Medical Student Membership

Explore a career in internal medicine with a free medical student membership. Access tools and resources to navigate internal medicine clerkship and prepare for residency.

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Education and Career Counseling

Access learning resources and key career decision-making tools.

Prepare for Residency

ACP can help you prepare for residency application and selection with our residency database, tips for residency application and interviewing tips.

Abstract Competitions

The College sponsors abstract competitions with special categories for student members. Prizes include monetary awards and recognition among your peers.

Medical Student Career Path

Explore a series of articles to help you plan and navigate your potential career in internal medicine.

 

Publications

Enhance your medical knowledge with access to weekly and monthly publications that promote excellence in medicine and keep you updated.

Annals of Internal Medicine

ACP Medical Student Members get a free online subscription to Annals, the most widely-cited journal focused on internal medicine and its subspecialties.

ACP IMpact

A monthly newsletter for medical students to help explore internal medicine career opportunities and access helpful information and resources.

I.M. Matters from ACP and ACP Hospitalist

I.M. Matters from ACP provides news and information for internal medicine physicians, and reports on the activities of ACP; ACP Hospitalist focuses on hospitalists and other hospital-based physicians. Student members get a free online subscription.

ACP JournalWise®

A digital content delivery system that alerts you to new articles on topics you care about, culled from over 120 medical journals and curated by medical professionals. JournalWise is free for members.

 

Community

Join a network of peers who share your vision.

Physician & Patient Advocacy

ACP’s collective voice is strong, effecting change on Capitol Hill and locally. Enhance your CV by joining the Advocates for Internal Medicine Network, attend ACP’s Leadership Day, and stay informed with The ACP Advocate e-newsletter.

Chapters

ACP’s domestic and international chapters offer opportunities to get involved, develop leadership skills, voice opinions, engage in debates, and attend local events. Attendance to local chapter meetings is free or deeply discounted for ACP Student Members.

Interest Group Sponsorship Program

ACP's Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG) Sponsorship Program provides funding and resources to U.S. medical school groups to support their interest in internal medicine.

 

Additional Benefits

Take advantage of ACP's many other resources and services for medical students.

MKSAP®

Fourth year medical students interested in getting ready for the next step in your career may be interested in the Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP). MKSAP is an integrated learning system offering the most current and critical information in the core of internal medicine.

Clinical Guidelines

ACP produces highly respected, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, with the aim of helping clinicians deliver the best health care possible.

DynaMedex®

Through ACP's collaboration with DynaMed®, ACP members receive free access to the most current, evidence-based clinical decision support tool, DynaMedex.

Annual Internal Medicine Meeting

The premier meeting for the specialty with unequaled educational content in internal medicine and its subspecialties. 

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Student Membership

Annual Dues for this Membership Type* $0

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*ACP's membership year runs from July 1 to June 30.

MKSAP 19

The preferred resource of choice for internal medicine physicians!

MKSAP has been trusted by internal medicine physicians since 1967 as the best resource for updating knowledge and preparing for ABIM Board exams.

MKSAP 19, available in Complete, Complete Green, and Digital formats, consists of 12 comprehensive syllabus sections with related multiple-choice questions. You’ll find 1,200 completely new questions to help you identify learning gaps, stay current, and gain the knowledge you need to provide the best possible patient care and prepare for both the ABIM recertification exam or Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment pathway. MKSAP 19’s original and high-quality content and questions are evidence-based and follow the ABIM blueprint. Board Basics,a succinct digest with key facts, tables, and test-taking tips to help you pass your Boards, is included with MKSAP 19 Complete (in print and digital formats) and MKSAP 19 Complete Green (in digital) subscriptions.

This product is offered at a discount to ACP Members.

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Future I.M. Experience

A virtual, live, interactive educational meeting for trainees.

