As aspiring residents narrow options, how should one get a comprehensive view of the strength of their residency application? Deborah Spitz, MD, who directs residency training in the department of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at University of Chicago Medicine, offers her thoughts on a realistic approach to both choosing a specialty and which programs to apply to. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the lat...
Jul 21, 2023•34 min•Ep. 77
For future physicians approaching residency selection, letters of recommendation can be a vital part of application packets. Suzanne Allen, MD, MPH—vice dean for academic, rural and regional affairs at the University of Washington School of Medicine—offers tips on picking the best letter writers.✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full trans...
Jul 10, 2023•35 min•Ep. 76
Finalizing one's specialty choice is a key step before residency application season. Kathleen Kashima, PhD, senior associate dean of students at the University of Illinois College of Medicine offers vital guidance on that crucial decision. Webinar: https://aamc.elevate.commpartners.com/products/aamcama-t2r-tools-for-a-successful-residency-application-for-2024-residency-applicants-us-md-do-and-imgs-may-22#tab-product_tab_overview✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://b...
Jun 16, 2023•27 min•Ep. 74
Kelli E. Krase, MD, director of the obstetrics and gynecology residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center offers tips to help visiting students thrive clinically and stand out to potential future colleagues during away rotations. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_...
Jun 02, 2023•26 min•Ep. 73
We want to hear from medical students! Record and submit your questions to help inform future “What I Wish I Knew in Medical School” episodes here: https://bit.ly/3CweAJ1 Special "What I Wish I Knew In Medical School" segment discussing the rewards and challenges of becoming and being a DO with Ilse Levin, DO, an AMA Trustee and a board-certified internist and epidemiologist, as well as a hospital-based physician for the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group in Silver Spring, Md. American Medica...
May 11, 2023•12 min•Ep. 72
Tune in on AMA's YouTube channel May 21st at 7:00 PM CT for inspiring messages and advice from Anthony Fauci, MD, Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, Robert Califf, MD, and more as we celebrate the nation’s newest medical graduates. Subscribe now.✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here...
May 03, 2023•26 sec•Ep. 71
National Resident Matching Program's Donna L. Lamb, DHSc, breaks down the numbers from this year's residency Match. Discussing Match rates, changes by specialty, SOAP results, and what's in store for Class of 2024 Match Day. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are...
Apr 04, 2023•14 min•Ep. 70
John Andrews, MD, has decades of experience working in residency programs. Currently the AMA's vice president for GME innovations, he offers tips to freshly matched residents-to-be on how to ease their transition to the next level of their training. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://...
Mar 20, 2023•18 min•Ep. 69
Chhavi Chaudhary, MD, didn’t Match through the traditional channel or SOAP. Now a first-year fellow in the child and adolescent psychiatry division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, she offers insight on coping with not matching and how unmatched applicants can find a position.✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full ...
Mar 03, 2023•25 min•Ep. 68
Chantal Young, PhD, shares what to do to maintain wellness and minimize stress after you submit your rank-order list and wait for Match Week. Young—director of the office of well-being at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC)—also dives into some coping mechanism for those who don't match.✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://b...
Feb 20, 2023•27 min•Ep. 67
Dr. Docherty, a family medicine resident at United Health Services in Binghamton, New York, gives residency applicants his keys to making a comprehensive rank-order list. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, wi...
Jan 25, 2023•24 min•Ep. 66
Our guests doctors Michaela Pesce, MD and Brandon Temel, MD—share their advice for and experience going through the Couple’s Match. Dr. Pesce is a first-year obstetrics and gynecology resident and Dr. Brandon Temel is a first-year internal medicine resident. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here:...
Jan 18, 2023•18 min•Ep. 65
The financial reality of attending medical school can be particularly jarring for students from historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups who represent the first in their family to attend medical school. In this episode, first-generation medical students cover topics around financial literacy, debt management, different types of loans and repayment plans, building generational wealth, types of retirement plans, and more in an effort to financially empower medical students. Guests includ...
Jan 12, 2023•29 min•Ep. 63
Associate program director of the emergency medicine residency at Geisinger Medical Center, Chadd Kraus, DO, DrPH, CPE, FACEP, offers tips on follow-up etiquette and how to gather information after a residency interview. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts...
Dec 15, 2022•26 min•Ep. 62
Leelabati Biswas, an MD/PhD candidate at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, shares about her research: Decoding Pregnancy Loss, Validating a Novel Genetic Biomarker of Poor Egg Quality. The AMA Research Challenge is the largest national, multi-specialty research event for medical students, residents and fellows, and international medical graduates to showcase and present research. Learn more by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/events/ama-research-challenge✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @ame...
Nov 30, 2022•21 min•Ep. 61
Garima Suman, MD, discusses her research on early detection of pancreatic cancer using artificial intelligence. Dr. Suman is a radiologist and clinical fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The AMA Research Challenge is the largest national, multi-specialty research event for medical students, residents and fellows, and international medical graduates to showcase and present research. Learn more by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/events/ama-research-challenge✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow ...
