Illinois CME Requirements

Learn about the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) and earn over 100 of your continuing medical education (CME) credits online with the AMA Ed Hub.

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Finding freedom as a physician through entrepreneurship

Vasanth Kainkaryam, MD, MS, innovates with direct-care model. He and other leaders will share pearls at selective AMA Physician Entrepreneur Forum.

Career Development

Are you a physician in Illinois?

Visit AMA's Find a Doctor to claim your physician page, verify your information, and add practice details.

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AMA Research Challenge helps shape tomorrow’s health care

The AMA Research Challenge drives real-world medical progress by inspiring new approaches to enduring challenges. 

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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36 states lack regulatory oversight of med spas

How do states oversee medical spas on ownership, licensure or scope of practice? Research shows that most do very little. Learn what needs to change.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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Medical education and workforce development

Find how the AMA ChangeMedEd initiative focuses on increased diversity and an improved sense of belonging in medical education.

ChangeMedEd Initiative

Physician Workforce Maps

The AMA Health Workforce Mapper is a free, customizable, interactive tool that illustrates the geographic distribution of the health care workforce. 

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Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium: 2013-2022

The AMA collaborated with medical schools to accelerate change in medical education and create a system that trains physicians who meet the needs of today's patients and anticipate future changes.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Going into the community to bring down high BP

Rush University Medical Center, the AMA and others combine efforts to address hypertension. Find out how.

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Prevention & Wellness
Health System Spotlight
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From screening to shelves: Integrating food as part of routine care

Rush University System for Health makes food insecurity part of clinical care through screening and pantry access, emphasizing that food is medicine.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight

HOD State Medical Societies

The House of Delegates (HOD) is the legislative and policy-making body of the American Medical Association. State medical associations and national medical specialty societies are represented in the HOD along with AMA sections, national societies such as AMWA, AOA and the NMA, professional interest medical associations, and the federal services, including the Public Health Service.

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Steps Forward Innovation Academy
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AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy Learning Collaborative: Reducing Administrative Burden

This AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy Learning Collaborative will guide participants through strategies to reduce physician administrative burden in ambulatory medical practices and processes to facilitate change. 

Events
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Most-viewed residency programs by state

In a unique view of FREIDA data drawing from more than 13,000 programs, we reveal the top 10 states based on the number of programs.

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