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  How physician burnout varies by specialty, gender and sexual orientation
  
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  How physician burnout varies by specialty, gender and sexual orientation [Podcast]
  
  The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about how physician burnout varies by specialty, gender and sexual orientation.
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  Through the new AMA ChangeMedEd^® initiative, the AMA is concentrating on developing the foundational attributes of precision education and its real-world application via investments in new partnerships and exploratory pilots. Learn more.
  
  Developing flexible, competency-based pathways
  
  See how medical education is shifting away from classrooms and toward activities and assessments that help students succeed in the modern health care system.
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  Trained emergency physician Omar Maniya, MD, now leads a primary care practice. Learn his advice for medical students about this practice setting.
  
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  Before you sign on the dotted line in your first or second physician career stop, learn with the AMA about what to look for—and avoid—in employers.
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  AMA Advocacy Insights webinar series examines key advocacy issues from the federal and state levels impacting patients and physicians.
  
  May 19, 2023: Advocacy Update spotlight on "Medicare basics" series
  
  New “Medicare basics” series offers background for advocates and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.
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  Review the reports and resolutions submitted for consideration at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
  
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  2023 SPS Annual Meeting agenda & resources
  
  Find the agenda, documents and more information for the 2023 SPS Annual Meeting taking place June 9 in Chicago.
  
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  Find the agenda, documents and more information for the 2023 RFS Annual Meeting taking place June 9 in Chicago.
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  Officials and members gather to elect officers and address policy at the 2023 AMA Annual Meeting being held in Chicago, June 9-14, 2023.
  
  AMA’s Center for Health Equity mission and guiding principles
  
  Learn about the AMA’s Center for Health Equity mission and guiding principles for embedding health equity within the association and the medical profession.
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Fernando Porter, MD

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Fernando Porter, MD

Dr. Porter is board certified in family medicine and has been practicing primary care and urgent care since 2013.

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Dr. Flynn is a board-certified pediatrician practicing at Manassas Pediatrics in Manassas, Virginia, which is affiliated with Privia Pediatrics, an AMA Health System Program member. She has been a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1994.

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Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, currently serves as the chief health equity officer and senior vice president for the American Medical Association (AMA) where she focuses on embedding health equity across all the work of the AMA.

Jennifer Lubell

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Jennifer Lubell

Jennifer Lubell is a freelance writer in the Washington, D.C., area. She has written about health care practice trends and policy and clinical research for more than two decades.

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