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USMLE® Step 3

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Kaplan USMLE Step 3 prep: Next step for woman with hip pain

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: 45-year-old with a 5-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus has hip pain. What should come next?

Behavioral Health

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Providing individualized pain care during COVID in West Virginia

Pain-management clinic works to reverse the overdose epidemic’s impact on the state by using whole-person approach to provide custom care.

Succeed in Med School

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Man with low back pain, other symptoms

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: 45-year-old has low back pain that radiates to scrotum, dysuria, pain on defecation. What’s likely diagnosis?

Digital

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Using telehealth to boost treatment for substance-use disorder

Edwin Chapman, MD, delivers multiple services at his “one-stop shopping” clinic in the nation’s capital.

Succeed in Med School

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Higher risk of cancer in which organ?

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: 39-year-old woman has mild clumsiness when walking, tingling hands and feet, persistent fatigue.

Prep for Residency

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What it’s like in occupational medicine: Shadowing Dr. Martin

AMA member Douglas Martin, MD, shares how life in occupational medicine has been affected by COVID-19. Learn more about whether this specialty is right for you.
An African-American man wearing a mask talking to an unseen person in the foreground.

Succeed in Med School

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Men's health drives these 10 stumpers

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Can you correctly answer these questions involving men’s health? Find out now.

USMLE® Step 3

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Kaplan USMLE Step 3 prep: Woman short of breath for 2 days

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A woman has had progressive shortness of breath since being hospitalized after a fall. What is the most appropriate next therapeutic intervention?