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.

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Routine Screening Toolkit
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What new AAMC competency requirements mean for medical students

Medical students are expected to demonstrate skills related to diversity, equity and inclusion before entering residency. Here’s how they can do it.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Harvard, Vanderbilt join effort to reshape LGBTQ+ physician training

Learn how the AMA Foundation National LGBTQ+ Fellowship Program is working to improve U.S. health equity.

Population Health
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Voter registration and health care with Vot-ER [Podcast]

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to podcast updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing voter registration and health care.

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Prevention & Wellness
AMA Update Podcast
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Voter registration and health care with Vot-ER

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing voter registration and health care.

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Prevention & Wellness
AMA Update
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High court shouldn’t impede efforts to diversify medical schools

The AMA, AAMC and many other organizations urge the Supreme Court to keep allowing consideration of race, ethnicity in medical school admissions.

Medical School Diversity
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Q&A: When fighting climate change, don’t overlook health equity

Throughout the pandemic, AMA member Jerry Abraham, MD, MPH, CMQ, has advocated for equitable vaccine distribution. Now he’s taking on climate change.

Environmental Health
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What doctors wish patients knew about breastfeeding

Breastfeeding offers benefits for babies and moms, but it’s hard. Two pediatricians say shame over feeding choices has no place in the nursery.

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Population Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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Release the Pressure toolkit for health care professionals

Download campaign toolkit resources from AMA, physician groups, heart health experts and ESSENCE that aim to support Black women in a movement for healthy blood pressure.

Prevention & Wellness
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When considering iatrogenesis, don’t overlook structural drivers

Moving beyond diagnostic and treatment errors, find out how structural biases and inequities contribute to medically induced harm.

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