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Suicide prevention guide to treat at-risk patients

Download a PDF of the AMA's "Suicide Prevention How-To Guide" that offers best practices on suicide prevention to enable primary care providers and teams to treat at-risk patients.

Public Health

Educating health care teams CME

Fifty years of evidence-based education for the health care team focused on advancing practice and strategies for improved patient outcomes from award winning Boston University CCE.

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What I wish I knew in medical school about standardized patients

PGY-1 Whitney Sambhariya, MD, PhD, tells students to embrace standardized patient encounters, and offers thoughts on what she would do differently. 

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Medical School Life
Succeeding in Medical School
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Pearl of the Week: Celebrate successful quality improvement projects

Find resources on quality improvement (QI) projects and sharing the results.

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Sustainability
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week
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How are patients really doing? One way to find out: Send a text

At Sanford Health, a low-tech, text-based patient-monitoring platform helps identify problems faster and speeds up intervention. Learn more.

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Health System Spotlight

Critical care CME

Deepen your knowledge of timely topics in critical care medicine with education from the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

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Health policy and economics: What medical students should know

An online course from the AMA offers a primer on the policy and financial sides of medicine that greatly affect patient outcomes.

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AMA Private Practice Simple Solutions

AMA's open access rapid learning cycles are designed to provide opportunities to implement actionable changes to increase efficiency in private practices.

Private Practices
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HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit: Patient intake

To implement an effective routine screening program, there are several critical considerations to keep in mind along the testing continuum. Learn about step 2: patient intake.

Public Health

Contraceptive care CME

Education from Partners in Contraceptive Choice and Knowledge (PICCK) helps clinicians and public health professionals empower patients to make informed contraceptive care decisions. 

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HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit: Initiate standard screening protocols

Identifying who to screen for what infection(s) and when is a critical consideration for how to implement an effective routine screening program. Learn more.

Public Health
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HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit: Education and post-test counseling

Educating and engaging patients in their care is a critical consideration for how to implement an effective routine screening program. Find out more in step 5.

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