AMA Journal of Ethics

Residency cross-training facilitates mutual respect and good communication during routine clinical care and during crises.

This article considers one student’s experience after coming out as nonbinary and voicing that their pronouns are they/them.

Multiple pieces of reclaimed pallet wood are sculpted into a lateral cerebrum and a gradient of burned wood visually represents a crisis among health care professionals.

Being close enough to patients to care is as critical as remaining distant enough from a pathogen to be safe. This strategy simultaneously frustrates and supports public trust.

Selected ideas in C. Donald Combs and P. Ford Combs’ article, “Emerging Roles of Virtual Patients in the Age of AI,” are further considered.

Awareness of one’s own interests is critical to successfully engaging in global health immersions.

Short-term experiences in global health are common ways trainees engage in global health activities. Professional societies take active roles in addressing these ethical challenges.

With properly designed programs, universities can offer transformative benefits to patients, educators, and students.

Almost all allopathic medical schools in the United States allow students to participate in global health.

If not planned and executed thoughtfully, “immersions” might not provide much benefit to communities they seek to serve.