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 resources to help determine the right staffing levels.
Precision education is a developing concept and one of four new focus areas for the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative. Find out more.
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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.
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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.
GME research covers current trends, issues, and innovations in graduate medical education. Find out more about what's happening in graduate medical education with the latest from the AMA.
A study from the Journal of Graduate Medical Education reveals that residents look to their peers for helpful feedback and guidance. Find out what residents really want in peer evaluations and how residency programs can improve their peer feedback processes.
While the burnout woes of residency are familiar to many physicians in training, concrete strategies to combat the problem can be more elusive. Here are a few creative ways programs have developed to tackle wellness.
Medical residents often face a “hidden curricula”— subtle structural issues within an institution that shape how and what trainees are taught. A study shows programs should help train residents to challenge staff management decisions in a clear and effective manner, especially when patient safety is at risk.
As a resident or fellow, have you ever made a mistake—and kept quiet? One physician opened up about her experience as a medical trainee during TEDMED 2014.
A long-awaited report from the Institute of Medicine calls for transitioning the current graduate medical education system to a transparent, performance-based system. Adding additional funds to the system, however, isn’t one of the recommendations—a fact that concerns the AMA.
Medical students and residents who report higher levels of pharmaceutical marketing interactions were more likely to prescribe brand name drugs and less likely to rely on evidence-based treatment options, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
While the medical profession needs continued investigation of resident duty-hours, it also needs to encourage new models for duty-hours requirements, physicians, residents and medical students agreed last month.
Patient safety is a growing part of effective residency programs, so much so that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has built quality and safety into its requirements. But a recent study in JAMA Dermatology suggests that improvements around patient safety cultures during residency may be necessary.
Limits on the number of hours residents can work in a single shift have made no difference in patient safety outcomes, according to a new study.