Physicians often counsel older adults broadly on healthy lifestyle choices, but prescribing specific actions can make a bigger dent in chronic illness.
An early sign of Lyme disease is a bullseye-type rash. But symptoms can worsen if left untreated. Two infectious diseases physicians share more.
Learn more about upcoming events and webinars offered by the AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy.
Find a variety of coding books, search tools and databases for billing outpatient & office procedures.
Precision education is a developing concept and one of four new focus areas for the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative. Find out more.
Visit our online community or participate in medical education webinars.
Every visit with Congress is a sales pitch. Follow this expert advice for medical students to take their part in reshaping medicine’s future.
Get answers to frequently asked questions about med school requirements, the application process, the MCAT and more.
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A 17-year-old female patient is brought to the ED with lower abdominal tenderness. What is the appropriate next step in management?
Use AMA-negotiated options through Laurel Road to refinance medical student loans.
Physicians can get involved in advocacy efforts alongside the AMA. Learn more and get involved now.
New AMA survey indicates physicians still feeling adverse impact from Change Healthcare cyberattack and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.
As an AMA member, you can refinance your student loan and manage your loan options with Laurel Road.
As an AMA member, get JAMA Network™, insurance, the opportunity to be a leader and advocate for the profession, and more.
Download PDFs of the proceedings of the Annual, Interim and Special Meetings of the House of Delegates (HOD) from 2012-2023.
Download and review the PDF list of pending reports from the Board and the councils, and submit comments and feedback.
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.
In honor of Older Americans Month (May 1-31, 2024), the AMA celebrates senior physician members (ages 65 years and above).
Find highlights about WPS activities and how its members advocate for patients and women in the medical profession.
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.
The AMA is committed to transforming undergraduate medical education. Learn more about how the AMA is transforming undergraduate medical education.
“None of us is as smart as all of us,” goes the saying. It applies to medicine too.
Discover opportunities to develop your leadership skills and advocate for patients and the profession—at both the local and national levels.
Role-playing games, "escape rooms" and virtual reality are putting a new twist on med school. Find out more about innovative gamification ideas for medical education.
Physicians are expected to lead health care teams, yet medical schools traditionally offer few opportunities for students to take leadership roles in shaping curricula. Change is afoot.
To make medical students into practice-ready residents, one program is focusing on practical application of what they have learned.
Teaching medical students to work with other health professionals is tough without other health professions trainees on campus. But this medical school found a way to do it.
Many impediments to interprofessional education persist. A recent webinar offered examples of innovative technologies that can help eradicate them.
Student-driven programs were a key component of innovation at these medical schools.
Interprofessional student teams at the University of North Carolina are working to advocate on behalf of the sickest patients.