Continuing Medical Education

Earn your Radiation Oncology CME at AMA Ed Hub. We make it easy for you to find education based on your needs and interests. Accessible on any device and at any time, courses are available in a variety of formats, so that you can listen, watch, read or interact in ways that best suit your needs.

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Holly Grace, MD

Holly Grace, MD

Holly Grace, MD, serves as the Resident & Fellow Section representative to the Women Physicians Section for the 2024-2026 term.

Women Physicians

How to become a radiation oncologist?

A radiation oncologist is a physician that specializes in the use of ionizing radiation to provide therapeutic benefits to patients via external beam radiation, brachytherapy, intra-operative radiation and radiopharmaceuticals.

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Shane Hopkins, MD

Shane Hopkins, MD

Shane Hopkins, MD, a radiation oncologist practicing in Ames, Iowa, serves as member at-large of the Organized Medical Staff Section (OMSS) Governing Council for the 2024-2026 term.

Organized Medical Staff
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AMA Research Challenge: How to prepare an abstract

Read the transcript from the AMA Research Challenge video, "How to prepare an abstract."

Research
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Use of AI advances adaptive radiotherapy for cancer care

Learn how Henry Ford Health uses augmented intelligence (AI) to improve precision and patient personalization of radiation oncology treatments.

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Health System Spotlight

"Shadow Me" Specialty Series

As a medical student, do you ever wonder what it's like in a particular specialty? Shadowing a doctor offers valuable insights to help determine whether a career in certain specialty is a good fit for you. Meet featured physicians in the AMA’s  “Shadow Me” Specialty Series, which offers advice directly from physicians about life in their specialties.

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Why the transition to practice is harder for radiation oncologists

Research sheds light on how the challenge of transitioning from residency to attending physician varies by specialty. Learn more with the AMA.

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Transition from Resident to Attending
Transitioning to Practice
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Why MRI-guided radiation therapy is “a paradigm shift”

Learn how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)–guided radiation therapy at Baptist Health South Florida can help patients with pancreatic cancer.  

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Health System Spotlight
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Study probes resident-selection diversity in 11 physician specialties

Researchers examined data from 2013 to 2018 and scrutinized the rates at which applicants from different racial and ethnic groups matched. Learn more.

Health Equity

HOD Specialty 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.

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June 10, 2022: National Advocacy Update

AMA, Medicare trustees agree: Medicare payment system is unsustainable and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Resident physicians honored for work on telehealth, cancer care

Resident physicians also earned accolades for their work to address patients’ food insecurity. Learn about these teams’ innovative projects.

ChangeMedEd Initiative