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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2021 medical school class sees enrollment diversity grow

The current class of first-year medical school students made significant gains among Black and Hispanic students, AAMC data shows.

Medical School Diversity
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How physicians can see health care through climate lens

This emergency doctor sees patients affected by climate change on a regular basis—and so do many other physicians. Learn more with the AMA.

Environmental Health
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Prioritizing Equity video series: Redistributive justice

In this AMA's Prioritizing Equity series panel, leaders discuss redistributive justice and its impact on the health of patients and communities.

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Health Equity
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
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How the right strategy will drive medicine in 2022 and beyond

When crisis strikes, a smart response emerges from years of groundwork. Learn more with AMA CEO James Madara, MD.

Infectious Diseases
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After pandemic dip, how Texas system improved BP control to 78%

With patients delaying care, blood pressure control rates fell. Here’s how Southwestern Health Resources found a way to bring BP control back up.

Prevention & Wellness
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COVID-19 has hit physicians hard—some more than others

Amid physicians’ pandemic burdens comes another: a rise in disrespect for doctors from historically marginalized racial or ethnic groups, survey shows.

Health Equity
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How M1s, M2s are helping patients navigate complex medical systems

Learn with the AMA about an authentic, longitudinal experience in the pre-clerkship years that benefits patients and their academic medical center.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Jan. 21, 2022: National Advocacy Update

Renewal of Public Health Emergency and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Inequities in medicine take personal toll on physicians, students

Two physicians and a medical student shared stories of how inequities and racism in medicine have personally impacted them as patients and trainees.

Medical School Diversity