Continuing Medical Education

Earn your CME at AMA Ed Hub. We make it easy for you to find education based on your needs and interests. Accessible on any device and at any time, courses are available in a variety of formats, so that you can listen, watch, read or interact in ways that best suit your needs.

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Surgeons in an operating room
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Succeeding in surgery: A career road map for women in medical school

As surgical gender gaps slowly shrink, women aiming for surgical residency positions can succeed by finding mentors and seeking early clinical exposure.

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Prep for Residency
The Road to Residency

How to choose a specialty?

FREIDA's Specialty Guide is designed to simplify medical students’ specialty selection process, highlight major specialties, detail training information, and provide access to related association information.

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What doctors want patients to know about hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common childhood infection that can cause fever, mouth sores and a distinctive rash on the hands and feet.

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Infectious Diseases
What Doctors Want Patients to Know™
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ResidencyCAS tips for ob-gyn, emergency medicine GME applicants

What is ResidencyCAS? Learn how the application platform works across seven specialties and what it could mean for medical student Match outcomes.

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The Road to Residency
Willie Underwood III, MD, MSc, MPH

Willie Underwood III, MD, MSc, MPH

Willie Underwood, III, MD, MSc, MPH, board certified in urology, is president of the American Medical Association for 2026-2027.

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"Shadow Me" Specialty Series

As a medical student, do you ever wonder what it's like in a particular specialty? Shadowing a doctor offers valuable insights to help determine whether a career in certain specialty is a good fit for you. Meet featured physicians in the AMA’s  “Shadow Me” Specialty Series, which offers advice directly from physicians about life in their specialties.

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Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD

Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD

Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD, board-certified in internal medicine, is president-elect of the American Medical Association for 2026-2027.

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Marilyn Heine, MD, FACEP, FACP, FCPP

Marilyn J. Heine, MD

Marilyn J. Heine, MD, an emergency medicine and hematology oncology physician, is chair-elect of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees for 2026-2027.

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Pauline P. Huynh, MD

Pauline P. Huynh, MD

Pauline P. Huynh, MD, an otolaryngology fellow, serves as secretary of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees for 2026-2027.

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HOD Specialty Societies

The House of Delegates (HOD) is the legislative and policy-making body of the American Medical Association. State medical associations and national medical specialty societies are represented in the HOD along with AMA sections, national societies such as AMWA, AOA and the NMA, professional interest medical associations, and the federal services, including the Public Health Service.

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Melissa J. Garretson, MD

Melissa J. Garretson, MD

Melissa J. Garretson, MD, a board-certified pediatrician, serves as a member of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees for the years 2024-2028.

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Tripti C. Kataria, MD

Tripti C. Kataria, MD, MPH

Tripti C. Kataria, MD, MPH, MBA, an anesthesiologist from Illinois, was elected to the American Medical Association Board of Trustees in June 2026.

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