Section News

Section News is a monthly e-newsletter featuring updates from AMA member sections. 

When a section has news, events or educational opportunities they want to share with members, they use AMA Section News. It's a quick, convenient way to stay current regarding the news of your and your colleague's section(s). Submission guidelines are noted below.

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Read the latest issue

Current Issue - August 2024

General news

  • New AMA website enhances member experience
  • Alberta Precision Laboratories merging duplicative requisitions
  • Connect Care clinical documents: Address delivery method update
  • Got a minute? Thank a colleague through JPAC Shine On Gratitude Program
  • AMA in the news
  • Save the date! AMA Annual General Meeting October 8

News and updates from:

Section of Emergency Medicine

  • Save the date – Section of Emergency Medicine Annual General Meeting (virtual)

Section of Family Medicine

  • SFM Election Results
  • PCCM Panel Prep Webinar Series - Register Now for Part 1!
  • Save the date – Section of Family Medicine Annual General Meeting

Section of General Surgery

  • Registration now open – AAGS Review in the Rockies 2024

Section of Generalists in Mental Health

  • Generalists in Mental Health Discussion Board
  • Addictions and Mental Health Subcommittee

Section of Laboratory Physicians

  • Save the date – Banff Pathology Course
  • Save the date – ASLP Annual General Meeting (hybrid)

Section of Palliative Care

  • Registration now open – Palliative Care Education & Research Conference

Submit an article to AMA Section News

All AMA sections (via their section presidents or representatives) may make submissions to AMA Section News by emailing AMA Section Services.

Examples of typical submission topics include:

  • Practice information (new policies, procedures)
  • Governance announcements, developments
  • Reports on past meetings, conferences and other events or announcements of upcoming meetings, conferences and events

Per standard format for e-newsletters, articles should be a maximum of 200 words in length

To enable the reader to find out more about subjects, e-newsletter articles commonly include hyperlinks to website pages or other newsletters, articles, contact emails, etc.

Articles may be edited (by the AMA Section News editor) for compliance with the AMA writing style guide and other elements/factors that contribute to engaging electronic content.

Common web writing standards include:

  • Brief, engaging copy.
  • Avoid over-use of acronyms, colloquialisms and jargon
  • Begin your article by clearly and concisely identifying the information that is most relevant and of the greatest benefit to your reader. Follow with more details.
  • The use of sub-heads (sub-titles), bulleted lists and bolded words are common techniques in e-newsletters, acting as "alerts" to the reader who may be quickly scanning the e-newsletter.

Submissions may include related graphic images. Please provide an .eps file, if available; .jpeg and .png files should be at least 300 x 300 pixels, to allow for cropping.

AMA Section Services emails section presidents (or their representatives) once a month, to remind them of the submission deadline for the upcoming edition of AMA Section News.

Email your section's submission to: AMA Section Services