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A sea turtle enjoys the company of people again at The Florida Aquarium. Courtesy of The Florida Aquarium.

Community Engagement

Teaching hospitals help businesses and schools safely… September 22, 2020

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Diversity and Inclusion

A collage of Hispanic pioneers in Medicine

Celebrating 10 Hispanic pioneers in medicine

Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer

September 17, 2020

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Advocacy

A question mark with coronavirus molecules

Rumors, confusion, and conspiracies: Can doctors defeat COVID-19 misinformation?

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

September 15, 2020

John and Diane Rehm on their 25th wedding anniversary in 1984. John’s death is one of the reasons Rehm is fighting to ensure medical aid in dying.

Patient Care

John and Diane Rehm on their 25th wedding anniversary in 1984. John’s death is one of the reasons Rehm is fighting to ensure medical aid in dying.

Diane Rehm talks about what it means to have “a good death”

Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer

September 14, 2020

Patient Experience

Two medical students confer in a room

Medical Education

Two medical students confer in a room

So many medical students, so few clerkship sites

Elaine K. Howley, special to AAMCNews

September 10, 2020

An elderly woman at a nursing home entertains a visitor while maintaining precautions against COVID-19

Patient Care

An elderly woman at a nursing home entertains a visitor while maintaining precautions against COVID-19

Hospitals partner with nursing homes to prevent and fight outbreaks

Bridget Balch, Staff Writer

September 8, 2020

Students study in classroom with masks

Medical Education

Students study in classroom with masks

Medical school enrollments grow, but residency slots haven’t kept pace

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

September 3, 2020

An emergency care facility was erected to treat inmates infected with the novel coronavirus at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, as seen in July.

Community Engagement

An emergency care facility was erected to treat inmates infected with the novel coronavirus at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, as seen in July.

Prison should not be a COVID-19 death sentence

Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer

August 27, 2020

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Perspectives from AAMC experts and thought leaders in academic medicine.

Taiwo Alonge speaks to students and faculty at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City during a teach-in he co-organized during his first year of medical school in 2017.

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Taiwo Alonge speaks to students and faculty at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City during a teach-in he co-organized during his first year of medical school in 2017.

Medical schools, it’s time to get real about becoming anti-racist

Taiwo Alonge

September 23, 2020

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Insights

A stethoscope on a rainbow flag

We need more transgender and gender nonbinary doctors

Lala Tanmoy Das

September 1, 2020

People sit on the beach at Baker Beach on May 26, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Beaches across the state have seen large crowds as they have started to slowly reopen.

Insights

People sit on the beach at Baker Beach on May 26, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Beaches across the state have seen large crowds as they have started to slowly reopen.

I’m a contact tracer in San Francisco. You won’t believe the stories I hear.

Allison Wong

August 26, 2020

Kali Cyrus, MD, speaks on intersectionality in gender equity movements at the Time’s Up Convening on Pay Equity in September 2019

Insights

Kali Cyrus, MD, speaks on intersectionality in gender equity movements at the Time’s Up Convening on Pay Equity in September 2019

Why I gave up my dream of leading diversity efforts in medicine

Kali Cyrus, MD, MPH

August 10, 2020

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A comprehensive examination of the issues affecting academic medicine and the future of health care.

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Gender Equity in Academic Medicine

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Innovations in Health Technology: Telehealth

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Telehealth Visit

Delivering more care remotely will be critical as COVID-19 races through communities
Telehealth Helps Close Health Care Disparity Gap in Rural Areas
Teaching Hospitals Lead in Telehealth Adoption