There’s a pain in your abdomen. Is it something as simple as gas or is it appendicitis? Four physicians share what to keep in mind about appendicitis.
From drug take-back events to multimodal post-op pain control, physicians see their innovations take hold to benefit patients and communities.
Through regular measurement, Confluence Health isn’t just collecting data, it’s engaging in a deeper conversation about what it means to care for caregivers.
Burnout rates are falling overall, and even some hard-hit specialties improved. But AMA exclusive data shows differences across physician specialties remain.
Stay up to date on the innovative projects and outputs from the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative.
Find how the AMA ChangeMedEd initiative focuses on increased diversity and an improved sense of belonging in medical education.
Specialty-specific Match data shows how doing an away rotation can be a factor in earning a coveted interview invitation from a residency program.
Medical students on core clerkship rotations should ask themselves four questions to maximize their specialty-choice related fact finding.
With more states restricting or banning physician noncompete clauses, the legal landscape is becoming more complex. A legal expert outlines some essentials.
Philip Eskew, DO, a direct primary care physician and advocate, gives advice for residents considering this emerging practice model.
Stay informed with top advocacy news and essential updates on key national and state issues impacting physicians, patients and the health care environment in April 2026.
New tool, developed in collaboration with AMA, to illustrate mental health and substance use coverage metrics and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
Clinicians interested in starting or expanding routine screening programs for HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis and LTBI are invited to join the AMA Community of Practice for a discussion on syphilis testing.
In this Advocacy Insights webinar, learn about what’s happening across the country with medical liability reform. Register now.
Find travel, hotel, child care, and inauguration details for the 2026 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates taking place June 5-10 in Chicago.
Find information for submitting a resolution to the AMA House of Delegates, including a resolution sample and instructions on how to use the provided template.
Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to incorporate and integrate telemedicine and digital health into physician practices.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
Women's History Month webinar recap, GC elections April 15-30, handbook review committees application deadline and save the date for the WPS meeting at A26.
Read current and past issues of WPS Members & News Highlights for the latest information on the work being done by WPS members and its leadership.
In the news: long-term antidepressant use linked to sudden cardiac death, opioid prescriptions decline, flu shots may offer cardiovascular protection and more.
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JAMA Network provides the insights that matter most to medical research and practice. Learn more about the JAMA Networks specialty journals on the AMA.
With patients Googling and Yelping their physicians, doctors need to remain social, be present online and manage their online reputations.
Survey suggests discrimination is common. Better policies, a more supportive culture and professional mentors are needed, physician mothers argue.
Forceful efforts to fight insurance mergers, the opioid epidemic, prediabetes and hypertension are among the highlights in the AMA’s 2016 Annual Report.
Six-figure student-loan burdens can discourage underrepresented minorities and lower-income students, who are likelier to work in underserved areas.
Recent studies reveal that physicians’ gestures, language and level of warmth can have an impact that exceeds patients’ subjective experience of care.
A systematic review finds clinicians regularly overestimate how much tests, treatments and screenings help and underestimate how much they can harm.
No brown M&M’s, the rock band warned to ensure adherence to the smallest instructions. Seniors can benefit when physicians heed three telling details.
Physicians, pharmacists, data analysts and policy makers have been working together to reverse the opioid epidemic.
The U.S. spends more on diabetes than on any other condition, but tools to help physicians and patients prevent the disease are well within reach.
