May 7 webinar: Overcoming IPC Challenges in Rural Health Care

Join AMA to discuss strategies to improve infection prevention in rural health care settings.

Overcoming IPC Challenges in Rural Health Care
Aerial view of green fields
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4 Min Read

Recipe for more rural physicians: More exposure in residency training

With evidence that rural training creates more rural physicians, pathway programs that focus on creating increased exposure are vital.

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Improve GME
Thriving in Residency
Rowing team training on a lake at dawn
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5 Min Read

Tech can supplement team-based care when staff is in short supply

Team-based care can boost physician satisfaction and patient experience. But innovation is needed when staff shortages lead to unfilled team positions.

Sustainability
Health care worker slouched in front of window
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5 Min Read

Pandemic pushes U.S. doctor burnout to all-time high of 63%

New evidence confirms that doctors need help. Learn how the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians removes burdens and offers burnout solutions.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
Aaron Thompson, PhD
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9 Min Read

Q&A: Baptist board chair works toward building diverse workforce

A leader in both health care and higher education, Aaron Thompson, PhD, has brought those worlds together to collaborate on long-term workforce issues.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
Kimberly Herner, MD
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8 Min Read

Embracing team-based care to ease burden of a physician shortage

In light of projected physician shortages, the physician-led team-based care approach will go from being optimal to absolutely essential. Learn more.

Sustainability
Health care worker writing notes on a clipboard
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4 Min Read

Responding to the shortages that are driving up doctor burnout

Staffing shortages have worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic. A former surgeon general adviser outlines how health care leaders can address the issue.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
Person holding a carrying case with a stethoscope
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8 Min Read

Easing IMGs’ path to practice a key to solving physician shortage

1 in 4 U.S. doctors is an international medical graduate (IMG), but the road is arduous. Given the projected doctor shortage, why do we make it so hard?

International Med Ed
Smiling masked patient showing arm with bandage to health care worker
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10 Min Read

To overcome doctor shortage, get rid of obstacles to primary care

For patients in some communities, a pressing question is whether their primary care doctor will retire—because a replacement may be hard to come by.

Sustainability
Mark C. Henderson, MD, with University of California, Davis, health-professional trainees
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17 Min Read

How diversity’s power can help overcome the physician shortage

There aren’t enough doctors to care for aging patients and not enough physicians who mirror the nation’s diversity. Learn how the two are connected.

Health Equity