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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
Uché Blackstock
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Racism in medicine and one doctor’s quest to combat it

Emergency physician and bestselling author Uché Blackstock, MD, recounts her journey from academic medicine to a career as a social justice entrepreneur.

  • April 11, 2024
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Do seasonal allergies seem to be getting worse? Blame climate change

How warmer temperatures and ‘botanical sexism’ are exacerbating seasonal allergies and what allergists recommend to minimize the health effects.

  • April 9, 2024

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Shootings, storms, epidemics: In an era of mass casualties, hospitals get better prepared

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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Artistic medical students and The Match®

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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10 interesting facts about medical residents

The AAMC annual Report on Residents shows an increasingly diverse cohort of medical residents, trends within specialties, and other findings.

  • Jan. 10, 2024
A small group of medical student residents gather around a boardroom table to to meet with their medical team lead. They each have cases out on front of them as they work together collaboratively to discuss each one. They are each dressed professionally in medical scrubs and are listening attentively to the doctor leading the meeting at the head of the table.
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When home is not the best place to die

Many terminally ill patients go home in their last days. For some, home hospice care doesn’t work. How can health systems provide home-like care at life’s end?

  • May 2, 2023
Senior man at home on hospice with wife
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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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10 things you didn’t know about medical residents

The AAMC 2022 Report on Residents shows more diverse residents and continued interest in internal medicine and infectious disease specialties.

  • Jan. 5, 2023
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Introducing the AAMC’s new chief health care officer

Jonathan Jaffery, MD, the AAMC’s new chief health care officer, has spent years working to reduce health disparities and implement innovative care models.

  • Jan. 3, 2023
Jonathan Jaffery, MD, MS, MMM, FACP
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AAMC Comments to NRMP® on Two-Phase Main Residency Match Proposal

AAMC delivered the following testimony during an NRMP Board of Directors and leadership meeting on Sept. 16, 2022 on the two-phase main residency Match proposal

  • Sept. 19, 2022
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A growing psychiatrist shortage and an enormous demand for mental health services

The U.S. had too few psychiatrists even before COVID-19 increased anxiety and depression. Here’s how leaders are stepping up with a range of creative solutions.

  • Aug. 9, 2022
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Hospitals take creative steps to reduce carbon footprint

Amid new pledges to reduce greenhouse gases, hospitals find progress through quiet methods like changing anesthetics, fixing valves, and re-sterilizing devices.

  • July 28, 2022
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