Drawing on her own patient journey, Rana Awdish, MD, MS, guides Henry Ford Health physicians in strengthening communication to improve patient care.
These JAMA Patient Pages provide plain explanations of conditions that commonly affect seniors, including osteoporosis and macular degeneration.
This boot camp focuses on time-saving tools and strategies to reform organizations and enhance professional satisfaction and well-being.
Learn more about upcoming events and webinars offered by the AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy.
A framework for educators and administrators who create programs for coaching medical students—view videos, purchase books or download directories of workshop participants.
The AMA backs bipartisan legislation to reissue 40,000 unused immigrant visas for physicians and nurses.
An understanding of essential leadership traits can empower medical students to drive meaningful change in a dynamic health care landscape.
For medical students with research ambitions, consider your need for patient interaction, specialty variation and other key factors.
Latest report shows high fill rates in the Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match, with nearly 90% of U.S. MDs landing a match.
Find out how to leverage the right physician-compensation data to prove your fair market value. AMA members get discounted access.
Learn about how the AMA, through state and specialty collaborations, fought for physicians and their patients in 2025.
Learn more about the 2026 AMA State Legislative Survey. The results reveal a unified, urgent and patient-focused heath care agenda for the nation.
This AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy webinar highlights proven, organizational-level strategies to support physician well-being. Register today.
Clinicians interested in starting or expanding routine screening programs for HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis and LTBI are invited to join AMA's Community of Practice, offering monthly office hours through July 2026.
The Specialty and Service Society (SSS) is the largest caucus in the AMA House of Delegates.
Find out about the election bylaws and policies for being elected to the AMA House of Delegates.
Download the PDF to read the rules and regulations that guide the AMA to uphold its mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
Find out about the endorsement and nomination criteria for HOD candidates seeking endorsements from the LGBTQ+ Section Governing Council.
The Medical Student Section (MSS) provides policy making resources for its members, including guidance on how to submit resolutions.
The new “AMA State Advocacy Impact Report” underscores the importance of physicians with a unified voice on the issues affecting patients and the profession.
Learn about the AMA's awards and scholarships for physicians, medical students and residents and download the application PDF.
Medical ethics provide physicians a moral framework for the practice of clinical medicine. Here's how the AMA is promoting awareness of, and adherence to, medical ethics.
Standing up for what’s best for patients tests a physician’s moral courage. Study measures choices interns and residents make when faced with threats, concerns about evaluations, and risk to reputations.
The minister of health in Rwanda discusses how U.S. physicians can learn from how her country delivers care in low-resource settings. She points to solutions that address social, cultural and economic barriers to care.
With the increasing use of telemedicine, delegates at the 2016 AMA Annual Meeting adopted new policy that outlines ethical ground rules for physicians using these technologies to treat patients.
Ethical guidance is adopted at the AMA's Annual Meeting regarding physicians' interactions with patients via telemedicine.
Organ transplants can raise many ethical questions for physicians working to save lives. How should physicians deal with disparities in access, patients who have liver disease, and compromised organs?
How will the modern practice of medicine be affected by the availability of personal information online, patient use of smartphones in the exam room and rapidly diversifying cultures in the patient population? What are the ethical implication for physicians?
Physicians may be able to act (or refrain from acting) in accordance with the dictates of their conscience without violating their professional obligations.
Studies show physicians are more motivated by intrinsic values that uniquely define the profession rather than external values, such as financial rewards.A recent Viewpoint on professionalism discusses how the health care needs to change from one that is governed by burdensome financial regulations to one that gives physicians what they need to provide the highest quality care.
The May 12 issue of JAMA takes a deep dive into professionalism, including viewpoints from scholars and academic leaders about the responsibility and accountability of medicine to self-govern, self-regulate and ensure the highest degree of professionalism.
