Physicians often counsel older adults broadly on healthy lifestyle choices, but prescribing specific actions can make a bigger dent in chronic illness.
An early sign of Lyme disease is a bullseye-type rash. But symptoms can worsen if left untreated. Two infectious diseases physicians share more.
The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the latest scope of practice legislation.
In a new book, Rebekah Bernard, MD, details the rise of “imposter doctors”—nonphysician providers practicing without physician supervision. Learn more.
Precision education is a developing concept and one of four new focus areas for the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative. Find out more.
Visit our online community or participate in medical education webinars.
How much should medical students study? What’s on the test? Experts offer insight on the best ways to get ready for the Step 2 exam.
Take on leadership opportunities at the local, state or national levels to represent medical students and address their concerns—download PDFs or applications in DOCX format.
Physicians’ spending tends to creep upward after finishing residency or fellowship. Learn with the AMA about how to avert that pattern.
Medical staff bylaws can be make or break to a young physician’s hospital employment experience. Learn more with the AMA.
Physicians can get involved in advocacy efforts alongside the AMA. Learn more and get involved now.
New AMA survey indicates physicians still feeling adverse impact from Change Healthcare cyberattack and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.
As an AMA member, get JAMA Network™, insurance, the opportunity to be a leader and advocate for the profession, and more.
Medical students who join the AMA enjoy exclusive member benefits and perks to help them personally and professionally on their road to residency. Find out more.
Review the reports and resolutions submitted for consideration at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
Download and review the PDF list of pending reports from the Board and the councils, and submit comments and feedback.
See how the CCB recommends changes to the AMA Constitution and Bylaws and assists in reviewing the rules, regulations and procedures of AMA sections.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
In honor of Older Americans Month (May 1-31, 2024), the AMA celebrates senior physician members (ages 65 years and above).
Find highlights about WPS activities and how its members advocate for patients and women in the medical profession.
The 2024 International Conference on Physician Health will be held Oct. 17–Oct. 19, 2024. Learn more.
This two-day boot camp Sept. 23-24, 2024, is designed for clinical and operational change agents looking to eliminate unnecessary work and free up more time to focus on what matters most–patient care.
Tests like the MCAT are major milestones on your path toward a medical career. The AMA is your source for guidance on passing these crucial tests.
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Which product is produced by the cells in a biopsy sample from a patient?
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. What is the most appropriate screening test for a 68-year-old lifelong smoker with family history of myocardial infarction?
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Five days after a redical nephrectomy for renal cancer, a 61-year-old man still has not experienced a bowel movement.
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. An 18-year-old female comes to the physician because she has not yet had a menstrual period. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A 53-year-old with chronic alcoholism collapsed in the street, confused and unable to walk, with lateral gaze palsy.
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A 54-year-old woman comes to the physician for an annual gynecologic examination. What is the appropriate pharmacotherapy?
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A 22-year-old woman suffered from progressive weakness and tingling in lower extremities followed by respiratory failure.
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A 53-year-old man undergoes surgery and develops a fever on eighth postoperative day. What's the next best step in management?
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Colonoscopy of elderly man reveals multiple ectatic, dilated, thin-walled vessels after seeing bright red blood in toilet.