Written by Tasha Phillips-Wilson, AMSA Academy Chair, published in Cardiology Magazine, Jan 27, 2022 Called to Care: Community, Passion Inspired My Pursuit of a Career in Cardiology “Give back your heart to it self.” This quote from poet Derek Walcott resonated with me during my time in isolation in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic....
By: Donato Mignones, Thomas Pak, Adrianna Diviero, Erum Chowdhry Studying for the USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 can be daunting. It is a lot of information, and there are so many resources. So which resources are the best? It comes down to your personal learning style (visual vs auditory), along with optimizing your method...
Authors: Deepa Kumar, Osama Kamal Editor: Thomas Pak, Donato Mignones Series of AMSA Medical Education pieces for 2021-2022 Summary The AMSA medical education committee highlights the work of University of Missouri – Kansas City’s medical students in leading change in medical curricula. The UMKC medical students saw a lack of images of skin lesions...
By Thomas Pak, Adrianna Diviero, Donato Mignones, Erum Chowdhry This piece is one of a series of AMSA Medical Education pieces for 2021-2022. Learn more about the Medical Education Team and get updates here! COVID-19 changed the MATCH. What’s next? COVID-19 drastically affected medical education and residency application for 2020-2021. Students were not allowed to...