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  AMA advocacy to improve maternal health
  
  The AMA is committed to tackling the issues surrounding maternal mortality and morbidity. Learn more about ongoing efforts on improving maternal health.
  
  Temple Grandin on what doctors should know about slaughterhouses
  
  Animals raised for meat deserve a low-stress death. In an interview, Temple Grandin details slaughterhouse methods and where they need to improve.
Practice Management
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  16. Career Development
  Reducing burnout and mental health stigma for physicians with Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD
  
  The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about reducing physician burnout and mental health stigma.
  
  Reducing burnout and mental health stigma for physicians with Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD [Podcast]
  
  The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about reducing physician burnout and mental health stigma.
Education
- Developing flexible, competency-based pathways
  
  See how medical education is shifting away from classrooms and toward activities and assessments that help students succeed in the modern health care system.
  
  Observership Program listings for international medical graduates
  
  Find the AMA's Observership Programs to help international medical graduates adapt to the practice of medicine in the United States.
Medical Students
- So you matched to a residency program—now what?
  
  As a medical student transitioning to residency, your life is about to change. Learn with the AMA about how to prepare for your career’s next stage.  
  
  Medical student leadership opportunities
  
  Take on leadership opportunities at the local, state or national levels to represent medical students and address their concerns.
Medical Residents
- You made it—will your wallet? How to budget in physician residency
  
  Regardless of which specialty you are training in, knowing how far your money will go is essential for resident physicians.
  
  3 ways to save time with those tedious, personal tasks
  
  For medical students moving into residency, learning to save time on tasks away from the floors can help ease the new workload.
Health Care Advocacy
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  2. Advocating for Public Health
  3. Access to Care
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  6. Advocacy Update
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  8. State Advocacy
  9. Judicial Advocacy
  AMA Advocacy issue briefs
  
  Issue briefs summarize key health policy issues by providing concise and digestible content for both relevant stakeholders and those who may know little about the topic.
  
  March 24, 2023: Advocacy Update spotlight on prior authorization
  
  New AMA survey results illustrate a critical need to streamline the prior authorization process and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.
Member Benefits
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  Set your med student up for success with the gift of membership
  
  AMA membership can help med students succeed, with benefits that med school doesn’t offer. Learn more.
  
  Auto & transportation discounts
  
  Drive in style with preferred savings when you buy, lease or rent a car.
Organization
Board of Trustees
House of Delegates
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  7. AMA Elections
  Annual Meeting inauguration, travel, hotel and child care
  
  The 2023 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates will take place June 9-14 in Chicago.
  
  House of Delegates, AMA Board and AMA Councils candidates' election
  
  Review the list of candidates to serve on the AMA Board of Trustees and councils.
Councils
- Physician payment reform: Council on Medical Service reports
  
  These Council reports contribute to the policy options for reforming physician payment. Key council reports on this topic have addressed APMs, Medicaid expansion, the site-of-service differential and high-value care.
  
  Hospitals & hospital-based services: Council on Medical Service reports
  
  These Council reports have addressed hospital consolidation, the site-of-service differential, and sole community hospitals.
Member Groups (Sections)
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  2. Section Meetings
  3. Academic Physicians
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  8. Minority Affairs
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  10. Private Practice Physicians
  11. Residents & Fellows
  12. Senior Physicians
  13. Women Physicians
  14. Young Physicians
  Women in Medicine
  
  Join the AMA Women Physicians Section in honoring physicians who have offered their time, expertise and support to advance women in medicine.
  
  Minority Affairs Section (MAS) Governing Council elections
  
  Minority Affairs Section (MAS) members are invited to vote in the 2023 MAS Governing Council election in April.
About
- 2023 Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates
  
  Officials and members gather to elect officers and address policy at the 2023 AMA Annual Meeting being held in Chicago, June 9-14, 2023.
  
  Summary of Panel Actions
  
  Find information about the summary of panel actions, a document prepared after each meeting of the CPT editorial panel.
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Health Equity

UPDATED Jun 29, 2021 ·

Health literacy resources on inequities & for non-English speakers

Find actions and tools that can be used to advance health equity and disrupt inequities in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public Health

UPDATED Jun 1, 2022 ·

COVID-19: AMA's recent and ongoing advocacy efforts

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Medical Association has been the leading physician and patient ally. Learn more about recent and ongoing efforts.

Public Health

Dec 17, 2020 ·

What physicians need to know about Pfizer vaccine use and allocation

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 in the first of a two-part series on what physicians need to know about the Pfizer vaccine.

Public Health

Dec 18, 2020 ·

AMA experts discuss how to counsel patients about Pfizer vaccine allocation

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 in the second of a two-part series on what physicians need to know about the Pfizer vaccine.

Patient receiving a shot

Public Health

Aug 23, 2021 ·

8 things physicians and patients need to know about the Pfizer vaccine

Three experts answered a variety of questions about the new Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and its Emergency Use Authorization.

Physician and patient

Public Health

Which COVID-19 vaccine should I get? What to tell your patients

While the J&J vaccine pause has been lifted, patients are asking about which COVID-19 vaccine to get. One physician expert advises on how to respond.

Advocacy Update

Nov. 6, 2020: National Advocacy Update

FBI warns of "imminent cybercrime threat" to U.S. hospitals and health care providers and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, speaks after being named the next CDC director by then-President-elect Joe Biden

Public Health

Jan 28, 2021 ·

New CDC director outlines 6 big fixes needed to crush COVID-19

Learn what Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, says are the nation’s biggest public health challenges and how she’ll tackle them as she takes the CDC’s helm.

Public Health

Jun 14, 2021 ·

Susan Bailey, MD, looks back at her AMA presidency

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by speaking with outgoing AMA president Susan Bailey, MD, as she reflects on her presidency during the pandemic.

Health professional with PPE administering vaccine to right arm of patient wearing mask.

Public Health

Aug 23, 2021 ·

What FDA’s full approval of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine means

Full licensing of the first COVID-19 vaccine is a milestone in the pandemic. It also clears a path for the AMA’s support of stronger use of vaccine mandates.