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Here Are This Year's Top 10 Medical Schools

The latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report

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Racism in Medicine Is Alive and Well

Are you a part of the problem or will you be part of the solution?

A female surgeon ties her scrub cap in the operating room.

Gender Bias in the OR Is a Hazard to Patient Safety

Conflict and toxicity can make teams more prone to errors

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Tulane's Graduate Medical Education Programs Put on Probation

Decision follows public outrage over alleged racism and gender discrimination at the university

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Empathy: The Most Critical Skill in Medicine

Caring for a patient means putting yourself in their shoes

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Scholarship Tips for Med Students

8 ways to help fund tuition

A transgender woman in a pink robe with her head wrapped in a towel wipes the steam off of a mirror in the bathroom.

What's Driving Eating Disorders in Trans Patients?

Proper care begins with understanding

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Do We Really Need a Fourth Year of Med School?

Student perspectives from the pandemic point to the benefits of restructuring medical education

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Could This Personality Type Crush Burnout for Surgical Residents?

And could residency programs use it as a screening tool?

A mature surgeon claps the back of his younger colleague as they walk down a hospital hallway.

How to Have an Outstanding Mentor Relationship

Five ways to make a difference in someone's career

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Emergency Departments Are a Dangerous Workplace

Recollections "poignant and often chilling"

A young male doctor in scrubs sits in a hospital hallway.

Dear New Residents, You Will Make Mistakes

And other reflections from a chief resident

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Gender-Affirming Surgical Fellowships Gaining Steam in the U.S.

Since 2017, number of programs offering multidisciplinary training has grown from one to eight

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It's Time to End the USMLE Step 3 Exam

It's a redundant and harmful entity on the path of medical education

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Medical Residents Need Better Working Conditions, AMA Delegates Say

More access needed to healthy food, child care

People wearing protective masks form a tight line outside of a health clinic in Chetla, Kolkata India.

3,000 Indian Doctors Who Quit COVID Front Lines Are Back on the Job

Week-long strike ends with pay raise; doctors resigned when court ordered them back to work

A stern looking mature male physician making the stop gesture with his right hand

Op-Ed: Down With the Gatekeepers of Medicine

Educators should be mentors, rather than weeding out those they deem unfit

A YouTube video thumbnail with Rohin Francis, MBBS, Jimmy Kimmel and the words: The Patient IS NOT THE PUNCHLINE

Op-Ed: How Not to Message the Public on COVID Vaccines

A "cringe-inducing" public service announcement with doctors and nurses

A photo of Amani Jambhekar, MD, MBA

Op-Ed: 'Yes, I Am the Surgeon,' She Said

Growing recognition of women as surgeons starts with changes in healthcare systems

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The Problem With Prestige

An excerpt from "Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients"

A wizened female physician leans against a window in the sunlight

The Life Cycle of Emotion in Medicine

Perspectives change throughout a career

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Review ID's Racism During Care of Black Doctor Who Died of COVID

"Lack of empathy, compassion, and awareness of implicit racial bias," external review concludes

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Cath Lab Team 'Not Off the Hook' for Racial Disparities in Medicine

Interventional cardiology leader suggests concrete actions for colleagues

A close up of a syringe laying in the palm of the hand of a man overdosing

Op-Ed: Addiction Is Killing Our Families

Closing treatment knowledge gaps can help

A patient鈥檚 eye view of a team of surgeons in the operating room discuss the procedure

Op-Ed: How to Teach in the OR

Sometimes, you have to "use the force"

Two young doctors chat as they walk up stairs of a hospital

Op-Ed: We're Kind to Our Patients, Why Not Each Other?

There's a dire need for peer support programs in medical training

A mature female physician talks to a young female resident in a hospital

Op-Ed: Compassion Goes a Long Way in Medical Education

Every trainee deserves a "Hillary"

A mature male physician and his mature male patient share a laugh

Op-Ed: Be the One to Uplift Your Patients

It's not how much you know, but how much you care

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Op-Ed: Primary Care and Specialty Ping Pong

Let's put an end to bureaucratic medicine and treat the patient in front of us

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Residency Matching Rates Down This Year

Surge in registrants driven by pandemic; numbers of matches set records

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He Impersonated a Doctor. Now He's Close to Becoming One

But can he clear the last hurdle?

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Back From the Brink, Med Student's Plea Brings Promise of Change

He had a suicide plan. Now, he hopes to start a long-needed movement

A man in scrubs naps on a gurney in a hospital hallway.

Op-Ed: Stop Ignoring Our Parallel Pandemic

Biden's COVID-19 task force must take action to prevent clinician burnout

A female physician with her mature female patient puts on her stethoscope

ACC Report: Cardiac Care Better Woman-to-Woman

Group suggests rethink of cardiology culture and medical education

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Tulane Residency Director Removed After Filing Racial Discrimination Suit

Lawsuit alleges a decade of race and gender-discriminatory behaviors

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Recognizing Medical Contributions by Africans and Black Americans

From early inoculations to modern medical devices

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International Medical Grads Blast New Testing Procedures

New English proficiency exam may be a stumbling block to matching for international students

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USMLE Step 2 CS Cancelled Permanently

Medical licensing authorities looking for "innovative ways to assess clinical skills"

A young Black female doctor holds a stethoscope up

Recruitment Strategy Increases Cardiology Fellow Diversity

Intervention made women and minorities the majority, with no change in standards

Surgeons practice on a surgical dummy

Op-Ed: Gym for Surgeons?

To perform like athletes, surgeons need to train like athletes

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