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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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Alda Center: Better Care Through Better Communication

Two experts from the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science explain why formulating and delivering a message is not enough, regardless of the audience.

  • Dec. 4, 2017
Viewpoints
Suicide Prevention: My Top Clinical Priority

To save lives, all of us must #BeThere for veterans in need. A Viewpoint by David J. Shulkin, MD, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

  • Nov. 3, 2017
Viewpoints
Training Future Physicians to Address Opioid Crisis

More than 2 million people abuse opioids, yet only 5,500 physicians are trained in addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine.

  • Sept. 19, 2017
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Viewpoints
Improving the Transition to Residency

The AAMC is conducting research to better support applicants, advisors, and program directors in matching residents to programs.

  • Aug. 22, 2017
Viewpoints
Effective Advocacy: Applying What I Learned on the Hill

Successful advocacy depends on continuous engagement and ongoing relationships, AAMC Chief Public Policy Officer Karen Fisher, JD, writes in a Viewpoint.

  • June 23, 2017
Viewpoints
Creating Learning Environments That Promote Physician Resilience

Darrell G. Kirch: The high-quality learning experience outlined in the updated AAMC compacts can help address the crisis of burnout and improve resiliency.

  • March 14, 2017
Viewpoints
FDA and Academic Medicine Community Advancing Public Health Through Collaboration

As the practice of medicine rapidly changes, partnerships between academic medicine and public agencies such as the FDA will help achieve better health.

  • Nov. 1, 2016
Viewpoints
The Role of the Center for Medicine After the Holocaust in Medical Ethics Education

Today's doctors, nurses, and scientists need to confront the role that physicians played in the Holocaust and apply that knowledge to research and practice.

  • Sept. 27, 2016