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Congratulations, you got into medical school! Now what?

Here are 7 tips for rising first years at the start of their medical school journeys.

  • May 7, 2024
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More bugs are coming, spreading more disease. Are doctors ready to respond?

As the climate changes, vector-borne diseases like dengue, Zika, and Lyme are expanding into more areas. That challenges physicians to recognize the symptoms.

  • May 1, 2024
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Tenure is declining in U.S. medical schools. Could this threaten academic freedom?

As fewer medical faculty are awarded tenure, some suggest there must be new ways to protect those in academia from institutional and political retribution.

  • April 23, 2024
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Shootings, storms, epidemics: In an era of mass casualties, hospitals get better…

Increasing manmade and natural disasters require new thinking about the role of health care staff, effective triaging, community partnerships, and security.

  • April 17, 2024

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New AAMC Report Shows Continuing Projected Physician Shortage

The AAMC released the 2024 physician workforce projections report.

  • March 21, 2024
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AAMC Statement on Medical School Curriculum

The AAMC issued a statement on the development of medical school curriculum.

  • March 18, 2024
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AAMC Establishes New Fee Structure for 2025 ERAS Residency Application Season

The AAMC announced it is establishing a new, simplified fee structure for the 2025 ERAS residency season.

  • Jan. 10, 2024
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New AAMC Data on Diversity in Medical School Enrollment in 2023

U.S. medical schools enrolled a more diverse first-year class in the 2023-24 academic year, with increases among some groups but declines in others.

  • Dec. 12, 2023
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AAMC Deeply Disappointed by SCOTUS Decision on Race-Conscious Admissions

The AAMC expressed its deep disappointment in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard and v the University of North Carolina

  • June 29, 2023
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AAMC Statement on Senate Reintroduction of GME Expansion Bill

The AAMC supports the introduction of the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, which would expand federal funding for graduate medical education.

  • April 27, 2023
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AAMC, Thalamus Announce New Collaboration to Improve Transition to Residency 

The AAMC and Thalamus announced a strategic collaboration to ease the transition to residency for medical students, medical schools, and residency programs.

  • April 27, 2023
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AAMC Supports Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023

The AAMC issued a statement in support of the bipartisan Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023.

  • March 29, 2023
Capitol Hill, Washington
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Older medical students and The Match®

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
Collage of Match Day 2023 interviewees
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What it’s like to not match into a residency program

Sophia Matos, MD, didn’t match the first time. The next year, she matched into medicine’s most competitive specialty — otolaryngology.

  • March 13, 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.