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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What’s behind the persistent gender gap in physician burnout

Exclusive AMA data shows women physicians are likelier to experience job stress and dissatisfaction, but smart health systems can make things better.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians

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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Best way to improve physician well-being? It’s more than the EHR

Exclusive AMA data helps pinpoint how to address core drivers of burnout, stress and satisfaction.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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We can boost training for hard talks. Resident’s research shows how.

Palliative care talks are tough, and training can fall short. Neurology PGY-4 Karishma Popli, MD, MBE, was recognized for her work to change that.

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Residency Life
Thriving in Residency
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of April 20, 2026

In the news: Hemoglobin levels linked to dementia risk, naloxone may not reverse overdoses from newer synthetic opioids, burnout declines third year in a row and more.

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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.

Shadow a Physician
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Some specialties matched only residents who passed license exams on first try

Resident physicians in the U.S. training for some particularly competitive specialties had 100% first-attempt pass rates.

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Residency Life
Thriving in Residency
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What it's like to specialize in physiatry: Shadowing Dr. Amit Patel

AMA member Amit Patel, DO, of Medrina, says one of the big rewards of his practice is seeing geriatric patients regain function.

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Specialty Profiles
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
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Didn't match? These physician specialties are reapplicant friendly

Missing out on matching doesn’t necessarily preclude you from landing a position in a competitive physician specialty as a reapplicant, data shows.

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Prep for Residency
The Road to Residency

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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Section Involvement Grant Event of the Month

Each month, the AMA Medical Student Outreach Program (MSOP) identifies one event to highlight as the Section Involvement Grant Event of the Month. Find out more.

Med School Life
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How Rush dermatology rebuilt culture, access and growth

A five-year transformation tripled access, expanded sites and aligned culture, structure and sustainability at Rush University System for Health.

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Health System Spotlight