Florida CME Requirements

Learn about the Florida Board of Medicine and earn your continuing medical education (CME) credits online with the AMA Ed Hub.

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ChangeMedEd®: Groundwork teams, Innovation Grants and sites

In support of our work to catalyze innovation in medical education, the AMA's efforts and focus have entered an important new phase. Learn more. 

ChangeMedEd Initiative

Are you a physician in Florida?

Visit AMA's Find a Doctor to claim your physician page, verify your information, and add practice details.

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AMA actions to maintain access to vaccines

Learn more about the AMA's efforts to promote public understanding and confidence in the use of vaccines.

Prevention & Wellness
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What it’s like in obstetrics and gynecology: Shadowing Dr. Heshmati

As an ob-gyn, AMA member Nariman Heshmati, MD, shares that when a difficult event like a miscarriage occurs, you share in that pain with your patient.

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Specialty Profiles
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
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MedPAC signals need to bolster Medicare physician payments

Influential body backs added 0.5% Medicare pay update but backtracks on linking doctor payment to practice-cost inflation. 

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians

Physician Workforce Maps

The AMA Health Workforce Mapper is a free, customizable, interactive tool that illustrates the geographic distribution of the health care workforce. 

Explore Florida's Health Care Workforce
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State medical liability reform

Download PDFs of state law charts, issue briefs and model legislation to learn how the AMA pursues medical liability laws on the state level to reshape the current medical liability system to better serve both physicians and patients.

State Advocacy
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Why medical malpractice awards are on the rise

The number of $10 million-plus medical malpractice jury awards is growing. Learn how some states are starting to combat it.

Sustainability
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With noneconomic-damage caps lifted, medical liability rates jump

Researchers detail what happened in Illinois and Georgia after their state courts knocked down limits on noneconomic damages in med-mal cases.

Sustainability

HOD State Medical Societies

The House of Delegates (HOD) is the legislative and policy-making body of the American Medical Association. State medical associations and national medical specialty societies are represented in the HOD along with AMA sections, national societies such as AMWA, AOA and the NMA, professional interest medical associations, and the federal services, including the Public Health Service.

Find HOD Florida Medical Societies
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New licensing pathways for foreign-trained doctors: What to know

At least 17 states have enacted such pathways. The AMA and others detail what the laws do and how to ensure proper assessment and supervision.

International Med Ed
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Who's on site for care at “medical spas”? Not usually a physician

The med spa industry is thriving, but even relatively simple cosmetic procedures can cause patient harm. That makes having a physician on site a must.

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