The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the latest in bird flu and policies from the 2024 AMA Annual Meeting.
Find resources on reducing regulatory burdens and EHR optimization.
The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about how the AMA affects health care policy.
Take a look at the crucial role of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in our nation's health care landscape and how the AMA is working to support IMGs.
Precision education is a developing concept and one of four new focus areas for the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative. Find out more.
Find information on commissions during the recruitment year.
The road to Match Day 2025 has many milestones. This guide offers insight on what to do at each step of the physician residency-selection process.
With high medical student-loan debt, doctors entering Indian Health Service face low pay. AMA calls for improving their access to loan forgiveness.
Licensing exams place big burdens on resident physicians. AMA calls for changes to Step 3 and COMLEX Level 3 to help save residents time and money.
AMA-supported prior authorization bill reintroduced in Congress and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.
AMA comments on 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient payment proposed rule and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.
The 2024 International Conference on Physician Health will be held Oct. 17–Oct. 19, 2024. Learn more.
This two-day boot camp Sept. 23-24, 2024, is designed for clinical and operational change agents looking to eliminate unnecessary work and free up more time to focus on what matters most–patient care.
Review the dates for future Annual and Interim Meetings of the AMA House of Delegates and AMA policy on meeting locations.
Review the list of candidates to serve as AMA officers, on the Board of Trustees and councils.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
See how the CCB recommends changes to the AMA Constitution and Bylaws and assists in reviewing the rules, regulations and procedures of AMA sections.
Read highlights from the 2024 SPS Annual Meeting.
View candidates for upcoming elections for the International Medical Graduates Section Governing Council.
One expert in the field of medical research gives students and residents pointers on the keys to creating an abstract that will gain attention.
In the news: Body roundness index, FDA on donanemab to treat early-stage Alzheimer’s, new heart disease risk calculator and more.
Ethics of Professional Self-Regulation discusses accountability of professional conduct and ethics in the medical profession. Learn more about self-regulation ethics on the AMA.
Physicians’ dual obligations to serve both the well-being of their individual patients and that of other patients and the community at large come into sharp tension in a pandemic.
Guidance based on the AMA Medical Code of Ethics about when it is appropriate to involve medical students in providing direct patient care to supplement the physician workforce.
Read the guidance based on the AMA Code of Medical Ethics Opinions to find effective patient treatments and remember the differences between clinical research and patient care.
Physicians have an ethical obligation to address conditions that adversely affect quality patient care. View the AMA guidance about speaking out on issues that affect patients during a pandemic.
Physicians have a well-recognized duty to provide care during a public health emergency, addressed in the AMA Code of Medical Ethics.
The Code of Medical Ethics provides foundational guidance for developing ethically sound crisis standards of care guidelines.
The COVID-19 pandemic has surfaced old and new ethical issues. A new resource aggregates relevant guidance from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics.
Everyone expects physicians to provide competent care. But competence is fluid, context-dependent and requires self-awareness on the part of doctors.
Learn more from the AMA about the ethical and legal standards in this area, and how they apply to medical residents.