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For high schoolers certain they want to become physicians, institutions offer a range of approaches to early medical school acceptance.

  • March 22, 2023
Collage of Match Day 2023 interviewees
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A former Navy fighter pilot. A chef. A kindergarten teacher. For some students, medicine is a second – and sometimes even a third – career.

  • March 16, 2023
Sophia Matos, MD, poses with her parents after her graduation from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She is now an ENT resident at SIU.
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Sophia Matos, MD, didn’t match the first time. The next year, she matched into medicine’s most competitive specialty — otolaryngology.

  • March 13, 2023

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Hundreds of new MDs are helping alleviate a dire shortage of health care providers in hot spots across the country.

  • April 3, 2020
An employee of NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital arrives for work on April 02, 2020 in New York City.
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From sewing masks to unloading supplies, medical students are tackling tasks to meet growing needs during the COVID-19 crisis while learning amazing lessons.

  • April 2, 2020
Students distribute personal protective equipment at a Mount Sinai hospital in New York City, where volunteers tackle such tasks 24/7 through an Icahn School of Medicine effort
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Vaccines saved humanity from countless scourges, like measles and smallpox. Producing a safe, effective vaccine is painstaking, as the risk of harm is real.

  • March 31, 2020
A woman doctor puts a bandage on a patient after giving him a vaccine
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AAMC Chief Medical Education Officer Alison J. Whelan, MD, issued a statement on updated interim guidelines for medical schools regarding medical students.

  • March 30, 2020
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As health care workers across the country plead for more protective equipment, manufacturers and distributors are scrambling to meet an unprecedented need.

  • March 27, 2020
Police in East Meadow, New York, lead a donation drive to collect medical equipment such as N95 surgical masks, nitrile gloves, tyvex suits, and antibacterial and disinfecting wipes to battle the coronavirus pandemic on March 24, 2020
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Providers working in the current outbreak face huge stresses, including fears for themselves and their families, yet they are inspired to keep serving patients.

  • March 26, 2020
A UW Medicine nurse gets help sanitizing her hands after removing the gown and gloves she wore while screening a patient for COVID-19
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AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, issued the following statement after the Senate came to an agreement on the CARES Act.

  • March 25, 2020
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An intern describes getting coughed on, wading through confusing information, and feeling helpless yet essential. Life as a resident during the current crisis.

  • March 24, 2020
A woman doctor puts on a mask inside a hospital
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Even before Congress lifted restrictions on reimbursement for telehealth through Medicare, academic medical centers were expanding telemedicine services.

  • March 23, 2020
A male doctor consults with an elderly female patient through the computer.
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As the nation grapples with COVID-19, medical schools take a moment to celebrate more than 30,000 students who matched to their chosen specialty.

  • March 20, 2020
Students at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School gathered in the online videoconferencing platform Zoom to share Match Day announcements