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- 1. Delivering Care
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  3. Diabetes
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  5. Health Equity
  6. Hypertension
  7. Opioids
  8. Patient Support & Advocacy
  9. Physician-Patient Relationship
  10. Population Care
  11. Precision Medicine
  12. Public Health
  AMA, West Side United fight for health equity, one community at a time
  
  As part of its goal to leverage strategic partnerships to empower physicians and communities, AMA is collaborating with West Side United (WSU) in addressing health inequity in 10 neighborhoods on Chicago’s west side.
  
  Face transplants: What role for lived experience in assessments?
  
  Though a variety of tools exist to assess quality of life, patients’ lived experiences have not been well integrated into assessment practice.
Practice Management
- 1. Practice Management
  2. CPT®
  3. Career Development
  4. Claims Processing
  5. Digital
  6. Economics
  7. HIPAA
  8. Masterfile
  9. Medicaid
  10. Medicare
  11. Payment & Delivery Models
  12. Physician Diversity
  13. Physician Health
  14. Private Payer
  15. Private Practices
  16. Reducing Administrative Burden
  17. Sustainability
  Hospitalist burnout: 5 ways for leaders to tackle growing problem
  
  Discover how leaders of this growing specialty can promote autonomy, master and purpose to combat the unique factors driving hospitalist burnout.
  
  How annual prescription renewals boost medication adherence
  
  Learn the basics you need to know about synchronized prescription renewal with the AMA.
Education
- How medical school coaches can help with clerkships, Match
  
  Medical training is a time of constant change that can make medical students feel chronically unsettled. A coach’s guidance can be invaluable.
  
  Ob-gyns get AMA help to redesign residency application process
  
  The average number of ob-gyn residency applications doubled over last decade, creating a stressful, inequitable process. The AMA is backing a plan to change that.
Residents & Students
- 1. Residents & Students
  2. Preparing for Medical School
  3. Career Planning Resource
  4. Match
  5. Medical School Life
  6. Residency
  7. Resident & Student Finance
  8. Resident & Student Health
  9. Specialty Profiles
  10. Transition to Practice
  11. USMLE®
  IMGs: Heed these 4 tips to pursue academic medicine career
  
  These four tips can help IMG residents make a smooth transition to working as a faculty member in an academic setting.
  
  Designing your MCAT prep program? Follow these 6 steps
  
  You should begin preparing for the MCAT several months out. A Kaplan MCAT prep expert details how to make the most of that time.
Health Care Advocacy
- 1. Health Care Advocacy
  2. Access to Care
  3. Administrative Burdens
  4. Advocating for Public Health
  5. Judicial Advocacy
  6. Payment Reform
  AMA: Insurers misused CPT codes to hide administrative costs
  
  The codes ensure uniform language for medical services and procedures, physicians tell a federal court in a brief, and other uses erode patient trust.
  
  How the AMA acts as the physician’s powerful ally in the courts
  
  The AMA Litigation Center is a unified voice for physicians in federal and state courts. Learn how it decides when to get involved.
Member Benefits
- 1. Member Benefits
  2. Personal Member Benefits & Discounts
  3. Practice Benefits & Discounts
  4. Member Eligibility & Dues
  Medical residents: Don’t miss these 5 great AMA member benefits
  
  From career planning to loan refinancing, the AMA offers benefits that can help you flourish personally and professionally.
  
  AMA member benefits for academic physicians
  
  Learn how joining the AMA can benefit you as an academic physician, including access to online courses and policy engagement opportunities.
Organization
Board of Trustees
House of Delegates
- 1. House of Delegates
  2. AMA Elections
  3. AMA Policies
  4. Annual Meeting
  5. HOD Organization
  6. Interim Meeting
  Interim Meeting education sessions
  
  Join an education session offered during the 2019 Interim Meeting.
  
  Proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates
  
  Read the details of the proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
Councils
- About the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD)
  
  See how the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) studies long-term strategic issues related to AMA’s vision, goals and priorities.
  
  Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects
  
  The Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD) works on projects based on actions of the AMA House of Delegates or Board of Trustees.
  
  Some of the current projects of the CLRPD include:
Member Groups (Sections)
- 1. Member Groups (Sections)
  2. Academic Physicians
  3. Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Issues
  4. Integrated Physician Practices
  5. International Medical Graduates
  6. Medical Students
  7. Minority Affairs
  8. Organized Medical Staff
  9. Residents & Fellows
  10. Senior Physicians
  11. Women Physicians
  12. Young Physicians
  Health care organizational relationships
  
  The AMA is fostering a more cohesive and integrative decision-making process within hospitals and health care systems.
  
  LGBTQ leadership opportunities
  
  The AMA is your powerful ally in providing you with leadership opportunities in the Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Issues.
About
- Physicians must rise in coordinated response to COVID-19
  
  Doctors understand the most important trait in a health emergency is the ability to remain calm. Let your training and your adherence to science guide you.
  
  Why AMA is investing in Chicago’s West Side to boost health equity
  
  Factors outside the exam room drive disparate health care outcomes. Learn how the AMA will help finance a bid to promote well-being in an area with life expectancy far below the national average.
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Forum	Topics	Posts	Last post
Welcome, instructions and FAQs Subforums: Speakers' welcome (1), FAQs (1), Other matters of interest to the profession (0), Comments on the forum process (2)	3	4	n/a
Reference Committee on Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws Subforums: Resolutions (20), BOT Reports (0), CCB Reports (6), CEJA Opinions (0), CEJA Reports (4)	16	30	n/a
Informational Reports Subforums: BOT Reports (7), CCB Reports (0), CEJA Opinions (0), CEJA Reports (0), CLRPD Reports (0), CME Reports (2), CSAPH Reports (0), Report of the Speakers (1)	10	10	n/a
Reference Committee B Subforums: Resolutions (43), BOT Reports (9)	23	52	n/a
Reference Committee C Subforums: Resolutions (28), BOT Reports (0), CME Reports (12)	13	40	n/a
Reference Committee F Subforums: Resolutions (0), BOT Reports (7), CLRPD Reports (3)	3	10	n/a
Reference Committee J Subforums: Resolutions (41), BOT Reports (0), CMS Reports (9)	22	50	n/a
Reference Committee K Subforums: Resolutions (61), BOT Reports (0), CSAPH Reports (6)	37	67	n/a

Forum	Topics	Posts	Last post
Integrated Physician Practice Section Subforums: Resolutions (2)	1	2	n/a
Organized Medical Staff Section Subforums: Resolutions (13), Reports (1)	5	14	n/a
Resident and Fellow Section	0	0	n/a
Medical Student Section Subforums: Resolution Workshop (6), Standing Committee Policy Guides (0), Open Forum (80), Virtual Reference Committee (0)	47	86	n/a
Senior Physicians Section Subforums: Welcome and Instructions (1), How to Submit a SPS Resolution Idea for A-20 (1)	2	2	n/a

AMA, West Side United fight for health equity, one community at a time

Face transplants: What role for lived experience in assessments?

Hospitalist burnout: 5 ways for leaders to tackle growing problem

How annual prescription renewals boost medication adherence

How medical school coaches can help with clerkships, Match

Ob-gyns get AMA help to redesign residency application process

IMGs: Heed these 4 tips to pursue academic medicine career

Designing your MCAT prep program? Follow these 6 steps

AMA: Insurers misused CPT codes to hide administrative costs

How the AMA acts as the physician’s powerful ally in the courts

Medical residents: Don’t miss these 5 great AMA member benefits

AMA member benefits for academic physicians

Interim Meeting education sessions

Proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates

About the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD)

Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects

Health care organizational relationships

LGBTQ leadership opportunities

Physicians must rise in coordinated response to COVID-19

Why AMA is investing in Chicago’s West Side to boost health equity

Forums

House of Delegates

Sections