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
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AMA to fund graduate medical education, address physician shortages

The AMA adopted policy at its Annual Meeting today to build upon its efforts aimed at modernizing and increasing funding for GME.

Press Releases
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May 3, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Support for GME, misapplication of opioid prescribing guidelines and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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AMA mapping tool identifies where workforce needs are greatest

The free, newly updated and mobile-friendly AMA Health Workforce Mapper offers more publicly accessible data on physician and nonphysician workforces.

Transition to Attending
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Why medical schools are building 3-year programs

Physician shortages and mounting student-loan debt are encouraging the growth of three-year medical school programs.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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5 ways to improve access to health care

Uninsured patients live sicker and die younger, but insurance coverage alone doesn’t guarantee access. Learn how to reduce major barriers to health care access.

Access to Care
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AMA seeks more GME slots to match future workforce needs

The House of Delegates adopted new policy that aims to help increase the number of graduate training positions available to medical school graduates.

GME Funding
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AMA builds on efforts to expand funding for graduate medical education

AMA adopted policy reaffirming the need for more medical residency slots to ensure that patients have access to an adequate physician workforce.

Press Releases
Dr. Hilary Fairbrother, adult and pediatric emergency physician in Houston.
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Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD: Change starts with education

AMA member Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD, is a young emergency physician who has helped spearhead advocacy on physician shortages and public health.

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Leadership
Members Move Medicine
Loyola University Chicago medical student Diana Andino
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“Dreamers” bolster physician workforce, should be allowed to stay

After Trump administration moves to end DACA, Congress urged to enact legislation to protect medical student and physician dreamers.

Medical School Diversity