Designed by ACP’s Council of Resident/Fellow Members and Council of Medical Student Members, Future I.M. Experience is a virtual meeting offering over 20 sessions over the course of two days. Attendees will enjoy:

  • Highly interactive content with tracks for medical students and residents
  • Friendly competitions, including Doctor’s Dilemma®, and a virtual escape room
  • Access to experts in internal medicine
  • Opportunities to network with peers

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IM2021

Internal Medicine Meeting 2023

Internal medicine’s most comprehensive educational event!

Each year, the American College of Physicians brings together physicians from around the globe to experience the most comprehensive educational event in internal medicine. The Internal Medicine Meeting offers unequaled educational content over the course of three days on clinical topics and related areas designed to expand your medical knowledge, improve your clinical skills, and keep you abreast of the most recent advances in patient care.

Internal Medicine Meeting Website

Educational Courses and Recordings

Prepare and review with our courses and recordings.

ACP wants to help you prepare for board certification and maintenance of certification (MOC) exams in internal medicine. We offer live review courses in varying lengths and at many locations throughout the United States. ACP also offers internal medicine board review course recordings that allow you to study on your own schedule. All board review courses and recordings offer CME credit.

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Abstract Competitions

Submit your work and participate in ACP's annual Internal Medicine Meeting.

ACP hosts an annual national abstract competition for medical students as part of the annual Internal Medicine Meeting. Several local ACP Chapters hold competitions as well.

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Residency Career Guidance

Get the career guidance you need on a variety of topics.

ACP offers you a comprehensive collection of resources to prepare you for residency, including: 

  • Enhance your CV
  • Tools for acing interviews
  • Preparing your residency application

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Board Prep Courses

Prepare to pass the ABIM Board exam in internal medicine.

Review medical content and improve test-taking skills with ACP's expert clinician educators as you prepare for the ABIM certification exam.

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Medical Student Career Path

Guidance to assist you as you transition from pre-clinical to clinical training.

Stay one step ahead by learning about each phase of your training. Article topics include:

  • Structure of internal medicine
  • About the USMLE Step 1 Exam
  • Developing your third year schedule
  • Getting ready for your clinical clerkships
  • Thinking ahead to your fourth year

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Annals of Internal Medicine

Free to ACP members, Annals of Internal Medicineis the most widely-cited journal focused on internal medicine and its subspecialties.

Annals publishes a wide variety of original research, review articles, clinical practice guidelines, commentaries relevant to clinical practice, and humanities material. Annals also includes two popular features:

  • In the Clinic – focuses on the practical management of patients with common clinical conditions
  • ACP Journal Club – reviews clinical studies from over 150 medical journals and digests them into easy-to-read abstracts

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A free online monthly newsletter for medical students

IMpact provides medical student perspectives, physician profiles, winning abstracts, profiles of subspecialty careers, and helpful articles.

IMpact

ACP Internist and ACP Hospitalist

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ACP Journalwise

Access The Most Important Articles from the World's Top Medical Journals.

ACP JournalWise, a free member benefit, reviews over 120 of the world’s top medical journals alerting you to the highest quality, most clinically relevant, new articles based on your preferred areas of specialty. Available online and mobile optimized, ACP JournalWise allows you to quickly access the information you need – anywhere, anytime.

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Awards and Competitions

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Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Get the info you need with ACP's clinical guidelines & recommendations.

ACP's goal is to provide clinicians with recommendations based on the best available evidence; to inform clinicians of when there is no evidence; and finally, to help clinicians deliver the best health care possible.

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DynaMed

DynaMed Plus

A clinical decision support tool updated daily

DynaMedex® is an upgraded, enhanced decision-support platform that seamlessly combines the clinical expertise and extensive curated disease content of DynaMed® with the comprehensive drug information and advanced search capabilities of Micromedex® in an easy-to-digest format for quick and accurate reference at the point-of-care. This mobile-friendly resource offers the following key features:

  • Precise search
  • Comprehensive specialty content including internal medicine
  • Concise clinical summaries and overviews
  • Evidence-based recommendations
  • Graphics and images
  • Drug content including dosing and interactions

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