Membership Benefits
You belong to the family of medicine
AMA Alliance members support medical families through advocacy and education. They serve as the volunteer voice for healthy families in their community.
AMA Alliance members are men and women who care about improving the health and safety of their community while networking with other members of the medical family.
Membership in the AMA Alliance enables you to make a difference in your community. We are medical family volunteers working together. Join now and begin to enjoy the benefits of belonging to the only national organization representing medical families.
Benefits of Membership
Community
Your fellow members are one of the greatest benefits of your Alliance membership! Explore the different ways that this community can improve your life and your family's lives.
AMA Alliance members belong to a network of 18,000 physician families from more than 460 counties and 40 states throughout the nation, which provide the all-important grassroots strength of the Alliance.
You have access to a wonderful nationwide network of people, resources and opportunity for physicians and their families.
The AMA Alliance provides social networking opportunities through Facebook and through our Physicians-in-Training blog.
Advocacy
The AMA Alliance is one of the strongest voices supporting physician families and the future of medicine in this country. The involvement of individual physicians and their spouses is vital to the success of our grassroots lobbying efforts. Better than any professional lobbyist in Washington, Alliance members can give federal legislators the most accurate picture of how the issues really affect the practice of medicine.
Leadership Development
The Alliance provides the opportunities, resources, and training you need to succeed as a leader in your local alliance, in your profession and in your personal life.
Become an Alliance leader by serving on a variety of committees, subcommittees and task forces.
Develop leadership skills and discover ways to support health advocacy initiatives, membership growth, health promotion and fundraising for medicine's future at the Leadership Development Conference.
Access Leadership Development Conference Resources after the conference.
Find high quality job seekers and medical jobs with the AMA Alliance Career Center.
Learn in the comfort of your home or office through Alliance podcasts.
Publications
Connections, an Alliance publication that keeps you up-to-date on the latest news and information of importance to the family of medicine, is available as an exclusive benefit to Alliance members only. This is your source for the most current information on federal policy developments, Alliance events, community health initiatives, work/life balance, healthier lifestyles for medical families, and more.
AMA Alliance E-Connection, a monthly e-newsletter providing Alliance news and updates, information on legislative issues relating to the practice of medicine, information on healthy lifestyles and other news of value to medical families.
Healthy Lifestyles Resources
Podcast on Prescription Drug Misuse discusses what we all need to know about the medications frequently found in our homes and the dangers these prescription drugs may pose to experimental youth.
Healthier LifeSteps, a new program aimed at developing a physician-patient alliance for a longer, healthier life. The Alliance is working with the AMA to make the program available to medical families.
Publication Discounts
Members enjoy a special discount on children's activity books, cookbooks and various other materials for use in both your personal life and when teaching children to make healthy, positive choices.
Tobacco Prevention
Screen Out! Project with the AMA, American Heart Association and American Legacy Foundation. No parent wants to pay for movies that promote smoking to children. Check our public site at http://www.screenout.org for a petition, contact information for the nation's top movie studios and the Motion Picture Association of America or information on how to motivate local business endorsements for this initiative. We CAN make a difference and help the MPAA to decide in favor of changing the "R" rating for movies intended for children.
Lung Lessons, in partnership with The Chest Foundation, a DVD presentors guide to encourage and inform members on how to present important tobacco prevention information and impart good lung health practices to elementary-age schoolchildren.
Special Member Discounts
AMA Alliance members can save on appliances, Bally's fitness programs, auto rental, Amazon.com purchases and travel. You can easily save more than the cost of your Alliance membership through one of our member affinity programs.
