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On infection prevention, it’s time to probe inequity’s role

Microbes don’t care about human hierarchies, but health inequities can impede professional efforts to stop the spread of infections. Learn how.

Health Equity
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How U.S. policy can shape your patients’ health outcomes

You know why social determinants of health matter. Learn from a health equity expert about the political factors that underlie them.

Health Equity
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New AMA resource helps overstretched GME program directors

The online AMA GME Resource Program will help residency and fellowship programs meet the challenge of doing more with less. Learn more.

Improve GME
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3 MIN READ

Five steps to advance racial and health equity in health systems

New AMA toolkit offers guidance on goals and actions.

Press Releases
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3 MIN READ

2021 medical school class sees enrollment diversity grow

The current class of first-year medical school students made significant gains among Black and Hispanic students, AAMC data shows.

Medical School Diversity
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How the right strategy will drive medicine in 2022 and beyond

When crisis strikes, a smart response emerges from years of groundwork. Learn more with AMA CEO James Madara, MD.

Public Health
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COVID-19 has hit physicians hard—some more than others

Amid physicians’ pandemic burdens comes another: a rise in disrespect for doctors from historically marginalized racial or ethnic groups, survey shows.

Health Equity
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4 MIN READ

Inequities in medicine take personal toll on physicians, students

Two physicians and a medical student shared stories of how inequities and racism in medicine have personally impacted them as patients and trainees.

Medical School Diversity
Jan 19 - 20, 2022 ·
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Health Equity Summit: Tackling health inequities

The AMA Center for Health Equity is pleased to announce co-sponsorship for the upcoming Health Equity Summit, Righting the Wrongs: Tackling Health Inequities.

Events