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Caring for our caregivers during COVID-19

Amid the COVID-19 global outbreak, it is a stressful time for those who work on the front lines of health care. Access helpful resources to navigate these challenges.

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Public Health
AMA COVID-19 Guides

A time to stand together

With expert resources and tireless advocacy, the AMA is your powerful ally against COVID-19.

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4 questions leaders can ask to show pandemic-weary doctors they care

When physicians are burned out—from COVID-19 or anything else—they want to know that their leaders care. This handful of queries demonstrates you do.

Physician Health
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Target these opportunities to tackle physician burnout in 2022

COVID-19 is exhausting the physician workforce. Learn how the AMA is helping doctors address the systemic drivers of burnout.

Physician Health
Kerri Palamara, MD
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Q&A: Uncovering physicians’ needs is key to improving well-being

At Massachusetts General Hospital, AMA member Kerri Palamara, MD, focuses on meeting doctors where they are to uncover ways to reduce physician burnout.

Physician Health
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Marshfield leaders tackle pandemic’s “brutal” impact on morale

Wisconsin’s Marshfield Clinic Health System surveyed physicians and others to find out COVID-19’s impact and take actions to address it.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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Experiences of minoritized, marginalized physicians in U.S. during COVID-19

The AMA's report on experiences of racially and ethnically minoritized and marginalized physicians in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic looks at the toll on physicians of color.

Public Health
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With pandemic’s end not in sight, 8 ways to deal with the stress

As the “pandemic of the unvaccinated” persists, physicians can follow this advice for dealing with the strain and mitigate burnout.

Physician Health
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At pandemic peak, 1 in 3 resident doctors in NYC experienced burnout

During COVID-19 pandemic’s intense early months, residents and fellows at a New York hospital were at higher risk of psychiatric disorders. Learn more.

Medical Resident Wellness
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Half of health workers report burnout amid COVID-19

48% of U.S. doctors reported burnout in 2020, with more than 25% having high stress, anxiety. Other health professionals suffered even more.

Physician Health