Learn how integrating behavioral health into primary care improves access, outcomes, and value-based performance.
Michael Welsh, MD, of University of Iowa Health Care shares how decades of breakthroughs have made normal life possible for many cystic fibrosis patients.
This boot camp focuses on time-saving tools and strategies to reform organizations and enhance professional satisfaction and well-being.
John Whyte, MD, MPH, details why doctors must shape digital health and AI to ensure that innovations are a win for patients and physicians.
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.
Find information about the responsibilities and terms of service for the student member position on the LGBTQ+ Section and how to apply.
As preclinical preceptors, medical students get early patient exposure. Learn what role you are expected to play and how you can maximize growth.
JAMA Network journals have editorial fellowships—chances for residents, fellows and early-career physicians to explore a career in publishing.
In residency and fellowship training, the business side of medicine often gets short shrift. Catch up on what you need to succeed in health care.
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.
ChangeMedEd® is a national bi-annual conference that brings together innovative leaders across the medical education continuum to reimagine the way future physicians are trained. Learn more.
The 2026 American Medical Association Medical Student Advocacy Conference (MAC) will be held March 5-6, 2026. Registration is now open.
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.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
The council investigates general ethical conditions and all matters pertaining to the relations of physicians to one another or to the public, and make recommendations to the House of Delegates or the constituent associations through the issuance of reports.
Find information on becoming a candidate for an open leadership opportunity with the IMGS.
Find information on leadership opportunities with the Organized Medical Staff Section (OMSS).
In the news: U.S. measles elimination status at risk, CDC adopts major shift in hepatitis B vaccine policy, DTaP vaccination rates fall across U.S. and more.
Learn about some of the innovative leaders honored for their work to move medicine forward during a time of challenges and promise in health care.
Ethics of Professional Self-Regulation discusses accountability of professional conduct and ethics in the medical profession. Learn more about self-regulation ethics on the AMA.
The core responsibilities of the organized medical staff are the promotion of patient safety and the quality of care.
Physicians have a responsibility to address situations in which individual physicians behave disruptively.
The obligation to address misconduct falls on both individual physicians and on the profession as a whole.
The obligation to report incompetent or unethical conduct that may put patients at risk is recognized in the ethical standards of the medical profession.
Peer review has long been established by organized medicine as a method to scrutinize professional conduct.
Physicians have a responsibility to maintain their health and wellness, broadly construed as preventing or treating acute or chronic diseases.
Medical students have the right to make decisions about their own bodies during educational instruction.
Disputes should be resolved fairly to protect the relationship between medical students, resident physicians or fellows, and their supervisors.
Physicians should work to develop clear institutional policies for performing procedures on newly deceased patients for training purposes.
