The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about preventing illness this holiday season.
While there has been a shift in leading causes of death, physicians continue to play a key role in preventing chronic diseases, AMA experts say.
Learn what you should be thinking about at a hectic year’s end, and how to get off to the races in 2025 on patient scheduling, staffing and more.
Reducing physician burnout is more than just identifying problems. It’s about creating meaningful, lasting change. An AMA toolkit maps out what to do.
Understand the evolving field of health systems science and acquire the necessary tools and skills to successfully share this approach with medical students.
The goal of the Reimagining Residency grant program is to transform residency training to best address the workplace needs of our current and future health care system.
If your M1 transition’s been rocky, you’re not alone. Show yourself the same compassion you show classmates, says AMA member Suzanne J. Templer, DO.
Virginia Skiba, MD, of Henry Ford Health, started her career in neurology but switched to sleep medicine after about a decade. Find out why.
Two doctors who helped build a work group to boost onboarding at Atlantic Health System share what residents transitioning to practice should focus on.
To perform at your best on the night shift, resident physicians should follow the evidence on what works. One tip: Drink your java at the right time.
Learn about the current state of competition in health insurance markets across the U.S. and review in-depth analysis on market concentration.
Discover the AMA's position on health insurance mergers and why the AMA believes fewer insurance carriers undermine physician practices and harm patient care.
ChangeMedEd® is a national conference that brings together leaders and innovators to accelerate change in medical education across the continuum. Learn more.
Build a framework for the implementation of AI in practice during this seven-month shared learning collaborative launching April 2025.
Review the dates for future Annual and Interim Meetings of the AMA House of Delegates and AMA policy on meeting locations.
Download PDFs of the proceedings from the 2024 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
Take on a leadership role in the RFS and make an impact on issues facing residents and fellows, patients and the medical profession.
Find the agenda PDF, documents and more for the 2024 APS Interim Meeting on Nov. 8 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando, Florida.
Find a calendar listing the upcoming meetings of the CPT Editorial Panel.
The Office of International Relations works to maintain the AMA’s relationships with national medical associations and global health care organizations.
This AMA Private Practice Simple Solutions session will focus on recruiting guides for private practices—download the presentation in PPTX or PDF format.
In this Private Practice Simple Solutions session, participants will use the AMA STEPS Forward® E/M Documentation Burden Reduction Toolkit to learn how to implement actionable changes that can immediately increase efficiency in private practices.
This panel discussion webinar provides tips on balancing family life as a physician, how to set limits and finding the time and best practices for managing family activities.
Track the big health care policy proposals that physicians and medical students will consider at the House of Delegates’ meeting June 10–15.
With half of their 1,200-plus residents and fellows experiencing burnout, Johns Hopkins needed to act. Learn about their innovative response.
$260 million of that is attributable to physician burnout. Discover AMA tools to help fight the burnout that leads to higher spending.
Yes, emergency care is being delivered digitally. Learn how, and why its use should rise to help patients in big cities and rural areas.
Oncologists, family doctors, women surveyed since January 2020 reported the most burnout. Learn how the AMA fights the key causes of doctor burnout.
Federal regulations now give patients the right to see their medical notes. Find out how that can be a win for you and your patients.
