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How to make the most of holiday time off as a medical student

Should you study over break? What does it mean to recharge? Faculty members weigh in on how students should spend time off mid-year.

Medical Student Health
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How medical schools are redoubling fight against racism in medicine

The structural elements of racism that exist in other areas of society also prevail in medical education. Learn what medical schools are doing about it.

Medical School Diversity
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How medical schools offer admissions flexibility during pandemic

Learn more with the AMA about how medical schools are accommodating COVID-19’s realities during an unprecedented application cycle.

Preparing for Medical School
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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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Patrice Harris, MD, MA, on prioritizing mental health as we enter the winter months

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing prioritizing mental health during the winter months for physicians and patients.

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Physician Health
AMA Update
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New model for managing chronic disease begins in medical school

Learn with the AMA where to start to make chronic disease prevention and management a staple of medical education and practice.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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4 phases of adapting to change during COVID-19 and beyond

Learn with the AMA how master adaptive learners invent new approaches to clinical reasoning when older approaches don’t work or novel diseases emerge.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Combating racism in med ed to address health care disparities

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing how combating racism within medical education helps address health care disparities.

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Medical School Diversity
AMA Update