Heart failure can affect energy, breathing and daily life, but early diagnosis, treatment and follow-up can help people manage symptoms.
You might be making one of the most common sunscreen mistakes without even realizing it. Dermatologist Micah Brown, MD, shares the most common sunscreen errors.
Whether you're considering private practice or already working independently, the AMA has the resources you need to start and sustain success.
Applying for recognition from the AMA Joy in Medicine Program can help health systems assess their physician well-being work, align leaders and build momentum for what comes next.
Listening to program coordinators, UNC created a professional development initiative to boost confidence, improve performance and support retention.
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.
From researching programs to creating the perfect application packet. These questions ensure you cover your bases before hitting the “submit” button.
Download a PDF of the MSOP Program Guide—as an Outreach Leader, the AMA provides all marketing materials, training, resources and event funding you need.
The AMA Ethics Fellowship is an opportunity for medical students, resident physicians and fellows to explore a topic of ethical importance to medicine’s future.
When you’re choosing your first post-training physician job, your satisfaction may be driven by your family’s happiness almost as much as your own.
Stay informed with top advocacy news and essential updates on key national and state issues impacting physicians, patients and the healthcare environment in July 2026.
New AMA initiative launched to improve electronic prior authorization, and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
Access key resources and PDFs related to the AMA's self-paced Business of Medicine course.
Join KeyBank for an informative webinar on the essentials of borrowing for higher education.
Download and review the PDF list of pending reports from the Board and the councils, and submit comments and feedback.
Find information on the delegation certification and rosters for the state and national medical specialty societies and member section delegates of the AMA HOD.
The council investigates general ethical conditions and all matters pertaining to the relations of physicians to one another or to the public, and make recommendations to the House of Delegates or the constituent associations through the issuance of reports.
Download PDFs of reports organized by year for the Council on Ethical & Judicial Affairs (CEJA) presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
The Medical Student Section (MSS) provides policy making resources for its members, including guidance on how to submit resolutions.
WPS resolutions serve as an opportunity to address topics of importance to women in medicine and female patients.
Learn about the AMA's awards and scholarships for physicians, medical students and residents and download the application PDF.
In the news: Legionnaires' outbreak in NYC, cyclosporiasis spreads to 34 states, Canadian wildfires impact air quality across Northeast and Midwest and more.
International Medical Education discusses issues that affect international medical students. Learn more about the issues that face them at the AMA.
Get answers to how AMA is advocating for IMGs on issues such as immigration status, visas and options for completing training.
State Department resumes visa processing, ensuring that international medical graduates can begin residency training July 1 and help battle COVID-19.
The global pandemic is an all-hands-on-deck moment. Retired doctors, IMGs, and DACA recipients can play vital roles to help us stop the deadly coronavirus.
To ensure an adequate physician workforce in the COVID-19 fight, non-U.S. citizen physicians need to stay and IMGs need to start residency training.
Residents and fellow physicians are an important part of the health care teams serving on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.
These four tips can help IMG residents make a smooth transition to working as a faculty member in an academic setting.
See the visa requirements for international medical graduates seeking entry into U.S. programs of graduate medical education, including the J-1 visa.
Understand the 5 steps that physicians who received their medical degree outside the U.S. or Canada must clear to practice medicine in the United States.
AMA member Ved V. Gossain, MD, believes that despite the hardships of being a physician, it is still the best profession in the world.
