These JAMA Patient Pages provide plain explanations of conditions that commonly affect seniors, including osteoporosis and macular degeneration.
One wrong step can lead to a twisted ankle. Aly M. Fayed, MD, of University of Iowa Health Care, shares more about these common ankle injuries.
This boot camp focuses on time-saving tools and strategies to reform organizations and enhance professional satisfaction and well-being.
With guidance from the AMA, Dallas Nephrology Associates is turning their well-being survey results into initiatives that bolster efficiency and growth.
A framework for educators and administrators who create programs for coaching medical students—view videos, purchase books or download directories of workshop participants.
The AMA backs bipartisan legislation to reissue 40,000 unused immigrant visas for physicians and nurses.
For medical students with research ambitions, consider your need for patient interaction, specialty variation and other key factors.
First, take a moment to record your immediate reactions. Program directors and recent applicants give advice on the steps that should follow.
After the pressure cooker of residency training, it is natural to have that “Wait, now what?” reaction. Get some great advice on how to move ahead.
Before transitioning to practice, residents should learn the ins and outs on the stopgap medical liability coverage called “tail insurance.”
Collaborating and networking to advocate for patients and the medical profession.
AMA to MedPAC: Physician pay should be linked to inflation and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.
AMA and Resolve have teamed up to provide members an exclusive 20% off on all Resolve contract review packages. Learn more.
In this Advocacy Insights webinar, an in-depth look into the complex health care issues facing the U.S. in 2026, and how the AMA is working to shape the landscape. Register now.
The Specialty and Service Society (SSS) is the largest caucus in the AMA House of Delegates.
Find out about the election bylaws and policies for being elected to the AMA House of Delegates.
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.
WPS resolutions serve as an opportunity to address topics of importance to women in medicine and female patients.
The YPS encourages young physicians to get involved in different parts of the policymaking process.
Learn about the different career paths at the AMA from current employees.
In the news: Research finds evidence of four distinct autism types, 75% of U.S. adults may meet new criteria for obesity, financial strain ages the heart and more.
American Medical Association members lead the way in moving medicine and reforming health care. This series details how AMA members are leading in medical advocacy, medical education, patient care and practice innovation.
AMA member Nancy R.G. Church, MD, uses service in leadership roles to increase patient wellness and improve the practice of medicine.
AMA member Hoyt Burdick, MD, was inspired by the group of physicians and surgeons caring for his mother during her struggle to survive terminal brain cancer.
AMA member and Texas medical student Luis E. Seija was raised with a sense of obligation toward others. As a physician in training, he is fulfilling it.
AMA member Lynda G. Kabbash, MD, believes empathy lessens burnout and that medicine’s “human aspect” must be preserved as the use of technology grows.
AMA member Thomas W. Eppes Jr., MD, says being a physician means being a community advocate for individual health, public health and mental health.
AMA member Breyen A. Coffin, a fourth-year student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, works to shape medicine’s future while shaping his own.
AMA member Joanna T. Bisgrove, MD, is a Wisconsin family physician who is hard of hearing and provides care for patients with a wide range of disabilities.
AMA member and medical student Lauren Benning aims to take a practical, nonjudgmental approach to treating obesity.
AMA member Kavita Shah Arora, MD, applies evidence-based medicine and research to health care policy to improve health and reduce disparities.
