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Elena Gupta, a fourth-year student at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (right) with her best friend Wendy Zhuo (center) and her best friend’s partner, Jeremy Tran (left), attending the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Match Day ceremony on Friday, March 21, 2025.
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I’m a fourth-year medical student who responded to an in-flight medical emergency. Here’s what I learned

Clinical skills and kindness are both essential qualities of the doctor I’m becoming.

  • May 8, 2025
Little boy fighting measles infection
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Measles cases are on the rise. Here’s what you need to know

Measles is highly contagious and can be dangerous, but vaccines are safe and effective.

  • April 30, 2025
A nurse collecting patient's blood sample in medical clinic
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What's at stake when clinical trials research gets cut

Federal funding cutoffs and pauses threaten studies on critical ailments. ‘Real humans are being affected.’

  • April 24, 2025
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How uncertainty around cuts to scientific research is impacting the future biomedical research workforce

Researchers worry that temporary interruptions in PhD programs could have long-term implications for the biomedical sciences.

  • April 16, 2025

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More Pre-Med Students Opting for Health Humanities Programs

Health humanities programs for undergraduates have quadrupled since 2000. For pre-meds, they offer insight into the social and cultural contexts of health care.

  • Dec. 11, 2016
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Medical Education Focuses on Improving Patient Handoffs

With the goal of avoiding errors, many teaching hospitals now include strategies for improving communication during patient handoffs for residents in training.

  • Dec. 11, 2016
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Researchers Race to Find Answers to Stop Zika Virus

Facing a public health emergency, researchers in the academic medicine community have found innovative ways to accelerate Zika virus research.

  • Dec. 5, 2016
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Why Health Equity Matters in an Era of Health Care Transformation

Equity has become more than just a moral issue. Today, it is a legal and an economic issue as well.

  • Dec. 5, 2016
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Telehealth Helps Close Health Care Disparity Gap in Rural Areas

Academic medical centers are using telehealth services to improve patient outcomes in underserved rural communities.

  • Dec. 5, 2016
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Teaching Hospitals Go Green

Academic medical centers have been incorporating energy-efficient features in new buildings, reprocessing medical equipment, and reducing waste.

  • Nov. 28, 2016
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Bioengineering Programs: The Next Big Thing?

Rapid changes in bioengineering are creating new demand for medical school graduates with a combination of medical and engineering skills.

  • Nov. 28, 2016
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Bringing Resilience to the Classroom

With data showing an increase in depression among medical students, several medical schools are making curricular changes to increase resilience.

  • Nov. 21, 2016
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Academic Medicine celebrates 90 years

Now in its 90th year, Academic Medicine has become a premier journal that covers the whole of academic medicine.

  • Nov. 21, 2016
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Executive Communications: AMC Leaders Share Best Practices

A strategic communications plan helps leaders convey their values and vision, define their messages, draw on their strengths, and guide conversations.

  • Nov. 21, 2016