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Doctors see inequity daily. Fellowship helps them dig deeper.

Advance medical justice with like-minded physicians in this pathbreaking fellowship, which pays a stipend. Learn more from two doctors doing it now.

AMA Center for Optimal Health Outcomes
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Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, on why renaming the B-T shunt matters

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, about the importance of recognizing Black pioneers in medicine.

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Health Equity
Moving Medicine Video Update
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Open up and say “Ahh”—That should only start doctor’s oral exam

Learn why oral health is central to overall health, as well as what medical schools and residency programs can do to improve their training on it.

Health Equity
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How U.S. policy can shape your patients’ health outcomes

You know why social determinants of health matter. Learn from a health equity expert about the political factors that underlie them.

Health Equity
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Feb. 18, 2022: Advocacy Update other news

“Innovative contracting for private practice physicians” webinar recording available and more in the latest Advocacy Update other news.

Advocacy Update
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The big ethical issues clinical genomics needs to solve

Clinical genomics is revolutionizing medicine. But the ethics around it aren’t yet settled. Learn more with the AMA.

Population Health
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Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, on the AMA's work to advance health equity

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, about the AMA’s critical work to advance health equity.

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Health Equity
Moving Medicine Video Update
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Five steps to advance racial and health equity in health systems

New AMA toolkit offers guidance on goals and actions.

Press Releases
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Health inequity’s no accident, and fixing it will take real purpose

Harvard medical sociologist David R. Williams, PhD, MPH, says that undoing racism’s health effects requires empathy, cutting-edge science.

Health Equity