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April 5, 2024: Advocacy Update spotlight on opposed scope of practice expansion

Scope of practice expansion efforts opposed across the country and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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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.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Pearl of the Week: Create a team compact

Find resources on engaging your team to develop a code of conduct.

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Physician Health
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week
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Using teamwork to better treat prediabetes, type 2 diabetes

Pre-visit planning can save several hours each day, allowing physicians to have more time to develop trust and plan care strategies for patients.

Diabetes
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Pearl of the Week: Optimize the role of the medical assistant

Find resources on optimizing the role and leveraging skills of your medical assistant.

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Sustainability
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week
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They’re back: Wide array of scope creep bills proposed in 2024

The AMA helped defeat more than 100 bills to expand nonphysician providers’ scope of practice in 2023. Learn about this year’s legislative trends.

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Scope of Practice
AMA Recovery Plan for Physicians
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State advocacy

Download an Advocacy Resource Center brochure PDF to learn how the AMA is relentlessly working to advance important state legislative issues that protect patients and physicians.

State Advocacy
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Physicians and nonphysicians: What are the differences?

MD, DO. OD, PA, NP, PhD, PsyD, CRNA. OK—confused yet? Explore what distinguishes physicians from other members of the health care team.

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Scope of Practice
AMA Recovery Plan for Physicians
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Pearl of the Week: Partner for success in value-based care

Find resources on improving transitional care for your patients.

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Sustainability
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week