Membership brings great benefits

AMA membership offers unique access to savings and resources tailored to enrich the personal and professional lives of physicians, residents and medical students.

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6 handy guides to save up to 3 hours a day in your practice

If one of your 2020 resolutions is to cut down on wasted time in your physician practice, these new AMA resources can help.

Sustainability
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Debunking 7 myths associated with BP measurement training

Think you know all there is to know about BP measurement? Find out more with the AMA, and why a refresher course could help you.

Hypertension
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What is meant by population health—and why it matters

In both training and in practice, focusing on health outcomes for patient populations is becoming a larger emphasis.

Population Care
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How can we leverage technology for better suicide prevention?

Technology is a critical tool that needs to be further developed to help save lives. Learn more from the AMA about how that could help.

Digital
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How your private practice can target population health

A systematic focus on treating patients with chronic conditions will position practices to deliver better care and keep pace with a new payment model.

Private Practices
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Medical students: Learn how to behave like a leader in medicine

Discover opportunities to develop your leadership skills and advocate for patients and the profession—at both the local and national levels. 

Medical School Life
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JAMA editors name the journal’s best articles of the decade

High blood pressure, septic shock, learning algorithms, and waste in the U.S. health system top the decade’s reading list from JAMA’s editors.

Public Health
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Physicians weigh in: 5 keys to fixing the EHR inbox

See what physicians suggest that EHR vendors and their health care organizations should change to cut physician burnout and improve patient safety.

Digital
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Human genome editing is here. How should it be governed?

If used responsibly, genome editing can foster dramatic innovation in patient care, including eradicating many diseases. But ethical and legal questions persist.

Ethics