Foundation

About the AMA Foundation

Learn how to participate in the Foundation’s mission to bring together physicians and communities to improve the nation’s health.

Resident & Student Health

Student SOS: 6 ways to avoid “distress” in medical school

Studies show nearly 50 percent of medical students experience burnout. Take time to learn the key signs of “student distress,” so you can boost well-being during medical school.

Leadership

Members Move Medicine: An advocate for local, national peers

AMA member Hunter Pattison, MD, is an emergency medicine resident who sees the impact of organized medicine at the local, national and specialty levels.

Leadership

Members Move Medicine: Treating patients, shaping policy

AMA member and family physician Tamaan K. Osbourne-Roberts, MD, sees policymaking an extension of Hippocratic Oath’s call to apply “all measures which are required.”

Foundation

AMA Foundation Board Members

Physician Health

Every doctor you’ve admired has dealt with burnout

Seven high-achieving doctors talk about their experiences with physician burnout. Learn their advice for addressing physician burnout.

Medical School Diversity

6 women awarded for research on gender bias in medical training

Two research projects will explore timely issues related to women in medicine—gender bias in medical student evaluations and why women leave medicine during training years.

Press Releases

AMA awards research grants to advance the study of women in medicine

The AMA, AMA Women Physicians Section and AMA Foundation announce the winners of the 2018 Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women grants program.