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Why Finding a Primary Care Doctor Is So Hard

Harvard Medical School physician-researcher diagnoses the problem and offers a plan for a cure

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A photograph of a doctor (with face out of focus) talking with her patient, who has his back to the camera.

Gift Empowers Trainees To Leverage Clinical AI for Better Health

$6 million in funding equips scientists, leaders of the future

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Six trainees at a conference table with laptops in front of them. The one at center speaks with a smile and gesturing hands.

New Courses Respond to Rapid Adoption of AI in Health Care

HMS is equipping clinicians, scientists, business professionals to harness AI’s potential

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How Generative AI Is Transforming Medical Education

Harvard Medical School is building artificial intelligence into the curriculum to train the next generation of doctors

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Several white coats embroidered with "Harvard Medical School" hanging on a hangers on a rack on white coat day

Mobilizing Voters and Shaping Policy for Better Health

HMS physicians and students promote civic engagement to improve patient care and outcomes

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A health care practitioner wearing a white coat and holding a stethoscope stands in front of an American flag

Training Inventors of Future Medicines

New educational opportunities immerse HMS students in drug discovery and development

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Class of 2028 Welcomed to Their New Home

Harvard medical and dental students settle in and begin training during White Coat week

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Seven medical and dental students wearing white coats seated in amphitheater smiling and laughing as they listen to patients.

Medical Students with ‘Invisible’ Disabilities Are Improving Patient Care

As patients themselves, they’re shaping the doctors they want to be and to have

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Three young women stand in courtyard smiling at each other

What It’s Like to Be in Medical School with a Nonapparent Disability

Kiki Schmalfuss shares her experiences as a medical student and patient

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A young woman in a black short sleeve dress stands outside smiling with a building and tree in the background

Harvard Medical School Students and Boston Community Organizers Learn Together

New director shares vision for Office for Community-Centered Medical Education

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Journal Editors and Scholars Confront a History of Medical Discrimination

Understanding the roots of racism and social determinants of health to make a better future

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A sign pointing the way to the “colored waiting room” in a 1943 photo of a scene from Rome, Georgia, symbolizes how a legacy of historic racism leads to unequal health care for Black people, Native Americans, and members of other groups that still face discrimination today.

Global Surgery: A Bold Plan for Access, Equity

HMS-led community is working to bring basic surgery, anesthesia to 5 billion people who need it

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A surgical team of doctors and nurses wearing blue scrubs, gauzy head coverings, and medical masks adjust lights, provide anesthesia, and perform other actions necessary for an operation, all gathered around the patient on the operating table. Health equity requires access to surgical care.