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

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4 study tips to help you ace your shelf exams

Shelf exams are a key measurement of clerkship performance. This essential advice will aid medical students in preparing for them.

Clinical Rotations
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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
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The power of clinical informatics: A primer for medical students

Learn what comprises clinical informatics and how using certain techniques can improve how physicians and other health care workers deliver care.

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How medical improv training sparks better communication, teamwork

Research shows improv training provides lasting insights for medical students starting their clinical rotations.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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In unprecedented times, medical students fight for these 4 issues

Medical students are considered the conscience of medicine. Learn how they are advocating to protect patients and doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medical Students
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6 ways to shape health policy as a medical student

During a pandemic, health policy takes on outsized importance. Get expert insight on how medical students can help patients through advocacy.

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Succeeding in Medical School
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Medical students: Start here to learn about health systems science

This third pillar of medical education provides insight into an increasingly complex health care system, never more critical than when medicine is tested by a global pandemic.

Medical School Life
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Medical students: Know the fundamentals of medical ethics

For generations, physicians have relied on medical ethics to guide their relationships with patients. An online module from the AMA provides a primer.

Medical School Life
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Virtual residency interviews: Tips to help M4s manage new stressor

Virtual residency interviews get underway soon. Here’s how students can manage the stress that comes with this new Q&A mode.

Preparing for Residency