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Annie’s Place at Parkland Health in Dallas, Texas, offers no-cost childcare for parents to attend medical appointments.
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Can providing childcare at hospitals improve health?

Patients miss appointments — and health care workers miss work — because there’s no one to watch the kids. New programs test how on-site childcare might help.

  • June 12, 2024
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Climate change hurts women more

Extreme weather is linked to pregnancy complications, increased violence, and inescapable exposure to pollution and heat.

  • June 6, 2024
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Medical schools work to end student mistreatment

From public humiliation to sexist remarks, medical trainees often experience faculty mistreatment. Here’s how institutions are working to stop bad behaviors.

  • June 4, 2024
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Could giving low-income patients cash improve their health?

Guaranteed income programs have been successful in low-income countries. Now, researchers hope to test their effectiveness in the U.S.

  • May 30, 2024

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Nerves of steel, shaky stomachs

While some students are trying to pass class, others are trying not to pass out. Here’s how and why some get squeamish — and how to overcome it.

  • Oct. 16, 2018
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Healing the healers

A disturbing number of students report being mistreated at some point during medical school.

  • Sept. 10, 2018
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9 great summer reads for doctors

These books, from best-selling writers, renowned physicians, and other great science writers, will remind you why you went into medicine in the first place.

  • Aug. 6, 2018
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A rude awakening

Unprofessional behavior can derail even the most promising medical student’s career. The chair of one school’s conduct committee has a solution.

  • July 10, 2018
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Alumni Host Students Applying for Residencies

Help Our Students Travel programs let students save money but also offer a much appreciated home away from home during the stressful interview process.

  • June 18, 2018
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Cancer and our kids: We can do better

Less than half of U.S. teenagers have been protected against HPV. Here’s why physicians must do more to promote timely vaccination—and how.

  • June 11, 2018
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Fast Facts About Medical Students

For the first time, more women than men have enrolled in medical school. And that’s not the only change. Get the facts on 2017 medical school applicant trends.

  • March 20, 2018
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New Report Examines Experiences of Medical Students and Physicians with Disabilities

The AAMC and the UCSF School of Medicine released a publication that explores the state of medical education for students and physicians with disabilities.

  • March 13, 2018
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Medical Faculty Need to Foster Resilience in Students (and in Themselves)

"Do as I say, not as I do," won't solve the problem. Faculty members in academic medicine must model and support self-care for students.

  • March 13, 2018
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10,000 Participants + 65 Schools + 9 Hours = AAMC Virtual Medical School Fair

In its third year, the fair offers expanded opportunities. Learn about what’s new for 2018 and how prospective medical school students benefit.

  • Feb. 5, 2018