Making the Rounds

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: ht...

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 late...

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 @amer...

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...

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...

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 Pau...

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...

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/AM...

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 @amer...

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 In...

Aaron Martin shares his experience launching digital platforms that help manage patient care. Aaron Martin serves as executive vice president, chief digital officer at Providence and is managing general partner of Providence Ventures. This episode is part of the Health IT series by the AMA-MSS Committee on Health Information Technology, hosted by Skyler Burke, medical student at the Washington Sta...

Looking for more Match advice? Applicants can also participant in a special AMA webinar: "I Didn’t Match, Now What?" on March 23, 6 p.m. Central time. Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_goYou7PAQQi7HOc-Br6zZw   Also watch the “AMA’s Road to Residency” video series to learn more about what to do if you don’t match here: https://www.ama-assn.org/series/road-residency ✶✶✶✶  📺 Fo...

Brian Clay, MD. internal physician and a chief medical information officer at University of California San Diego shares his experience with clinical informatics including interoperability, open notes for patients, data literacy and more. This episode is part of the Health IT series by the AMA-MSS Committee on Health Information Technology, hosted by Shivani Bhatnagar, medical student at the Texas...

Dr. Shuhan He, emergency medicine physician and instructor at the lab of computer science at Mass General, talks about his research and focus on use of data to help patients take interest in their own health. This episode is part of the Health IT series by the AMA-MSS Committee on Health Information Technology, hosted by Shivani Bhatnagar, medical student at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medici...

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Leanne Chrisman-Khawam, MD, MEd, an assistant professor of social medicine and director of the Transformative Care Continuum program at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Cleveland, who shares advice for medical students on their rank order lists in preparation for this year’s Main Residency Match. ✶✶✶✶  📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociati...

Chief science and digital officer at the Duke Clinical Research Institute Eric Perakslis, PhD, tackles issues in health data privacy in the attention economy, telehealth in the pandemic age, and more. This episode is part of the Health IT series by the AMA-MSS Committee on Health Information Technology, hosted by Shivani Bhatnagar, medical student at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. ✶✶✶✶...

A.J. Holmgren, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of medicine at UC San Francisco, discusses EHR quality measurement, quality of care and patient outcomes. This episode is part of the Health IT series by the AMA-MSS Committee on Health Information Technology, hosted by Kristofer Jackson, medical student at the University of Toledo College of Medicine. ✶✶✶✶  📺 Follow the @americanmedica...

Physician scientist in comprehensive ophthalmology, biomedical and clinical informatics expert, Sally L. Baxter, MD, MSc, talks about shifting to digital health records in ophthalmology, note bloat, physician burnout, and more. ✶✶✶✶  📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https:/...

Sara Gerke, assistant professor of law at the Penn State University Dickinson School of Law, talks about the ethical and legal challenges of artificial intelligence and use of big data in health care. ✶✶✶✶  📺 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...

Ready to jumpstart your 2022 savings goals? It’s never too late to plan for your future. In this episode with Dr. Bukky Ajagbe Akingbola and Laurel Road’s Chief Experience Officer, Alyssa Schaeffer, we discuss simple strategies to help AMA Members reach their savings goals and get on the road to financial peace of mind.  ✶✶✶✶  📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AM...

Ann Marie Navar, MD on working with EHRs and the value of data in improving patient access to care. This episode is part of a Health IT series by the AMA-MSS Committee on Health Information Technology, hosted by Chair Matthew Swanson, medical student at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine. ✶✶✶✶  📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch...

Garth Graham, MD, MPH, a cardiologist and director and global head of healthcare and public health partnerships at YouTube discusses what the online platform is doing to combat misinformation. Host: Adrian Falco Guest: Dr. Garth Graham, director and global head of healthcare and public health partnerships at YouTube. A cardiologist, researcher and public health expert, Dr. Graham previously served...

Resident candidate, IMG, and AMA Research Challenge finalist Dr. Naga Ganti discusses her research on the prevalence of lung disease among e-cigarettes users, especially given that more than 2 million US youth use e-cigarettes. Poster: Epidemiology and prevalence of lung disease amongst e-cigarette users in the USA - a national study (Clinical and Transitional Research) ✶✶✶✶  📺 Follow the @americ...

First-year resident at Mass General Hospital and AMA Research Challenge finalist Dr. Anastasia Piersa shares her research on understanding gaps in socioeconomic diversity among med students, including definitions and application flags in place by institutions. Poster: How do Medical School Experiences Differ between Students from Low- vs. Higher SES Backgrounds? A Multicenter U.S. Survey Study (Me...

Priya Shah, fourth-year medical student at Harvard and AMA Research Challenge finalist, discusses her passion for transforming medical education and the curriculum she developed, based on her research, to improve trauma-informed care.  Poster: Trauma-Informed Care in Pediatrics: An Interactive Module for Clerkship Students (Medical Education Innovation)  ✶✶✶✶  📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassocia...