Texas CME Requirements

Learn about the Texas Medical Board and earn your continuing medical education (CME) credits online with the AMA Ed Hub.

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Court case examines telemedicine safety regulations

A case before a U.S. Court of Appeals deals with a telemedicine service and the ability of physicians to prescribe medications. At issue is the Texas state medical board’s required establishment of a patient-physician relationship.

Judicial Advocacy
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How med schools are training tomorrow's physician leaders

A look at how 4 med schools have adapted curricula to address changes in the health care delivery system. Future physicians must develop new competencies in leading and working on a team, advocacy, and person-centered care.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Supreme Court ruling on race and med school admissions

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled med schools have a right to create a more racially and ethnically diverse physician workforce. They have an obligation to redress current disparities in health care by graduating doctors who more closely reflect the patient population.

Judicial Advocacy
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How medical liability reforms will be advanced, challenged in 2016

Details of plans the AMA has to continue to address upcoming medical liability reform efforts that drain health care resources that could be devoted instead to improved quality of care and access for patients.

Federal Advocacy
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21 more schools tapped to transform physician training

A panel of medical education leaders has selected 21 new members of the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium to transform the way future physicians will be trained.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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21 medical schools join AMA in creating medical school of the future

The AMA announced 21 medical schools to join its Accelerating Change in Medical Education consortium to create the medical school of the future.

Press Releases
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Medical liability reform at risk in state supreme court case

One of the nation’s leading medical liability reform laws could be undercut in a case before a state supreme court. Also tied up in the balance is access to essential medical care for thousands of patients in a highly underserved region of the country.

Judicial Advocacy
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States where health insurers are squeezing out competition

Proposed mergers among four of the nation’s five largest health insurers could have a big effect on patients and physicians in many communities around the country. What will competition look like in your state?

Access to Care
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AMA releases analyses on possible Anthem-Cigna, Aetna-Humana mergers

The AMA issued analyses showing that proposed commercial health insurance mergers would exceed federal anti-trust guidelines in 97 metropolitan areas.

Press Releases