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Todd Unger and Gerald E. Harmon, MD
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3 Min Read

Borne of COVID-19 crisis, AMA’s daily videos here for long haul

“AMA COVID-19 Update” has resonated with doctors looking for reliable information. New offering covers broader range of challenges facing U.S. medicine.

Infectious Diseases
Five doctors and health care workers in full scrubs and PPE working on a patient in a hospital bed in a COVID-19 ward.
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5 Min Read

How the crucible of COVID-19 can help fix the health care system

A National Academy of Medicine report details the pandemic’s effect on clinicians and the long-overdue systemic improvements needed to support them.

Infectious Diseases
Physician with neck pain, facing forward
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4 Min Read

Half of health workers report burnout amid COVID-19

48% of U.S. doctors reported burnout in 2020, with more than 25% having high stress, anxiety. Other health professionals suffered even more.

Physician Health
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4 Min Read

How Twitter check-ins help primary care doctors stay connected

COVID-19 further isolated primary care doctors. Learn how they are finding their way forward, together, through regular social media gatherings.

Physician Health
Gerald E. Harmon, MD
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8 Min Read

Q&A: New AMA president wants to go on offense against COVID-19

Family doctor and new AMA President Gerald E. Harmon, MD, shares his plans to accelerate ambitious goals to reshape medicine.

Leadership
Four health care professionals having a meeting in a brightly lit hospital office.
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4 Min Read

Open conversations help doctors handle COVID-19’s mental stressors

Learn how a health system made it easy for doctors and other health professionals to talk each other through pandemic’s tough times.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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4 Min Read

How to identify a stress injury in a physician colleague

Trauma of the kind seen during the pandemic can result in stress injury. Learn with the AMA about how to spot it and help treat it.

Physician Health
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4 Min Read

Take a deeper look at burnout in medical education—and how to fix it

Surveys showing burnout by specialty make headlines, but an expert says they use the wrong measure. Learn with the AMA about a different perspective.

Physician Health
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5 Min Read

AMA membership growth a sign that physicians demand change

Dues-paying membership in the AMA has risen 35% over the last decade. Learn why doctors are responding to our efforts to drive medicine’s future.

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