Innovative Medicare program set to expire at year’s end, but the evidence backs extending it to help patients recover in the comfort of home.
Also known as peripheral vascular disease, this condition causes leg pain, cramping and numbness. Charles Leithead, MD, of Ochsner Health shares more.
The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about how one physician leader's work is reducing in-basket burden.
Understand the evolving field of health systems science and acquire the necessary tools and skills to successfully share this approach with medical students.
The goal of the Reimagining Residency grant program is to transform residency training to best address the workplace needs of our current and future health care system.
Virginia Skiba, MD, of Henry Ford Health, started her career in neurology but switched to sleep medicine after about a decade. Find out why.
M4s can gain insight on life in a physician residency program by asking current residents about scheduling, culture, work-life balance and more.
To perform at your best on the night shift, resident physicians should follow the evidence on what works. One tip: Drink your java at the right time.
Resident physicians must quickly absorb huge knowledge chunks—and care for patients. You won’t know it all, so here’s how to move forward.
Learn about the current state of competition in health insurance markets across the U.S. and review in-depth analysis on market concentration.
Discover the AMA's position on health insurance mergers and why the AMA believes fewer insurance carriers undermine physician practices and harm patient care.
ChangeMedEd® is a national conference that brings together leaders and innovators to accelerate change in medical education across the continuum. Learn more.
Build a framework for the implementation of AI in practice during this seven-month shared learning collaborative launching April 2025.
Download PDFs of the proceedings from the 2024 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates.
Review the list of candidates to serve as AMA officers, on the Board of Trustees and councils.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
Find the agenda PDF, documents and more for the 2024 APS Interim Meeting on Nov. 8 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando, Florida.
Find the agenda, documents and more information for the 2024 WPS Interim Meeting on Nov. 8 at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Find a calendar listing the upcoming meetings of the CPT Editorial Panel.
In the news: Half U.S. adults eligible for semaglitude, low vaccination rates for respiratory season, 1 in 10 has high cholesterol and more.
Harassment and violence in the workplace are barriers to achieving successful patient outcomes. Learn more about how to prevent workplace aggression issues at the AMA.
Navigating digital health and addressing social determinants of health are among the goals of pathbreaking projects the schools bring to the AMA’s effort to reshape medical education.
The AMA House of Delegates took unanimous action on the issue, reaffirming the Association’s age-old commitment to equity, fairness and respect.
Studies show nearly 50 percent of medical students experience burnout. Take time to learn the key signs of “student distress,” so you can boost well-being during medical school.
Find out more about three major ethical issues in health care on which new physicians believe they should have received more guidance.
Rape, harassment and abuse can happen in any field to any gender. It is especially difficult in medicine because there is an established hierarchy.
Medical trainees are in a particularly vulnerable position when it comes to sexual harassment. Stakeholders in medical education discuss ways to protect them.
There is a need for best practices in dealing with patient intolerance. Experts offer advice on how to proceed when hatred interferes with healing.
When faculty members bully or mistreat medical students, how should residents respond?
Statistics show that 70 percent of workplace violence occurs in health care and social service settings. Addressing the safety of health care professionals was the topic of several policy actions at the 2016 AMA Annual Meeting.
