Physicians and medical students’ time is more squeezed than ever, so it’s no surprise that a growing number of physicians and future doctors are taking advantage of listening to podcasts to enhance their knowledge of trends in medicine while commuting, running errands, making dinner or doing housework.
With the AMA, you can hear from physicians, scientists and other leading voices on emerging issues and new innovations in health care. All AMA podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Simplecast and many other listening services.
Read on to learn about eight of our top 2024 episodes from across the AMA podcast network.
“What does Medicare cost? How physician pay cuts in 2024 impact patient care with Alice Coombs, MD”
- In this episode of “AMA Update,” Dr. Coombs—an anesthesiologist and internist—joined AMA Chief Experience Officer Todd Unger to detail the real-world consequences of falling Medicare physician payment.
- The AMA is leading the charge to reform the Medicare payment system because over the last quarter-century Medicare payment has dropped 29% (PDF) when adjusted for inflation. Dr. Coombs also shared how physicians can advocate for change based on her experience as the president of the Medical Society of Virginia. Get involved: Tell Congress to fix Medicare now.
“AI, health care and the strange future of medicine”
- AMA Immediate Past President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, led a discussion with three other physicians on the use of augmented intelligence (AI) in health care. For this episode of “AMA Moving Medicine,” he spoke with AI physician experts Claire Novorol, MD, PhD; Mark Sendak, MD, MPP; and Alex Stinard, MD.
- From AI implementation to EHR adoption and usability, the AMA is fighting to make technology work for physicians, ensuring that it is an asset to doctors—not a burden.
“Meet Your Match: How to transfer residency programs, with David Savage, MD”
- Dr. Savage, a hematology-oncology fellow in California, spoke with AMA Senior News Writer Brendan Murphy about the process of transferring residency programs. Dr. Savage drew from personal experience to offer insights on how those considering a transfer should approach that decision for this episode of “Meet Your Match,” a special series that is part of the “AMA Making the Rounds” podcast.
- Learn more and subscribe to the AMA Road to Residency series, which provides medical students, international medical graduates and others with guidance on preparing for residency application, acing your residency interview, putting together your rank-order list and more.
“New long COVID study results, a possible Paxlovid alternative, and RSV vaccine updates for babies”
- As we head into the thick of this year’s respiratory virus season, this “AMA Update” episode from last season offered a check-in on COVID-19, flu and RSV cases, and provided an overview of new COVID-19 and long COVID studies.
- Learn more with the AMA about how physicians can prep for COVID-19, flu, RSV this season.
“The physician shortage and how Sanford Health is addressing it with Bill Gassen, president and CEO”
- Gassen appeared on “AMA Update” to talk about the one thing that was keeping him up at night and what he and his colleagues at Sanford Health were doing about it. Gassen shared his concerns about the challenges facing the health care workforce and talked about the investments and innovations that Sanford Health, an acclaimed health system that serves the Upper Midwest, is making to address those challenges.
- Sanford Health is a member of the AMA Health System Program provides enterprise solutions to equip leadership, physicians and care teams with resources to help drive the future of medicine.
“2024 advocacy agenda: Medicare payment cuts, fixing prior auth, and reducing physician burnout”
- The AMA is addressing the most significant problems facing doctors in medicine today: Medicare payment reform, fixing prior authorization, reducing physician burnout, as well as making health care technology an asset not a burden. AMA Senior Vice President of Advocacy Todd Askew detailed those efforts in this “AMA Update” episode recorded at the 2024 AMA National Advocacy Conference. The conference will be held again Feb. 10–12, 2025, in Washington. Learn more and register now.
- Read more about how the AMA is fighting for physicians now.
“Physicians as storytellers, with Megan Srinivas, MD, MPH”
- Dr. Srinivas, an infectious disease physician, talked about how physicians can use stories to build trust, improve patient care, influence policy changes and combat medical misinformation for this episode of “AMA Moving Medicine” created in collaboration with the “PermanenteDocs Chat” podcast.
“Meet Your Match: Prepare to navigate SOAP with Victoria Gordon, DO”
- Going through the Supplemental Offer Acceptance Program (SOAP) made for a chaotic Match Week for Victoria Gordon, DO. A few years later, she reflected on the process and offered advice for those who might have to match through SOAP.
- You can better understand residency match slang with this AMA glossary that clears up key terms to make sense of the alphabet soup.
Find out more about the compelling research, discussions and opinions on tap with these podcasts from the AMA.
Along with podcasts from the JAMA Network™, these include:
- “AMA Prioritizing Equity.”
- “AMA Thriving in Private Practice.”
- “AMA STEPS Forward® Podcast.”
- “Ethics Talk.”
- “Opioid Overdose Epidemic Podcast Series.”
- “Stories of Care: A CDC Project Firstline podcast from the AMA.”
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