Nov 29, 2022•12 min•Ep. 60
Second year medical student at Harvard Medical School, Arian Mansur, discusses his research on two different treatment types for lung cancer. The AMA Research Challenge is the largest national, multi-specialty research event for medical students, residents and fellows, and international medical graduates to showcase and present research. Learn more by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/events/ama-research-challenge✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AM...
Nov 25, 2022•12 min•Ep. 59
AMA Research Challenge finalist, Kanita Chaudry shares her research on the efficacy of a treatment for neuroblastoma cancer tumors in children. Kanita Chaudhry is an MD/PhD candidate at University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The AMA Research Challenge is the largest national, multi-specialty research event for medical students, residents and fellows, and international medical graduates to showcase and present research. Learn more by visiting: https://www.ama-ass...
Nov 22, 2022•14 min•Ep. 58
Medical student at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, Ben Maxey, discusses his research on audiovisual feedback from a handheld monitoring device that improves manual ventilation. The AMA Research Challenge is the largest national, multi-specialty research event for medical students, residents and fellows, and international medical graduates to showcase and present research. Learn more by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/events/ama-research-challenge✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @america...
Nov 18, 2022•12 min•Ep. 57
Ami DeWaters, MD, an internist at Penn State, offers residency applicants advice on what to do if you aren't getting enough interviews and how to stay grounded during interview season.✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds n...
Nov 15, 2022•19 min•Ep. 56
Hilary Fairbrother, MD, has been interviewing residents for a decade. An associate professor and the vice chair of education at UT Health in Houston, she offers tips on standing out during residency interviews in the virtual format. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update...
Oct 28, 2022•37 min•Ep. 55
Alison Schmidt, MD, a current intern who went through residency selection virtually, offers advice on how applicants can get a feel for program culture during virtual residency interviews. Dr. Schmidt is a first-year obstetrics and gynecology resident at Michigan Medicine.✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are a...
Oct 12, 2022•16 min•Ep. 54
Residency interview invites often come at a heavily clinical period of medical school. In this episode, AMA News senior writer Brendan Murphy, is joined by Liz Southworth, MD, a third-year obstetrics and gynecology resident at Michigan Medicine, to discuss how to manage interview invites, what to do if you don't get enough of them and how to prioritize your opportunities. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the late...
Sep 28, 2022•24 min•Ep. 53
Residency applicants start submitting MyERAS applications to programs on September 7th. Maya Hammoud, MD, an OB/GYN professor and Associate Chair of Education at the University of Michigan Medical School, discusses residency selection and how a new tool can help medical students find a residency program that best fits them. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts. Specialties interested in collaborating on a residency program Alignment Check Index (ACI) tool can email gme@ama-assn.org ...
Sep 02, 2022•16 min•Ep. 52
From letters of recommendation to your CV, what does a complete residency application packet entail and where might students trip up? In this episode, AMA senior news writer Brendan Murphy talks with Mark C. Meyer, MD, senior associate dean for student affairs at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, about mistakes to avoid and ways you can take your application to the next level. Get more from the interview -- read the article Brendan mentions, here: https://www.ama-assn.org/medical-stud...
Aug 31, 2022•30 min•Ep. 51
In this episode, AMA Medical Student Section member and co-chair to the Minority Issues Committee, Joshua Carrasco, leads a panel of physicians through discussion on the history of racism, experimentation, and malpractice in medicine, as well as the long term implications of these violations of the Hippocratic oath. Our physician panelists are Michael Knight, MD, MSPH, Luis Seija, MD, and John Paul Sánchez MD, MPH. Knowing this history will hopefully bring enlightenment provide valuable insight ...
Aug 26, 2022•25 min•Ep. 50
Medical respite programs care for unhoused people who are not sick enough for inpatient care but are too sick to return to a shelter or the streets. Hear from our experts David Munson, MD, David Woody, PhD, Barbara DiPietro, PhD, about how these lifesaving programs improve health while protecting our healthcare system and how medical students can make an impact. This episode was moderated by Shad Yasin, medical student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and member of the Committee on Legislati...
Aug 16, 2022•28 min•Ep. 49
AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses loan repayment and scholarship programs that provide financial incentives to recruit and retain primary care medical students and working health professionals in exchange for their service in communities in need with Dr. Luis Padilla, associate administrator of the Bureau of Health Workforce.✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly...
Jun 17, 2022•10 min•Ep. 48
AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the AMA Medical Student Section’s 50th anniversary and how medical students can get involved and help shape the future of medicine with Haidn Foster, MD, chair of the AMA Medical Student Section, and now a resident physician at Penn State Health in Hershey, Pa. For more information on the AMA Medical Student Section, visit: ama-assn.org/mss-50✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the lates...
Jun 09, 2022•15 min•Ep. 47
Our guest Ritu Agarwal, PhD, and Robert H. Smith Dean’s Chair of Information Systems and founding director of the school’s Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) discusses using digital technology, analytics, and AI to educate the next generation of health IT researchers and executives and leaders. This episode is part of a Health IT series by the AMA-MSS Committee on Health Information Technology, hosted by Kristofer Jackson, Medical student at the University of Toledo Colle...
Mar 23, 2022•25 min•Ep. 46
