Progress is being made to prevent overdose deaths, but about 75,000 lives are still lost annually. The AMA outlines aggressive steps to save more lives.
Learn more about physicians’ actions toward ending the nation’s overdose epidemic and improving care for patients with pain and substance use disorders (SUD). Download PDF of the Substance Use and Treatment Report.
This boot camp focuses on time-saving tools and strategies to reform organizations and enhance professional satisfaction and well-being.
With AMA gold recognition secured, Advocate Health focuses on bold leadership, measurement and team-based care to strengthen its culture of support.
Precision education is a developing concept and one of four new focus areas for the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative. Find out more.
A framework for educators and administrators who create programs for coaching medical students—view videos, purchase books or download directories of workshop participants.
The AMA Medical Student Advocacy Conference in March will help train future physicians to advocate in person with Congress on today’s big issues.
About 3% of residents have MD-PhD degrees. Learn how this track affects specialty choice, GME-application strategy and long-term career opportunities.
It isn’t just for seasoned pros anymore, with data showing younger physicians are increasingly turning to locum tenens. Is it right for you?
Latest report shows high fill rates in the Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match, with nearly 90% of U.S. MDs landing a match.
Telehealth flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances extended and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
With the 2026 AMA State Advocacy Summit underway, the AMA is making its impact felt on the issues that matter most to doctors.
In this Project Firstline webinar, join AMA and CDC for the latest information on preventing and responding to respiratory virus outbreaks in long-term care settings.
This AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy webinar highlights proven, organizational-level strategies to support physician well-being. Register today.
The Specialty and Service Society (SSS) is the largest caucus in the AMA House of Delegates.
Find out about the election bylaws and policies for being elected to the AMA House of Delegates.
Download the PDF to read the rules and regulations that guide the AMA to uphold its mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
Review open leadership positions for the Senior Physicians Section (SPS).
Find out about the endorsement and nomination criteria for HOD candidates seeking endorsements from the LGBTQ+ Section Governing Council.
Find information about the CPT® Editorial Panel process and AMA/Specialty Society RVS update process.
In the news: Changes to childhood immunization schedule, impact of delaying routine vaccinations, Alzheimer’s biomarker testing and more.
Read the latest news from the American Medical Association. As a powerful ally—the AMA supports physicians with a unified voice, removes obstacles to patient care, and leads the charge to confront public health crises.
Reducing the prior authorization burden that harms patients and frustrates physicians is an area of bipartisan agreement that Congress should tackle now.
The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about staying healthy when traveling, measles 2025, and sleep maxxing.
Rush 9-1-1 is tackling emergency care inequities with free CPR and first aid training. Meet the medical student leaders behind the program.
A Trump executive order calls for deregulation. Fixing MIPS—which costs doctors nearly $13,000 a year to comply with—would be a great place to start.
The opening of Henry Ford Behavioral Health Hospital expands mental health care with evidence-based treatments, family involvement and training.
On National Doctors’ Day and every day, the AMA fights for physicians so they have time for what matters most—patients.
Over 43,000 medical students matched this year. Take a deep dive on the NRMP data about this year’s specialty trends, match rates and more.
A centralized pharmacy team now handles all requests, saving Geisinger clinics up to fours a week and boosting payer approval rates by 30%.
The daily flood of decisions can be exhausting. Lisa MacLean, MD, a psychiatrist at Henry Ford Health, shares how to overcome decision fatigue.
