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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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When patients’ social needs are met, doctors feel less burnout

Many family physicians reported improved well-being when they felt their patients’ social needs were attended to. Find out more.

Physician Health
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What medical students should understand about quality improvement

The AMA offers new training to help medical students, residents and doctors learn about the how to make lasting and sustainable improvement in the quality of care.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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How anti-obesity bias hinders patients' lifestyle change efforts

Weight bias and stigma can worsen health outcomes in patients with obesity. Here is what physicians should know.

Public Health
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What to do when patients lack decision-making capacity, surrogates

Physicians often care for unrepresented patients, who lack decision-making capacity and identifiable surrogates. Explore how to handle this challenging ethical situation.

Ethics
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WHO adds burnout to ICD-11. What it means for physicians.

With the World Health Organization’s upgrade of burnout to a syndrome, what does this mean for physicians? This is what physicians need to know.

Physician Health
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How tomorrow’s doctors can unleash population health’s power

The AMA offers new training to help medical students, residents and doctors learn about the potential change-maker of population health.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Inside Mayo Clinic's 5-step process for handling biased patients

Patients with hateful attitudes can pose a problem. Now physicians and other health professionals at Mayo have a place to turn for help.

Physician Health
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How to immunize yourself against medical school burnout

A panel of physicians from various career stages offered tips for handling the stresses of medicine, as a medical student and throughout your career.

Medical Student Health
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Billing for end-of-life care talks grows, but barriers remain

Medicare now pays for end-of-life talks, yet early-stage data shows that claims are relatively low, with differences by specialty, geography.

Ethics