Vaccines save millions of lives each year. Two infectious diseases physicians discuss the key role they should play for the loved ones in your family.
This new year, look beyond diet and exercise and add health goals to your resolution list. AMA member physicians share health-related resolutions to add.
This boot camp focuses on time-saving tools and strategies to reform organizations and enhance professional satisfaction and well-being.
The AMA provides regulatory clarification to physicians and their care teams in an effort to aid physicians in their day-to-day practice environment.
A framework for educators and administrators who create programs for coaching medical students—view videos, purchase books or download directories of workshop participants.
The AMA backs bipartisan legislation to reissue 40,000 unused immigrant visas for physicians and nurses.
For osteopathic medical students, the COMLEX exam series is a must. But what about USMLE? Survey details residency program directors’ views.
Find information about the responsibilities and terms of service for the Medical Student Section (MSS) Governing Council and how to apply.
JAMA Network journals have editorial fellowships—chances for residents, fellows and early-career physicians to explore a career in publishing.
In residency and fellowship training, the business side of medicine often gets short shrift. Catch up on what you need to succeed in health care.
AMA to MedPAC: Physician pay should be linked to inflation and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.
White House releases executive order on artificial intelligence regulation and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
ChangeMedEd® is a national bi-annual conference that brings together innovative leaders across the medical education continuum to reimagine the way future physicians are trained. Learn more.
The 2026 American Medical Association Medical Student Advocacy Conference (MAC) will be held March 5-6, 2026. Registration is now open.
The Specialty and Service Society (SSS) is the largest caucus in the AMA House of Delegates.
Find out about the election bylaws and policies for being elected to the AMA House of Delegates.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
The council investigates general ethical conditions and all matters pertaining to the relations of physicians to one another or to the public, and make recommendations to the House of Delegates or the constituent associations through the issuance of reports.
Find out about the endorsement and nomination criteria for candidates for the YPS Governing Council .
The Medical Student Section (MSS) provides policy making resources for its members, including guidance on how to submit resolutions.
In the news: U.S. measles elimination status at risk, CDC adopts major shift in hepatitis B vaccine policy, DTaP vaccination rates fall across U.S. and more.
Learn about some of the innovative leaders honored for their work to move medicine forward during a time of challenges and promise in health care.
The archived AMA Journal of Ethics consisted of articles focused on the ethical issues of health care professionals. Read more on ethics from the AMA.
26% of physician conversations lack deliberation about the patients’ values, preferences. A physician expert recommends ways to improve.
There are limits to what physicians should be expected to tolerate when patients’ preferences express unjust bias. This is what physicians should know.
Helping patients express their values, concerns and preferences is vital in palliative care. Incorporating elements of psychiatric training can help.
A study finds that less than 10% of cancer treatment consent forms meet the National Cancer Institute’s readability recommendation. The forms also commonly include these hard-to-understand words.
Health information on the internet should be guided by the same ethical principles that apply to clinical practice. Physicians are key backstops.
Advance care planning used to be unbillable, but Medicare now treats it like other services. Here are tips for talking about it with patients.
Advanced cardiopulmonary technologies can postpone certain death and reshape a physician’s view of what is considered good end-of-life care.
Friends may be inclined to ask you for medical care. Learn why it’s an issue and how you can respond.
Patients can hold the false belief that they might benefit directly from participating in trials. A researcher recommends ways to minimize this risk.
