Patient Communication

Patient Support & Advocacy

Patient movements could help doctors rediscover medicine’s joy

Learn how movements to create a more caring health system and opening visit notes to patients could effect dramatic changes.

Population Care

Avoid "elder-speak" with your senior patients

That’s one practice tip from a physician expert who explains why there needs to be a greater emphasis on geriatrics in medical training.

Sustainability

How previsit labs lead to richer patient-physician conversations

Learn more from the AMA on how to get the most out of previsit laboratory testing.

Accelerating Change in Medical Education

Consulting Dr. Google? Why you shouldn’t do it in medical school

When it comes to your medical training, are you able to determine where to access the best information and how to use it? These four tips can help.

Public Health

How patients can start—and stick with—key lifestyle changes

Getting healthier is a common New Year’s resolution, and a great way to start is with a productive conversation in the physician’s office. Here’s how.

Sustainability

The AMA’s top 10 must-read news stories of the year

Insightful news coverage of trends in physician burnout, Match, and other hot issues drew big clicks from doctors, residents, fellows and medical students.

Group of delegates in line ready to speak at the 2019 HOD Interim Meeting

Patient Support & Advocacy

Payer-backed care shopping plans shouldn’t coerce patients

Employer or insurer-offered financial incentive programs can be useful, but must be transparent. AMA lays out other principles to guide such programs.

Press Releases

AMA president speaks to delegates at Interim Meeting

AMA President Patrice A. Harris, M.D., detailed AMA’s ongoing efforts to reinforce science and evidence-based approaches to remove barriers to patient care.

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More physicians being sued by patients they’ve never treated

Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

These 5 AMA member benefits help medical students thrive

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Interim Meeting education sessions

Proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates

About the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD)

Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects

LGBTQ leadership opportunities

Minority Affairs Section leadership opportunities

Jordan Lippincott: Boosting access to care for underserved

L. Carlos Zapata, MD: Shaping evidence-based health care policy

Patient Communication

Patient movements could help doctors rediscover medicine’s joy

Avoid "elder-speak" with your senior patients

How previsit labs lead to richer patient-physician conversations

Consulting Dr. Google? Why you shouldn’t do it in medical school

How patients can start—and stick with—key lifestyle changes

The AMA’s top 10 must-read news stories of the year

Payer-backed care shopping plans shouldn’t coerce patients

AMA president speaks to delegates at Interim Meeting

Membership Moves Medicine™