Scope of Practice

AMA successfully fights scope of practice expansions: Key research & resources

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Contents
  1. AMA research
  2. Featured resources
AMA research

AMA research

The AMA’s research provides overwhelming proof that patients want physicians to lead their medical care and the advocacy roadmap.

  • Four out of five patients prefer having physicians lead their health care team.
  • Seventy-five percent of patients prefer to be treated by a physician.
  • Ninety-one percent of patients said that a physician’s years of education and training are vital to optimal patient care, especially in the event of a complication or medical emergency.
  • Physicians and nonphysicians practice in the same locations—largely in the highly populated areas of a state.

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Truth in Advertising Campaign

National survey: Patient sentiment on scope of practice

Resources that set the record straight

Draw on issue briefs, model legislation and other resources for background on major topics related to scope of practice.

 

Table of Contents

  1. AMA research
  2. Featured resources

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