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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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Women are changing the face of medicine in America

Data from the past 18 years show how women have driven growth in the supply of physicians and expanded their presence in some of the largest specialties.

  • May 28, 2024

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Faculty Professionalism
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Rising violence in the emergency department

Nearly 50% of emergency physicians say they’ve been assaulted. 70% of emergency nurses report being hit or kicked on the job. So what’s the solution?

  • Feb. 24, 2020
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Packing ethics into medical students’ global health trips

Short-term global health programs can misread local needs and put students in tough situations. Here’s how leaders are ensuring ethical, effective experiences.

  • Feb. 11, 2020
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Faculty salaries rise 2.3%, and new data spotlight gender gap

The AAMC’s annual Faculty Salary Survey shows mean salaries across departments and specialties, academic ranks, and degrees.

  • Feb. 6, 2020
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Please, call me Doctor

Physicians’ first names don’t belong in the classroom or the clinic, argues one educator.

  • Jan. 22, 2020
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Please, call me Mara

Medical students and residents are responsible, mature, and smart. Let’s show them our respect by asking them to use our first names, argues one educator.

  • Dec. 3, 2019
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Can compassion help heal patients — and providers?

With tools like MRIs, neuroscientists are literally reading minds to understand and boost compassion. Now they’re using what they know to help heal medicine.

  • Nov. 19, 2019
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Amy Edmondson: Psychological safety is critically important in medicine

Amy Edmondson, PhD, Harvard professor, talks about how to create an interpersonal climate that encourages input from all members of the patient care team.

  • Nov. 12, 2019
Author Amy Edmondson delivers her speech at at Learn Serve Lead 2019: The AAMC Annual Meeting.
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When a patient dies by suicide

A growing number of doctors are dealing with the terrible loss of a patient to suicide.

  • Sept. 13, 2019
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Where are all the women in surgery?

Women have been discouraged from entering the surgical specialties. That’s changing, thanks to concerted efforts by medical schools and teaching hospitals.

  • July 15, 2019
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What happens when a teaching hospital closes?

AAMCNews talked to Janis Orlowski, MD, AAMC chief health care officer, about what the closure of Hahnemann University Hospital means for medical professionals.

  • July 12, 2019
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