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LGBTQ+ Section—Student member

Find information about the responsibilities and terms of service for the student member position on the LGBTQ+ Section and how to apply.

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4 big ways that AMA membership pays off for medical students

The AMA supports you today as a medical student and is protecting your future as a physician. Get the details on how AMA membership will help you.

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Benefits & Discounts
Succeeding in Medical School
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For this doctor, LGBTQ+ care is about the mission and the moment

The chair of the AMA’s newest section, Shail Maingi, MD, feels new urgency for the AMA’s advocacy and policymaking.

Population Health
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Find leadership opportunities with the AMA sections

AMA sections (groups) provide ample opportunities for physicians and medical students to be leaders and make a positive impact on the profession and patients' lives.

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LGBTQIA+ health education

Understand how to advance health equity for LGBTQIA+ people, with CME from the Fenway Institute on AMA Ed Hub™.

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Judith Flores, MD
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Indigenous patients may not trust you. Know how to break through.

Even Native American physicians can have trouble building cultural competence with Indigenous patients, but every doctor should take the time to listen.

Population Health
Carl Streed Jr., MD, MPH
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Inclusion makes clinical evidence and precision medicine stronger

Learn how AMA member Carl Streed Jr., MD, MPH, helps researchers include historically marginalized populations and boost the evidence base. 

Health Equity
Excellence in Medicine Awards
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These 11 doctors are moving medicine forward. Find out how.

Learn about an inspiring group of physicians whose advocacy, research and volunteerism serve as shining examples for all of medicine.

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What it takes for health systems to lead on LGBTQ+ patient care

The country’s foremost benchmarking survey shows which organizations are advancing health equity for LGBTQ+ patients. Learn more with the AMA.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
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Blood-donation changes bring equity. Next step: tissue rules.

Amid blood shortage, following the science could boost supply while battling LGBTQ+ stigma. Tissue-donation rules also should be revamped.  

Health Equity