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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
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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
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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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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
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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AAMC Statement on Proposed Changes to Student Aid in House Budget Reconciliation Bill

The AAMC released a statement about the proposed elimination of the Grad PLUS loan program and restrictions to the PSLF program.

  • May 1, 2025
Capitol building, Washington, DC
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Rural medical students and The Match®

Medical students who grew up in rural areas share how rural life challenged and inspired them on their journeys to becoming physicians.

  • March 19, 2025
A student holds a goat on a farm
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When art meets medicine

A New Yorker cartoonist, a surgeon who sketches whimsical bodies, a singing ENT, and more. Doctors describe how creating art makes them better providers.

  • March 6, 2025
Artistic Doctors Collage
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AI in medical education: 5 ways schools are employing new tools

Artificial intelligence is being tapped to create quizzes, simulate patients, pinpoint student struggles, and write assessments. Humans remain ‘in the loop.’

  • Feb. 27, 2025
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Autopsies, avalanches, and ambulance rides: Unusual away rotations for medical students

Each year thousands of medical students spend time at another institution exploring varied types of care. We profile some of the more intriguing opportunities.

  • Feb. 19, 2025
Eric Macaluso, DO, practices rescue techniques on Colorado’s Green River during a training
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Mental health is part of physical health. Why isn’t it treated as such?

Too often, we act as if physical and mental health are separate. Here’s a plan to meld them to better serve future doctors and the patients who need their help.

  • Feb. 6, 2025
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AI will now read your medical school application

Some schools try artificial intelligence as a first screener, hoping to make admissions more efficient and reduce variability. Here are some early results.

  • Jan. 21, 2025
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Puerto Rican medical students face challenges when applying for residency

Students report being misidentified as international medical graduates despite U.S. citizenship and medical school accreditation.

  • Jan. 15, 2025
Andrea Vélez Figueroa, MD, left, a graduate of the Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC), poses with Alexandra Conde Toro, right, a fourth-year medical student at UCC.
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New AAMC Data on Medical School Applicants and Enrollment in 2024

New AAMC data on applicants, matriculants, and enrollment for 2024-2025

  • Jan. 9, 2025