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All in the family: Mother, daughter graduate medical school together

Multigenerational physician families in medicine are not uncommon, but seldom will one see a mother and daughter graduate medical school in tandem.

Medical School Life
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Limited by pandemic precautions, white-coat ceremonies take new forms

With physical distancing measures limiting large crowds, a traditional rite of passage for new medical students is being modified or delayed.

Medical School Life
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How medical schools—disrupted by COVID-19—can get back on track

Learn with the AMA about three educational models that can be used in concert to help medical students make up for time lost to the pandemic.

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Med students: These 6 factors dictate resuming clinical training

The factors that determine whether students will return to the wards—and stay on them—include patient volume and adequate faculty bandwidth for supervision.

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Incoming med students: How will training start amid a pandemic?

Medicine is a profession that requires some comfort with ambiguity. For incoming medical students, picking up that skill will be among their first lessons.

Medical Student Health
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How medical schools can apply COVID-19 lessons learned for incoming students

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 in the second of a two-part series about how medical schools are planning for students in the fall.

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Ending health inequity requires new skill: structural competency

Learn how medical educators can teach tomorrow’s physicians to bring systems thinking into the exam room and the community to address systemic racism.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Experts discuss how medical schools plan to accommodate students this fall

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 in the first of a two-part series about how medical schools are adapting for the fall.

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Medical Student Health
AMA Update
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As pandemic heightens learner inequities, med ed must address them

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an additional toll on those underrepresented in medicine. The AMA is offering guidance on how institutions can address the added burden.

Medical School Diversity