Tomorrow's Doctors, Tomorrow's Cures Series
This series provides insight and perspective into current issues important to medical education, biomedical research, and patient care. You can subscribe to the Tomorrow's Doctor's, Tomorrow's Cures podcasts for free at the iTunes store.
AAMC's Principles for Reform of U.S. Health Care: A Guide for Policymakers
AAMC Chair-elect Elliot J. Sussman, M.D., president and CEO of Lehigh Valley Hospital, and AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D. discuss the principles.
Download AAMC's Principles for Reform of U.S. Health Care: A Guide for Policymakers (PDF, 11 pages)
Industry Funding of Medical Education with David Korn, M.D.
AAMC Chief Scientific Officer David Korn, M.D., discusses the work of an AAMC task force charged with developing principles, recommendations, and guidelines to help medical schools and teaching hospitals manage their industry relationships.
Autism: What Do We Know? What Do We Need?
Thomas R. Insel, M.D., of the National Institute of Mental Health, and Joseph Piven, M.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, discuss autism research in this Fulfilling the Promise Capitol Hill briefing. |
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AspiringDocs.org: Meet the Experts Series
Join AspiringDocs.org and the AAMC for conversations about diversity in medical
education with leading experts in the field. You can subscribe to AspiringDocs.org
podcasts for free at the iTunes store.
The Road to Medical School
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Unoma Akamaguna, a third-year medical student at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., talks about her reasons for wanting to become a doctor and how the Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) played a major role in that decision.
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O'Rese Knight, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Miami, discusses the skills necessary for succeeding in medical school, his reasons for choosing a career in ophthalmology, and his decision to take a year off for research.
What Is the Landscape Like for People with an M.D. Who Choose a Research Career?
David Korn, M.D., AAMC's chief scientific officer, discusses why diversity matters in research and shares why he believes biomedical research is an especially exciting career choice today.
What Are Clinical Career Options and Specialties Available to People with an M.D.?
Jeanette Calli, senior specialist with the AAMC's Careers in Medicine program, discusses not only various specialties physicians might choose, but the different career options someone with a medical degree may explore.
Sunny Gibson, director of the Office of Minority and Cultural Affairs at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, goes into careful detail on how to prepare for and increase your chances of success in applying to and interviewing for medical school:
What's
It Like to Be a Medical Student?
Dominique Arce, a third-year student at Meharry Medical College,
describes her experience getting into medical school, along
with the barriers she encountered, and goes into detail about
what it's like for her to be there.
A Conversation with Charles Terrell
Charles Terrell, Ed. D., Chief Diversity Officer at the AAMC,
speaks on the importance
of having more racially diverse students enter medical school
and eventually become practicing physicians. |
