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The AMA has achieved recent wins in 5 critical areas for physicians.

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      These 9 physician specialties report highest burnout rates

      Burnout rates are falling overall, and even some hard-hit specialties improved. But AMA exclusive data shows differences across physician specialties remain.

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      One key to success as a medical student advocate? Showing up

      Medical student advocacy can build your career, and the AMA can help. But don’t forget that your work in medical school comes first.

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Scope of Practice

Patients deserve care led by physicians—the most highly educated, trained and skilled health care professionals. Through research, advocacy and education, the AMA vigorously defends the practice of medicine against scope of practice expansions that threaten patient safety.

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Scope of practice: Education matters

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AMA HOD adopts new policies on medical education

The AMA HOD convened this week at its Annual Meeting to adopt new policies aimed at strengthening medical education and bolstering the future physician workforce.

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Scope of Practice

Jun 3, 2025 ·
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Let optometrists do eye surgery? That's going to be a no

New Mexico’s governor vetoes bill that would have set a “dangerous precedent for allowing optometrists to perform surgical procedures.” The AMA is fighting scope creep.

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Find resources on implementing a pre-visit laboratory testing protocol. 

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“Volume” of bills is 2025’s biggest scope of practice trend

The AMA fights for physician-led teams by harnessing the best evidence and collaborating with state medical and national specialty associations.

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