating medical students be prepared.

Preparing for Residency
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How UCSF is working to overcome bias in clerkship grading

Evaluations of performance in clerkship can sink medical students’ ambitions. Learn with the AMA about strategies for fairness and accuracy.

Medical School Diversity
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How medical students use systems thinking to help patients

Systems thinking was an asset for medical students connecting vulnerable patients with needed resources during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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How a student-run clinic helps low-tech patients during COVID-19

UC Davis shifted its medical student-run clinics to telemedicine during COVID-19. Learn how they adjusted to help patients access the right care.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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2021 Match hits record highs despite pandemic’s disruptions

2.7% rise in PGY-1 positions offered. IMGs see notable drop in match rate during this unprecedented residency-application cycle.

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Preparing for Residency
The Road to Residency
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Police brutality, health inequity: 8 ways medical faculty can respond

Learn how medical schools can offer supportive approaches to help address systemic racism, police brutality and COVID-19 inequities.

Health Equity
Amber Smith, Xena Moore and Colin Dallimore
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How a medical student-run clinic is navigating the pandemic

Restrictions on patient-student interaction during COVID-19 forced a University of Kansas volunteer clinic to rethink how it operates.

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Medical School Life
Succeeding in Medical School