The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about fentanyl and treatment for opioid use disorder.
Find resources on behavioral health care and engaging behavioral health clinicians for additional assistance in your practice.
“Peer-to-peer” consults are often with health plan employees who lack the right expertise, training or credentials. The AMA is fighting to change that.
The goal of the Reimagining Residency grant program is to transform residency training to best address the workplace needs of our current and future health care system.
Find how the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative focuses on increased diversity and an improved sense of belonging in medical education.
These tips can help medical students excel as they hit the home stretch in studying for Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).
Not sure how UWorld QBanks can help you in your studies? The AMA offers some frequently asked questions and answers to give you more insight.
Medical staff bylaws can be make or break to a young physician’s hospital employment experience. Learn more with the AMA.
This PM&R resident’s journey in research includes training on two continents and three advanced degrees. She offers great advice for medical students.
New AMA survey indicates physicians still feeling adverse impact from Change Healthcare cyberattack and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.
Physicians recommend condition-focused MIPS framework and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.
Medical students who join the AMA enjoy exclusive member benefits and perks to help them personally and professionally on their road to residency. Find out more.
Celebrate your grad’s incredible accomplishment by activating their AMA membership. Learn how.
Review the reports and resolutions submitted for consideration at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
Find travel, hotel, child care, and inauguration details for the 2024 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates taking place June 7-12 in Chicago.
See how the CCB recommends changes to the AMA Constitution and Bylaws and assists in reviewing the rules, regulations and procedures of AMA sections.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
Read about candidates running for an open leadership position with the Academic Physicians Section (APS).
The Medical Student Section (MSS) strives to be medical students' voice within the AMA for improving medical education and advocating for the future of medicine.
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.
Ebola is a viral disease that causes a hemorrhagic fever. Find the latest Ebola news and resources on how to protect health care professionals and the public with recent articles from the AMA.
Learn more about how the University of Nebraska Medical Center implemented a promising new approach to decontaminate N95 respirator masks for repeat use.
Find out how a Chicago-area hospital implemented COVID-19 treatment procedures to help calm patient and hospital staff fears.
Because epidemics are complex, coordinated responses across many disciplines are needed. Find out more from the AMA.
The winners of a recent competition highlight how medical students can be catalysts for change at the health systems level.
From ground zero of the Ebola crisis to New York’s ground zero, Boris Lushniak, MD, MPH, served with distinction.
A tropical medicine physician talks at TEDMED about his terrifying ordeal at the start of the SARS outbreak in Vietnam.
Dr. Kent Brantly, medical director of the only Ebola treatment unit in southern Liberia, received the AMA Foundation the Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine. Three other physicians received awards for exemplifying medicine’s highest values: leadership, community service and dedication to treating underserved patients.
A number of regulatory, public health and practice issues took center stage for the medical profession this year. See the 10 topics that made some of the biggest waves among the physician community in 2014—and learn how they played out.
In the video, Arjun Srinivasan, MD, an expert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and captain in the U.S. Public Health Service, discusses how physicians can prepare for and manage Ebola patients in hospital and ambulatory care settings.