The AMA's how-to guides focus on practical treatment strategies for patients’ behavioral, mental and physical health needs.
From bicycles to e-bikes and scooters, the right helmet matters. Learn how proper fit can help prevent traumatic brain injuries and other head trauma.
Northwell Health’s model of physician leadership, partnership and innovation gives doctors a meaningful voice in shaping the future of the health system.
Learn what it takes to create teams that help physicians and care teams thrive.
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).
These expert insights help medical students build leadership experiences and skills that will resonate with residency programs down the line.
When looking at doctor salaries by specialty, competitive fields pay more. But experts say work-life balance and passion should guide career plans.
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.
Peer-to-peer prior authorization reviews are too often a time-consuming barrier to care. AMA delegates take steps to fix that.
With COVID-19 ravaging countries such as India and Brazil, delegates look to promote equitable distribution of resources in response to the pandemic.
Learn about steps such as adequate and reliable payment that will help meet the health needs of rural Americans and sustain the rural health system.
Delegates outline how to address health inequities and lingering issues with state licensure, regulation and payment for this pivotal mode of care.
The situation may seem to be getting better here, but in a global pandemic, threats abroad can quickly become threats in the United States.
Growing use of urgent care centers (UCCs) mustn’t further fragment care. AMA outlines how to ensure that UCCs complement primary care physicians.
The AMA today adopted new policies to bolster rural health care due to lagging outcomes.
Ketamine and other drugs are used to subdue agitated people outside the hospital. The AMA outlines improvements for first responders.
New policy addresses reports that show use of “excited delirium," pharmacological interventions such as ketamine as justification for excessive police force
