If you’ve ever had chickenpox, then the virus that causes shingles is present in your body and can resurface at some point in the future. Find out more.
Newly published AMA survey findings underscore the disruption and severe impact of shortages on physician practices—and patient outcomes.
This boot camp focuses on time-saving tools and strategies to reform organizations and enhance professional satisfaction and well-being.
The AMA provides regulatory clarification to physicians and their care teams in an effort to aid physicians in their day-to-day practice environment.
Stay up to date on the innovative projects and outputs from the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative.
In support of our work to catalyze innovation in medical education, the AMA's efforts and focus have entered an important new phase. Learn more.
There is a pathway to a successful Match after a first-attempt failure on USMLE Step 1 or 2. Learn more with the AMA.
Find information about the responsibilities and terms of service for the student member position on the WPS Governing Council and how to apply.
Feeling connected and valued could make a difference in training outcomes. How can leaders foster more belonging in residency programs?
Food insecurity has been shown to be a struggle among residents and fellows. Find out how Geisinger is tackling the problem.
Significant wins for patients, physicians in Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
AMA opposes West Virginia bill that would expand APRN and physician assistant scope of practice, and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.
This AMA ChangeMedEd® webinar will provide an overview of the Transforming Lifelong Learning Through Precision Education grant projects. Register today!
The International Conference on Physician Health will be held Sept. 28-30, 2026. Learn more.
Download and review the PDF list of pending reports from the Board and the councils, and submit comments and feedback.
The House of Delegates (HOD) includes well over 600 voting delegates. Download the PDF for delegate apportionment for the AMA Annual and Interim Meetings.
Download the PDF to read the rules and regulations that guide the AMA to uphold its mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
Get involved in the AMA Women Physicians Section (WPS), working to raise the number of women physicians in leadership roles.
Take on a leadership role in the RFS and make an impact on issues facing residents and fellows, patients and the medical profession.
In the news: Measles spread threatens elimination status in U.S., Congress passes funding bill with significant health care legislation and more.
These JAMA Patient Pages give easy-to-understand explanations of how many common preventive measures and also chronic and curative treatments work.
Stay up-to-date on recent efforts to drive innovation and change in health care. Learn more with the latest information on health IT incubators and challenges from the AMA.
The AMA will collaborate with IDEA Labs, a student-run biotechnology incubator, to support medical technology development for students at five universities.
Would it surprise you if I said that the nation’s medical profession and those at the cutting-edge of technological innovation now have a common purpose?
Entrepreneurs and health IT companies have poured billions of dollars into health innovations, but true innovation requires more than big money and ideas—it takes action and scalable implementation. Find out how physicians at the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation are creating new solutions to optimize patient care in their communities and homes.
The future of health IT just grew brighter Tuesday with the unveiling of a new collaboration space that will ensure that physicians’ perspectives and needs are taken into account from Day 1 as entrepreneurs develop new technologies. This space will give physicians a chance to collaborate with health care entrepreneurs both physically and virtually on solutions to frustrating practice challenges and opportunities to advance medicine.
The AMA partnership with MATTER reached a new phase to enhance support for startup companies seeking to have a transformational impact on health and medicine.
Ever on the cutting edge of health IT, physicians are a driving force behind new technologies. That’s because they understand the value of tools that can advance patient care and enhance practice efficiencies.
Innovation drives the advancement of health IT, but high-tech developments won’t benefit health care if they’re not created in collaboration with physicians who actually have to use these new technologies. Check out these three programs that are empowering physicians to take the lead in health IT.
A special panel at the health technology incubator MATTER in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart brought physician entrepreneurs together to share the insights they’ve gleaned through developing new products, companies and investments. Here are their top three insights.
As the AMA representative with the eHealth Initiative (eHi), I participated in the iTHRIVE Challenge, a shark tank style event, where entrepreneurs took to the stage to pitch their best health tech ideas. We received 60 “pitches” for health tech innovation.
