State CME Requirements

Learn more about specific state CME requirements and browse the many online CME opportunities we offer to help you meet those requirements.

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What doctors want patients to know about health wearables

What are wearables? Learn how smartwatches, fitness trackers and smart rings can support health, affect anxiety and help guide talks with your physician. 

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Digital
What Doctors Want Patients to Know™

Physician Workforce Maps

The AMA Health Workforce Mapper is a free, customizable, interactive tool that illustrates the geographic distribution of the health care workforce. 

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Overlapping profiles
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6 Min Read

Beat impostor phenomenon by building confidence in residency

Tackle the early-career physician confidence shock with residency tips that make the leap to practice feel less lonely.

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Resident Wellness
Transitioning to Practice
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Peer support boosts well-being and value. Start your program here.

The AMA Peer Support Workshop, a two-day experience at the AMA headquarters, will answer how to build a program that the whole care team uses.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
Megha Rao, MD, Niranjan Rao, MD, and Nakul Rao, MD
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Family ties bring 2 generations of physicians together

Medicine is a family affair for Drs. Niranjan, Megha and Nakul Rao who work as doctors and colleagues at Saint Peter's Healthcare System.

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Prevention & Wellness
Health System Spotlight

HOD State Medical 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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Aug. 28, 2026: State Advocacy Update

AI policy proposals being considered in Washington state and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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What doctors want patients to know about sodium consumption

Sodium isn’t just lurking in heavily salted snacks. Two physicians discuss where sodium resides and which choices to make to avoid it in excess.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Want Patients to Know™
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What do chief residents need to thrive in this demanding role?

Learn what it is like to be a chief resident physician, what you can gain from it, and where the training gaps are.

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Residency Life
Thriving in Residency
Humberto Bailey, MD
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Finding my place in medicine: Humberto Bailey, MD, neurology

AMA member Humberto Bailey, MD, of Advocate Health, is happy in his health system because it gives him the opportunity to pursue multiple interests.

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Transition to Attending
Finding My Place in Medicine
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How to recruit physicians with retention already in mind

Lee Health improves physician and care team retention by connecting personalized recruitment, structured onboarding and ongoing clinician support.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight