The AMA's how-to guides focus on practical treatment strategies for patients’ behavioral, mental and physical health needs.
Sorting through the good, the bad and the ugly about high cholesterol can be confusing. Understanding your overall risk, and not just one number, can help.
Three orthopaedic surgeons share how mentorship, AI and a willingness to take risks are helping them turn ideas into new ventures.
Northwell Health’s model of physician leadership, partnership and innovation gives doctors a meaningful voice in shaping the future of the health system.
The AMA addresses concerns regarding the challenges faced by the current graduate medical education (GME) system with a report on GME initiatives to help inform future GME advocacy.
The AMA is committed to supporting medical students and residents as they attend school and enter their training years. See the advocacy work of the AMA for Graduate Medical Education (GME).
Looking for guidance on how to choose a specialty? Finding a faculty mentor is a major factor while preclinical shadowing offers perspective.
These expert insights help medical students build leadership experiences and skills that will resonate with residency programs down the line.
In your first contract after residency training, these tricky employment clauses can trip up physician job seekers.
Resident physicians at LSU School of Medicine want to use child patients’ creativity to establish a connection.
Stay informed with top advocacy news and essential updates on key national and state issues impacting physicians, patients and the healthcare environment in September 2026.
Energy and Commerce hearing highlights Patients First Act, and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
Join AMA for a panel discussion on how primary care physicians and ob-gyns can approach sexual health conversations with patients. Learn more and register.
In this AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy webinar, discover how healthcare organizations are transforming revenue cycle management for value-based care.
The Specialty and Service Society (SSS) is the largest caucus in the AMA House of Delegates.
Details provided on the application process and deadlines for physicians, residents and medical students interested in joining AMA council and committees.
The Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD) works on projects based on actions of the AMA House of Delegates or Board of Trustees.
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 the agenda, documents and more for the 2026 WPS lnterim Meeting on Nov. 6 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando, Florida.
One of the unique benefits of membership in the AMA Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) is the chance to participate in the policymaking process.
Recommendations from the RVS Update Committee’s (RUC’s) Relativity Assessment Workgroup and CMS for new and revised CPT codes.
As part of the latest cohort of the Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship, these doctors will work on projects aimed at ensuring optimal health for all.
Find news and information from the Special Meetings of the AMA House of Delegates (HOD), which were held virtually from 2020-2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Policies adopted include improving access to substance use disorder treatment, protection for residents and fellows.
Catch up with the news and key moments from the AMA House of Delegates’ virtual meeting, which ran Nov. 13–17.
AMA adopts policy addressing social determinants of health as part of health insurance coverage.
Analgesics, sedatives among drugs affected by the pandemic. Delegates urge improvements to the global pharmaceutical product supply chain.
The AMA House of Delegates adopts new policy on a public option, as well as auto-enrollment in health insurance coverage.
Policy outlines a comprehensive framework to address ongoing drug shortages, which have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AMA House of Delegates adopts policy declares police brutality a manifestation of structural racism. Among other steps, anti-bias training is in order.
AMA adopted principles today supporting public policy approaches that have the potential to expand insurance coverage to millions of the uninsured.
The AMA Council on Medical Education will continue working with the American Board of Medical Specialties on alternatives to high-stakes, 10-year exams.
