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Medical student research opportunities with Leelabati Biswas | AMA Update Video
AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public health officials, hear from the experts in medicine on COVID-19, monkeypox, medical education, advocacy issues, burnout, vaccines and more. Featured topic and speakers Featured topic and speakers In today’s AMA Update, Leela Biswas, an MD/PhD candidate at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is this year’s AMA Research Challenge winner, which comes with a $10,000 grand prize sponsored by Laurel Road. She discusses medical student research grants and funding, tips for finding a mentor, and more about her winning research: “Decoding…
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Use the power of your medical student voice to move medicine
Medical students may not have a heavy clinical role from the early days of medical school, but as patient advocates they can have an outsized impact on changing the way care is provided. David H. Aizuss, MD, a member of the AMA Board of Trustees and ophthalmologist from Calabasas, California, has been advocating for patients since his days as a member of the AMA Medical Student Section. Looking back, what would he have done differently as a patient advocate? He offered some thoughts on that question. A student’s voice is powerful A student’s voice is powerful “Our medical students are now the conscience of the AMA,” said Dr. Aizuss, who…
