See how Target: BP, a collaboration between the AMA and AHA, aims to reduce the number of Americans who have heart attacks and strokes.
Learn more about physicians’ actions toward ending the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic—and what still needs to be done. Download PDF of the Overdose Epidemic Report.
The AMA Physician Innovation Network (PIN) is a community seeking to help make technology work for physicians, care teams and patients.
There’s bipartisan backing to reform prior authorization in Medicare Advantage as House majority cosponsors key bill. Learn what comes next.
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.
M4s can gain insight on life in a physician residency program by asking current residents about scheduling, culture, work-life balance and more.
Letters to Congress offer medical students an avenue to influence health policy. Keys include telling your patients’ stories and making your ask.
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.
Resident physicians must quickly absorb huge knowledge chunks—and care for patients. You won’t know it all, so here’s how to move forward.
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 list of candidates to serve as AMA officers, on the Board of Trustees and councils.
Find out about the election bylaws and policies for being elected to the AMA 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.
Impressions from the 2024 Interim Meeting, creating leadership opportunities for young physicians, the formation of the Informatics Caucus and more.
Find the agenda, documents and more information for the 2024 PPPS Interim Meeting on Nov.8 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Find a calendar listing the upcoming meetings of the CPT Editorial Panel.
AMA participates in health care conferences and events held throughout the U.S.A. as well as internationally.
The Academic Physicians Section (APS) community brings members together to shape medical education and the practice of medicine. Learn about the APS community with the latest updates from the AMA.
An interview with Cynda Ann Johnson, MD, Chair of the AMA Section on Medical Schools. Dr. Johnson discuses why she was motivated to pursue a leadership role.
This regular feature appeared in the September 2014 AMA MedEd Update, a monthly medical education newsletter. It profiles a leader in medical education and the AMA. This profile looks at Kenneth B. Simons, MD, Senior associate dean for graduate medical education and accreditation, Medical College of Wisconsin.
An estimated one-third of health care costs—about $750 billion—don’t actually improve health, according to the Institute of Medicine. Residents’ exams often ask them to choose the “one best test” for diagnosis to avoid health care waste, but what if the real-world choice is “all of the above”?
