Topic in Focus: Physician Well-being

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How Twitter check-ins help primary care doctors stay connected

COVID-19 further isolated primary care doctors. Learn how they are finding their way forward, together, through regular social media gatherings.

Physician Health
Gerald E. Harmon, MD
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Q&A: New AMA president wants to go on offense against COVID-19

Family doctor and new AMA President Gerald E. Harmon, MD, shares his plans to accelerate ambitious goals to reshape medicine.

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Open conversations help doctors handle COVID-19’s mental stressors

Learn how a health system made it easy for doctors and other health professionals to talk each other through pandemic’s tough times.

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Physician Health
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How to identify a stress injury in a physician colleague

Trauma of the kind seen during the pandemic can result in stress injury. Learn with the AMA about how to spot it and help treat it.

Physician Health
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Take a deeper look at burnout in medical education—and how to fix it

Surveys showing burnout by specialty make headlines, but an expert says they use the wrong measure. Learn with the AMA about a different perspective.

Physician Health
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AMA membership growth a sign that physicians demand change

Dues-paying membership in the AMA has risen 35% over the last decade. Learn why doctors are responding to our efforts to drive medicine’s future.

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1 in 3 patient-screening questions deemed repetitively "excessive"

Nonsmokers get asked repeatedly whether they smoke—just one example of the time-wasting burden for patients and doctors, says new study.

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Heather Schmidt, DO
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10 MIN READ

Q&A: Boosting communication to cut doctors’ information overload

AMA member Heather Schmidt, DO, shares how she tackled her new role as system medical director of Healthy Work and Well-being just as COVID-19 emerged.

Physician Health
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Silos must be broken to help health care heroes exhausted by pandemic

For a year-plus, doctors and other health professionals have experienced more anxiety and burnout. Learn about a campaign to put well-being first.

Physician Health