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Meet the AAMC’s new Chief Scientific Officer

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, joins the AAMC from the UCSF School of Medicine. She shares her thoughts on the challenges facing scientists today.

  • July 16, 2024
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Women in medicine make gains, but obstacles remain

A study shows how their presence has grown as learners, teachers, and leaders, but pay disparities and gender harassment continue.

  • July 9, 2024
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In 2022, Caitlin Bernard, MD, became a lightning rod in the abortion debate. Here's…

Threats to her safety. Legal risks. Working as one of two abortion providers statewide. Despite such obstacles, this Indiana OB-GYN is more committed than ever.

  • July 3, 2024
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Microplastics are inside us all. What does that mean for our health?

Tiny plastic particles have been found throughout the human body, but researchers say they’re just starting to understand the impact.

  • June 27, 2024

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Meeting the Demand for Better Transgender Care

More medical schools and teaching hospitals are ensuring that providers learn to deliver high-quality health care for transgender patients.

  • April 10, 2018
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Responding to the Opioid Epidemic Through Medical Education

Here are five things to know about how academic medicine is helping to combat the opioid epidemic in the United States.

  • April 2, 2018
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Reducing the Stress Associated With Electronic Health Records

Physicians cite electronic health records as a leading contributor to burnout. Learn about solutions academic medicine could employ to help prevent that.

  • March 27, 2018
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AAMC Statement on Amicus Brief Supporting Reinstatement of Injunction Against Travel Ban Proclamation

The AAMC and 34 other organizations filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reinstate the injunction against the harmful travel ban proclamation.

  • March 27, 2018
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New Schools of Thought

Learn how three institutions use their school buildings to meet the needs of today’s students and tomorrow’s patients.

  • March 20, 2018
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Medical Faculty Need to Foster Resilience in Students (and in Themselves)

"Do as I say, not as I do," won't solve the problem. Faculty members in academic medicine must model and support self-care for students.

  • March 13, 2018
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Getting Patients Walking (and Talking) With Doctors

An invite from one doctor to his patients became a national movement. Learn more about Walk with a Doc, a program with participants across 46 states.

  • March 5, 2018
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When Physicians Become Patients

Physician burnout is on the rise. Learn how medical organizations are addressing the vital issue of clinician mental health and well-being.

  • Feb. 26, 2018
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340B Simplified

Understand everything you need to know about the 340B Drug Pricing Program in less than four minutes.

  • Feb. 20, 2018
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For Many Hospital Patients, the Doctors Are In-House

With fewer primary care physicians visiting their patients’ hospitals, one specialization aimed at inpatient care is taking off: the hospitalist.

  • Feb. 19, 2018