Jefferson Health’s Lifestyle Medicine Program helps patients improve sleep, nutrition, stress and movement through practical goals and team-based support.
Tickborne illnesses can start with a single bite. Know the signs, prevention steps and when to call a doctor to protect your health.
The AMA has filed suit challenging nonenforcement of the state’s prohibition of the practice as well as attempts to insinuate lawmaking authority.
Find out how CPT codes can help health innovators build and deliver products that help physicians provide better care to patients.
Register for upcoming ChangeMedEd webinars, watch webinars on-demand and listen to episodes from the Catalyzing Change in MedEd podcast series.
A framework for educators and administrators who create programs for coaching medical students—view videos, purchase books or download directories of workshop participants.
Rock Vomer, DO, DPT, completed six years of physical therapy training before changing courses. He offers advice for considering the physician career pivot.
As surgical gender gaps slowly shrink, women aiming for surgical residency positions can succeed by finding mentors and seeking early clinical exposure.
Physicians, don’t overlook these important distinctions when evaluating your options for disability insurance.
Physician pay increasingly hinges on bonuses and RVU targets, shows data from contract review and negotiation firm Resolve.
Stay informed with top advocacy news and essential updates on key national and state issues impacting physicians, patients and the healthcare environment in August 2026.
Senate introduces Provider Reimbursement Stability Act and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
In this AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy webinar, physician leaders share how they're overcoming challenges while advancing high-value specialty care.
Access key resources and PDFs related to the AMA's self-paced Business of Medicine course.
Read the House of Delegates (HOD) speakers' updates for the 2026 HOD Interim Meeting.
The speakers provide resolution submission guidelines and office hours, the opening date for the Online Reference Committees (ORC), and appeal for volunteers.
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.
Download PDFs of reports organized by year for the Council on Ethical & Judicial Affairs (CEJA) presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
Representatives for the YPS Assembly represent the interests of young physicians and are voting members. Apply to be a member of the governing council.
Get involved in the AMA Women Physicians Section (WPS), working to raise the number of women physicians in leadership roles.
As measles cases rise, physicians play a critical role in building vaccine confidence through trusted conversations grounded in science.
Find out about steps the CPT Editorial Panel has taken to ensure transparency in its process for meeting materials and deliberations related to the CPT code set.
UME Innovations highlights leading edge trends in UME education. Find out more about innovations happening in UME education on the AMA.
Medical education is hugely expensive. Are students getting good value for their investment? One school looks at evaluating what they spend on education and what actually has the highest impact.
Worries about stigma and career impact discourage physicians from seeking mental health services. One medical school combines a variety of approaches aimed at lowering the risk of suicide among med students.
Patients with complex, hard-to-manage needs and chronic conditions drive much of health care costs. ‘Hotspotting” maps their cluster of problems, organizes resources around their needs, and designs interventions to improve care.
Med schools are enhancing students’ experiences by embedding them into patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations (ACO)—two models changing health care delivery.
The changing role of the physician in the delivery of health care challenges med schools to develop new ways of looking at the profession and teaching. The physician of the future’s expertise will span a number of different subject areas.
Population health, a new care model, addresses a broad range of factors shown to impact the health outcomes of a group of individuals. A med school in Texas is pioneering a value-based, interprofessional educational approach in its curriculum.
Race is a demographic factor that may influence a patient’s health, but understanding how race influences health is evolving. One medical school is helping future physicians think about race in the exam room.
One medical school is helping students to understand more about their emotions to support well-being. This emotional intelligence allows medical trainees to learn when and how to use inherent skills.
Community health intervention can teach med student a great deal. One of the first things to learn is to listen to the community as you would a patient when planning an intervention.
