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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11 Min Read

What doctors wish patients knew about maintaining healthy skin

Skin is the body’s largest organ, so it’s important to take great care of it. A dermatologist shares how to keep skin looking and feeling its best.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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3 Min Read

COVID-19’s impact ripples across 18 conditions after initial illness

Study of more than 250,000 patients shows rise in use of health care services in the six months following initial acute infection. Learn more.

Infectious Diseases
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4 Min Read

Prediabetes is rising in kids, but hold off on screening—for now

Prediabetes has more than doubled in U.S. kids in recent years, but a study found insufficient evidence to support screening asymptomatic children.

Population Health
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9 Min Read

Q&A: This Latina ob-gyn helps other physicians know their worth

Claudia López, MD, wants physicians from historically excluded racial and ethnic groups to be properly valued in training and within health care.

Health Equity
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2 Min Read

Dec. 2, 2022: State Advocacy Update

California district attorney announces settlement in Truth in Advertising case and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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4 Min Read

It works: E-learning module fills gaps in BP measurement training

Most medical students receive little training in blood pressure measurement, and it shows. An e-learning series aims to fix this. Learn with the AMA.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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6 Min Read

Use the power of your medical student voice to move medicine

AMA Trustee David H. Aizuss, MD, details what he wishes he knew about advocating for patients and doctors as a medical student.

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Med Student Advocacy
Succeeding in Medical School
Alec Calac
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10 Min Read

Q&A: How to support and retain Native American medical students

AMA member and MD-PhD student Alec Calac says medical schools can start by making sure their spaces and curricula are welcoming to Native people.

Med Student Advocacy
Bruce Scott, MD, and Lisa Egbert, MD, HOD speakers at 2022 Interim
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10 Min Read

ICYMI: 10 stories to read from the 2022 AMA Interim Meeting

The AMA House of Delegates leads the charge to protect reproductive health care, stop climate change, end the overdose epidemic, and prevent gun violence.

Interim Meeting