Physician going over examination notes with patient, both wearing masks.
·
4 Min Read

How race, and racism, enter the exam room in 2021

In the ’60s, Dr. David Satcher’s first patient refused care from a Black doctor. Today, medicine still struggles to advance health equity.

Health Equity
·
4 Min Read

AMA awards research grants to advance the study of women in medicine

AMA Women Physicians Section and AMA Foundation announce winners of 2021 Joan F. Giambalvo Fund.

Press Releases
2021 Giambalvo award recipients collage
·
4 Min Read

Research probes women doctors’ "impossible task" of having it all

What toll is pandemic taking on women physicians with kids, and how can health care institutions help? Learn about a project studying these questions.

Health Equity
·
11 Min Read

Mercy Adetoye, MD, MS, on increasing diversity in residency programs

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Mercy Adetoye, MD, MS, on increasing diversity in residency programs.

series
Medical School Diversity
Moving Medicine Video Update
Alexa B. Kimball, MD
·
9 Min Read

Q&A: Pushing the door open for women in medicine to advance

AMA member Alexa B. Kimball, MD, leads a group of Harvard’s physician faculty. Learn how she aims to help other women physicians shatter glass ceilings.

Health Equity
·
50 Min Read

Black Men in White Coats: Physicians share their stories

In this episode of AMA Moving Medicine, guests share their stories as black physicians and discuss the importance of increasing diversity in medicine.

series
Health Equity
Moving Medicine Podcast
Students in the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation simulation center.
·
4 Min Read

Early start needed to build Native American physician workforce

Too few American Indians and Alaska Natives are in the U.S. physician workforce. But the Cherokee Nation is proving that positive change is possible.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
Person using a tablet device
·
5 Min Read

To produce more Black male doctors, start by acknowledging bias

Black men remain highly underrepresented in medicine. Learn more with the AMA about how this can be changed.

Med Student Advocacy
Physician holding a patient's hand
·
3 Min Read

Organization aims to get Black men in medicine through inspiration

A new documentary explores the reasons behind the lack of Black men in medicine through the perspectives of African-American physicians.

Medical School Diversity