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Before 1993, women were rarely included in clinical trials. Today, the medical field still doesn’t know how well many drugs and devices work for women.

  • March 26, 2024
Cara Poland, MD, MEd, treats, teaches about, and advocates for the care of patients with alcohol and other substance use disorders.
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Nearly 3 million Americans have an alcohol use disorder. An addiction specialist whose brother died of alcohol-related causes describes how doctors can help.

  • March 20, 2024
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A New York Times bestselling author. A professional dancer. A potter. Some students have pursued artistic endeavors throughout their medical school journeys.

  • March 13, 2024

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Hospital-based violence intervention programs steer victims to safer, productive lives. Research shows challenges to reducing assaults on a broad scale.

  • Nov. 2, 2023
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The AAMC’s chief scientific officer, Ross McKinney Jr., MD, reflects on four decades in academic medicine and the challenges ahead.

  • Oct. 31, 2023
Ross McKinney
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Jacob Mchangama joins “Beyond the White Coat” to discuss what we can learn from the history of free speech and what the future may hold for it in the U.S.

  • Oct. 31, 2023
Beyond the White Coat Podcast Season 4, Episode 3: Free Speech with David J. Skorton, MD, and Jacob Mchangama.
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Throughout their careers, these academic medicine faculty have had a significant impact on medical education, patient care, and the biomedical sciences.

  • Oct. 26, 2023
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Smoke enemas. Bloody beverages. Milk-based blood transfusions. We explore deeply odd, and fortunately abandoned, treatments from the pages of medical history.

  • Oct. 24, 2023
A mix of morphine and alcohol, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup was promoted as a miracle cure for various ailments, but actually turned out to be deadly.
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On this episode of “Beyond the White Coat,” Ted Shaw and AAMC Chief Legal Officer Frank Trinity talk about the Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions.

  • Oct. 19, 2023
Beyond the White Coat with David J. Skorton
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As a med tech in the Air Force, Tony Phan was inspired by doctors who demonstrated the human side of medicine. Now, he’s on his journey to become a physician.

  • Oct. 19, 2023
Tony Phan, right, shakes hands with Brigham C. Willis, MD, founding dean of the University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine, at Phan’s White Coat Ceremony in July 2023.
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Just 6% of U.S. physicians are Latino, despite 19% of the U.S. population identifying as Latino. A coalition of physicians aims to change that.

  • Oct. 17, 2023
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Physician and author Abraham Verghese sees a reduction in human connection in medical care, and urges doctors to “find their passion in each patient encounter.”

  • Oct. 12, 2023
Abraham Verghese
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Amy Addams joins “Ask an Expert” to talk more about the AAMC’s role in helping medical schools with holistic review and their admissions processes.

  • Oct. 10, 2023
Beyond the White Coat presents Ask an Expert, Episode 2, with Amy Addams