HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit

The AMA’s toolkit for community health centers and emergency departments guides you from patient intake to linkage to care.

Routine Screening Toolkit
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Building a network to advance equity in professional societies

The new Equitable Professional Societies Network gives doctors and other health professionals powerful tools to ramp up their work on health equity.

Health Equity
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Can investments cut health gaps? Chicago’s a proving ground

There’s a 14-year life-expectancy gap between different Chicago neighborhoods. Find out how the AMA and others are investing to overturn this inequity.

Health Equity
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Catalyzing change in medical education

Through the new AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative, the AMA is concentrating on developing the foundational attributes of precision education and its real-world application via investments in new partnerships and exploratory pilots. Learn more.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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ChangeMedEd®: Groundwork teams, Innovation Grants and sites

In support of our work to catalyze innovation in medical education, the AMA's efforts and focus have entered an important new phase. Learn more. 

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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AMA in the News: September 2024

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for September 2024.

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AMA in the News
AMA in the News
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IMGs overcome barriers to offer critically needed care

International medical graduates (IMGs) often practice in physician shortage areas yet frequently face obstacles getting there.

International Med Ed
Mary Claire Curet, MD
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New Ochsner Health physician returns home to serve her community

Meet Mary Claire Curet, MD, the first doctor to enter practice from a program benefitting medical students who commit to work for Ochsner after residency.

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Sustainability
Health System Spotlight
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Specific steps we must take now to reduce maternal mortality

We must include social determinants of health in mapping a comprehensive solution to reduce the country’s tragically high rate of maternal mortality.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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How historical harm can stall the promise of precision medicine

Earn CME while gaining insight into historical perspectives that demonstrate why patients may be skeptical of advances in genetics.

Population Health