Two physicians who are leading thinkers on the health impact of climate change say there is a critical window of time to address the environmental crisis.
40% of high-school seniors have used nicotine e-cigarettes, adding urgency to ban flavorings amid an outbreak of vaping-related lung illnesses.
Find out more with the AMA about Alexa skills that can help physicians stay up to date and cut stress.
Medicare Primary Care First may offer practices a path to higher payment than the current demonstration project, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus.
Tomorrow’s physicians must understand how to implement high-value care, starting in medical school. Learn more from the AMA about three innovative efforts to make that happen.
The AMA offers new training to help medical students, residents and practicing doctors look at all parts of medicine and think critically about their interaction.
Individual, demographic and school-related factors are linked to a higher risk of developing depression in medical school.
Learn more from the AMA about how to use your debt efficiently and find the best medical student loan-repayment option.
The effort to understand which conditions foster health—and which create inequities—must be reinforced in medical school and extend throughout a physician’s career.
When the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to rule on cases that involve adolescents, justices trusted what the AMA has to say about developing minds.
The AMA offers membership to international medical school graduates (IMGs) who are currently ECFMG-certified and are waiting to match into a U.S. residency program (GME position).
Headspace is the meditation and mindfulness app helping health care professionals live happier and healthier.
Use the AMA meeting app during the Annual or Interim Meetings for comprehensive information about activities and events.
The HOD speakers welcome comments for reports under development for the upcoming 2019 Interim Meeting and the 2020 Annual Meeting.
See how the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) studies long-term strategic issues related to AMA’s vision, goals and priorities.
The Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD) works on projects based on actions of the AMA House of Delegates or Board of Trustees.
Some of the current projects of the CLRPD include:
The American Medical Association is proud to celebrate September as Women in Medicine Month. “Women in Medicine: Trailblazers, Advocate, and Leaders” is this year’s theme.
View images and sample social media posts you can use and share on social media to celebrate Women in Medicine Month during September.
AMA member Sheila D. Rege, MD, saw how Parkinson’s disease changed her grandfather and how one physician could make a difference.
Despite the inequities we face, women continue to excel at every level of medicine and account for half of all U.S. medical school graduates.
Leadership
A leading health care trade publication has released its list of top 50 clinical executives. Twenty-one share a common trait: AMA membership.
Residency
Interprofessional team-based care, rural health disparities and resident well-being among areas tackled in the GME efforts.
Press Releases
AMA announces the final eight award recipients that will receive funding as part of its new initiative aimed at significantly transforming residency training.
Improve GME
The AMA announces the 11 awardees of the $15 million Reimagining Residency grant program.
More than 300 entities with oversight of graduate medical education contributed to proposals to participate in the AMA’s Reimagining Residency Initiative.
Review frequently asked questions about the AMA Reimagining Residency program.
Specialty Profiles
One in seven residents reported career choice regret, with pathologists topping the list. Find out who’s likelier to experience career choice regret and why.
Interim Meeting
Physicians must lead the way by ensuring that disruptive innovations improve patient care, says AMA CEO James L. Madara, MD.
In an effort to expand the scope of its goal of changing medical education, the AMA announced a new program to transform residency training.
New AMA Reimagining Residency initiative is aimed at transforming residency training to ensure physician well-being and improved patient safety.
