Meet the DEA requirement

Mini-CME tracks designed to help physicians meet the educational criteria

Fast-Track DEA Training—Get Your Exclusive, AMA Members-Only Certificate for Opioid and Substance Use Disorder CME!

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4 Min Read

Look for fast fixes to cut “stupid stuff” that burdens doctors

Ask physicians to detail the administrative burdens that interfere with care, hurt well-being. Sometimes the fix can be as simple as “just do it.”

Sustainability
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4 ways to support physicians during COVID-19 and beyond

The pandemic amplifies the need for health systems to address the well-being of physicians and other health professionals. Here is how.

Physician Health
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What to do when families won’t accept brain death as final word

Brain death is often socially situated and fraught with uncertainty. Learn more in the latest issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics.

Ethics
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How to celebrate progress on cutting doctors’ clerical burdens

Physicians and others are more willing to point out sources of practice inefficiency when they see proof that change is possible. Learn more with the AMA.

Sustainability
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How lean thinking can shape the fight against physician burnout

Learn more from the AMA about one strategy for reducing physician burnout: a lean-informed approach that supports a culture of continuous improvement.

Physician Health
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The power of clinical informatics: A primer for medical students

Learn what comprises clinical informatics and how using certain techniques can improve how physicians and other health care workers deliver care.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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3 Min Read

In patient care, what is the ethical role of risk managers?

Learn how risk managers can collaborate with ethics consultants, physicians and other health professionals to properly respond to complex questions around caregiving, ethics and law.

Ethics
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Even small drop in task load can cut odds of physician burnout

Learn more with the AMA about what new research is revealing about the relationship between physicians’ administrative burdens and their well-being.

Physician Health
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Medical students: Start here to learn about health systems science

This third pillar of medical education provides insight into an increasingly complex health care system, never more critical than when medicine is tested by a global pandemic.

Med School Life