APS business meeting
APS business meeting
The Academic Physicians Section (APS) convenes biannually to consider business such as policymaking and the election of governing council members. APS business meetings are held in advance of each Annual and Interim Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
- 2024 APS Annual Meeting: June 7, Chicago (Read meeting highlights)
- 2024 APS Interim Meeting: Nov. 8, Orlando, Florida
APS webinars
APS webinars
The Impact of Private Equity on Medical Training
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 3-4 p.m. Central
Join the Academic Physicians Section for an overview of private equity and its impact on medical training. Presenters include:
- John Andrews, MD, vice president, AMA graduate medical education innovations
- John Duval, MBA, ACGME senior scholar-in-residence
- Jane M. Zhu, MD, MPP, MSHP, associate professor of medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon.
Attendees will learn about emerging trends in private equity, impacts on health care and graduate medical education and related policy.
After the session, attendees will be able to:
- Cite at least three examples that demonstrate how private equity has impacted graduate medical education.
- Describe current and potential future implications/related trends associated with private equity and its influence on medical education.
- Identify protections necessary for residents and fellows that train at private equity-owned teaching hospitals.
- Describe AMA policy actions related to private equity and medical education.
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The American Medical Association designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Read CME information for this session.
Physician Unionization: Might Physician Unions be a Useful Solution to Help Restore Physician Autonomy?
The Academic Physicians Section led a balanced discussion on the potential advantages and disadvantages of physician unionization in the academic mental center. Presenters included:
- Barak Richman, JD, PhD, author of the 2022 JAMA editorial, "Restoring Physician Authority in an Era of Hospital Dominance."
- Jay Hochsztein, MD, an attending radiologist at Jacobi Medical Center and second vice president at Doctors Council, a physician union in the New York City area.
- Anna Yap, MD, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of California-Davis School of Medicine, who led the creation of a residents' and fellows' union resident at UCLA.
View the webinar.
Additional webinars
APS members also are invited to register for upcoming webinars and view recordings of past webinars from the AMA ChangeMedEd webinar series.
