AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Dr. Jesse Rafel at the Institute for Innovations in Medical Education at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York about changes to the USMLE Step 1 Exam and what medical students need to know.  Join the AMA's upcoming webinar “Navigating changes to Step 1” on Oct. 27, 2021, 7–8 p.m. Central time. Register now: ama-assn.org/step-1-changes     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📺 Follow the AMA on YouTube: @americanmedicalassociation  🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 📲 Download AMA Connect for news, podcasts, video updates and learning in one place: https://apple.co/3URzNES

In honor of the AMA’s International Medical Graduate, or IMG, Recognition Week, AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Dr. Natalia Solenkova, an intensivist physician and international medical graduate about her personal experience as an IMG, and as a vocal physician working on the frontlines in Miami during the pandemic.      ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📺 Follow the AMA on YouTube: @americanmedicalassociation  🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 📲 Download AMA Connect for news, podcasts, video updates and learning in one place: https://apple.co/3URzNES

In honor of the AMA’s International Medical Graduate, or IMG Recognition Week, AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Daniel Rivers, partnerships director at AMOpportunities in Chicago, about the benefits of a United States Clinical Experience (USCE), including what they are and how to land one.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📺 Follow the AMA on YouTube: @americanmedicalassociation  🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 📲 Download AMA Connect for news, podcasts, video updates and learning in one place: https://apple.co/3URzNES

Three physicians share how implementing behavioral health integration (BHI) has helped to increase joy and satisfaction in their practice. They highlight the benefits brought by BHI in practice and underscore best practices that have helped to reduce administrative burden and increase physician satisfaction prior to and during the course of the pandemic. For more about the BHI Collaborative Overcoming Obstacles Series, go to www.ama-assn.org/bhiresources.    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📺 Follow the AMA on YouTube: @americanmedicalassociation  🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 📲 Download AMA Connect for news, podcasts, video updates and learning in one place: https://apple.co/3URzNES

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Dr. Willie Underwood, a board-certified urologist, AMA Board Trustee and executive director of the Buffalo Center for Health Equity in Buffalo, New York, about a new flu vaccine campaign and what physicians need to know about this year’s flu season. Join the conversation on social by using #NoTimeForFlu    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📺 Follow the AMA on YouTube: @americanmedicalassociation  🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 📲 Download AMA Connect for news, podcasts, video updates and learning in one place: https://apple.co/3URzNES

Kicking off the AMA’s Medical Student National Advocacy Week, AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Brittany Ikwuagwu, the AMA's government relations advocacy fellow in Washington, D.C., about the power of medical student advocacy to create change.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📺 Follow the AMA on YouTube: @americanmedicalassociation  🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 📲 Download AMA Connect for news, podcasts, video updates and learning in one place: https://apple.co/3URzNES

Marcus Christopher Griffith, MD, emphasizes the need for everyone to join forces to lead this fight against COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy...    Read the AMA news article on ama-assn.org Editor’s note: In minute 16, in reference to the polio vaccine, the editor and Dr. Griffith want to also note Albert Sabin’s contribution to the oral version in the 1960’s.   ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐📺 Follow the AMA on YouTube: @americanmedicalassociation 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts📲 Download AMA Connect for news, podcasts, video updates and learning in one place: https://apple.co/3URzNES

Virtual registration closes Oct. 6 for this year’s American Conference on Physician Health (ACPH), a scientific conference sponsored jointly by the AMA, Mayo Clinic and Stanford University, taking place Oct. 7-9. Visit https://www.physician-wellbeing-conference.org/ to register now.AMA will be hosting a webinar with Dr. Shanafelt on Thursday, Oct. 21. To virtually attend, email: stepsforward@ama-assn.org   ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐📺 Follow the AMA on YouTube: @americanmedicalassociation 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts📲 Download AMA Connect for news, podcasts, video updates and learning in one place: https://apple.co/3URzNES

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with AMA Senior Vice President of Advocacy in Washington, D.C., about the AMA’s latest advocacy efforts. Topics include details from the Build Back Better Act that impact physicians and preventing Medicare payment cuts at the end of the year.    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📺 Follow the AMA on YouTube: @americanmedicalassociation  🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 📲 Download AMA Connect for news, podcasts, video updates and learning in one place: https://apple.co/3URzNES

To wrap up the AMA’s Women in Medicine month, AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Dr. Alexa Kimball, president and CEO of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, about her mission to close gaps for women in medicine through mentorship, sponsorship and leadership.    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📺 Follow the AMA on YouTube: @americanmedicalassociation  🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 📲 Download AMA Connect for news, podcasts, video updates and learning in one place: https://apple.co/3URzNES