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From a supersmart bionic leg to gene therapy for deafness, we look at recent advancements from academic medicine that aim to reduce suffering and treat disease.

  • July 30, 2024
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A handful of current medical students are either competing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris — or competed in the Olympic trials. Here are their stories.

  • July 25, 2024
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Black women represent less than 7% of doctoral candidates in science and engineering, and less than 9% of the STEM workforce. We can do better.

  • July 23, 2024

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New editor-in-chief of Academic Medicine seeks to broaden perspectives in the esteemed journal.

  • May 7, 2020
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Viewpoints

I can’t go to class, serve patients, or leave home. I’m scared for my family and don’t know how hard my education will be hit. Here’s how I'm uplifted anyway.

  • May 5, 2020
Tasnim Ahmed doesn't venture out past her yard, volunteering only from home, to avoid potentially exposing her family to the novel coronavirus
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Medical schools are partnering with engineering schools to produce testing reagents, swabs, PPE, and more. Will these relationships endure beyond the pandemic?

  • May 4, 2020
Trevor Kemp, assistant manager of the University of Virginia School of Architecture’s FabLab, and Melissa Goldman, manager of the FabLab, prepare plastic film to be cut for face shields
Podcast

David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

  • May 1, 2020
Beyond the White Coat with David J. Skorton
Press Release

David Skorton, MD, president and CEO of the AAMC, issued the following statement on regulatory waivers and rule changes released by CMS.

  • May 1, 2020
Viewpoints

COVID-19 has taken an outsized toll on communities of color. We must continue to educate our students on the health inequities that contributed.

  • April 30, 2020
Selwyn Vickers, MD, senior vice president of medicine and dean of the University of Alabama School of Medicine, talks with students before the pandemic
Viewpoints

A resident laments the loss of patient-provider connection during the pandemic. What happens to care when you can’t touch — or even see each other’s faces?

  • April 29, 2020
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AAMCNews

Here’s what the public thinks about academic medicine, the doctor shortage, health equity, holistic review, and what they value in a physician.

  • April 27, 2020
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Podcast

David Skorton, MD, talks with Mark Laret, president and CEO of UCSF Health, about how we can take advantage of the disruption the pandemic has caused.

  • April 24, 2020
Beyond the White Coat with David J. Skorton
AAMCNews

Medical school applicants are struggling with many unknowns, like when they can take the MCAT® exam. Here's how schools are making admissions safe and fair.

  • April 24, 2020
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