California CME Requirements

Learn about the Medical Board of California and earn your continuing medical education (CME) credits online with the AMA Ed Hub.

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Section Involvement Grant Event of the Month

Each month, the AMA Medical Student Outreach Program (MSOP) identifies one event to highlight as the Section Involvement Grant Event of the Month. Find out more.

Student Members

Are you a physician in California?

Visit AMA's Find a Doctor to claim your physician page, verify your information, and add practice details.

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Precision education

Precision education is a developing concept and one of four new focus areas for the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative. Find out more.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Medical education and workforce development

Find how the AMA ChangeMedEd initiative focuses on increased diversity and an improved sense of belonging in medical education.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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AMA upcoming appearances

AMA participates in health care conferences and events held throughout the U.S.A. as well as internationally.

Leadership

Physician Workforce Maps

The AMA Health Workforce Mapper is a free, customizable, interactive tool that illustrates the geographic distribution of the health care workforce. 

Explore California's Health Care Workforce
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Overlooked well-being factors that could affect your next job

Here’s how to evaluate potential employers after residency and fellowship training to find a place where physicians thrive.

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A new model for training doctors in California

Sutter Health and Santa Clara University are collaborating on a learning model that will expose future doctors to “real world” clinical environments. 

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Health System Spotlight
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5 networking tips for job-seeking residents, fellows

The power of networking, when harnessed correctly, can be a major asset to physicians as they pursue their first job out of residency or fellowship. 

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Observership FAQs

The AMA provides helpful information for international medical graduates about the observership process in the U.S.

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Beat impostor phenomenon by building confidence in residency

Tackle the early-career physician confidence shock with residency tips that make the leap to practice feel less lonely.

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Author of landmark study on NPs in ED: This needs to come next

David C. Chan, MD, PhD, is one of the few physician-economists in the U.S. He sat down for a Q&A about his groundbreaking scope of practice research.

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