American Medical Association

Examining Race-Based Medicine

Discuss approaches that emphasize racism, rather than race that will cover both immediate and long-term health equity considerations and impact, seeking to dismantle race-based medicine across clinical practice, education, and research across the country.

Truth and Reconciliation in Medicine

This panel conversation, moderated by co-chairs of the AMA’s Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Task Force: Dr Niva Lubin-Johnson and Dr Matt Wynia, is part of a continued effort to acknowledge and redress past harms in medicine. Panelists include Michelle…

The Present and Future of LGBTQ Leadership in Medicine

This program discusses the present and future of LGBTQ leadership in medicine. Panelists include Dr Jesse Ehrenfeld, AMA president-elect, Alejandra Caraballo, a clinical instructor at the Cyber Law Clinic at Harvard Law School, Demetre Daskalakis, the Deputy Coordinator for the…

Walking Backwards Into the Future on Chicago’s West Side

“Walking Backwards into the Future on Chicago’s West Side” spotlights health systems that are creating and implementing an anchor strategy that directly invests into the communities that need it most. West Side United (WSU), is a racial-equity collaborative aligning investments…

Getting Grounded and Building a Safe Container for Transformative Conversations

As we strive to dismantle racism in health care, it becomes imperative to cultivate spaces that foster trust and accountability. This transformative module empowers participants with a comprehensive “getting grounded” blueprint, designed to guide health care teams in centering their…

Equipping Staff With Tools for Advancing Equity

This module provides an overview of the second focus area of the Quality, Safety and Equity Framework. The main goal is to equip staff with the knowledge, skills, and tools to create safe spaces for conversations about inequities in the…

Storytelling for Scale and Sustainability

This video is an excerpt from the AMA Advancing Equity Through Quality & Safety Peer Network session on Storytelling for Scale and Sustainability. In this section, Grace Rubenstein from Health Begins, defines the key elements of good storytelling and provides…

A Healing ARC for Hospital Inequities

This video is an excerpt from the AMA Advancing Equity Through Quality & Safety Peer Network session on A Healing ARC for Hospital Inequities. This section describes the Healing ARC framework and how it can be utilized to challenge outdated…

Embedding Equity Prompts Into Reporting Solutions – Examples of Implementation

This video is an excerpt from the AMA Advancing Equity Through Quality & Safety Peer Network session on Courageous Leadership: Embedding Bias/Discrimination into Reporting Solution. This section begins with an example of how the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics…