Section News

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

When section presidents (or their representatives) have news ("Section Updates"), events and educational opportunities they want to tell their members about, 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). (See Submission Guidelines, below)

Current Issue - November 2023

In this issue:

General News

  • Important information on a measles case in Alberta 
  • Let’s Talk Cholesterol
  • Help Alberta get immunized
  • In case you missed it…
  • Membership renewal still open
  • Thank a colleague! JPAC Shine On Gratitude Program

Section of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

  • Save the date – Section of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Annual General Meeting (virtual)

Section of Emergency Medicine

  • Section update 

Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism

  • Save the date – Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism Annual General Meeting (virtual)

Section of Generalists in Mental Health

  • Section update 

Section of Intensive Care

  • Save the date – ASICP 2024 – Lake Louise 

Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • Section update 

Section of Palliative Medicine

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

Section of Pediatrics

  • Section update 

Section of Rural Medicine

  • RESIDE update 

Submit an article to AMA Section News

Submission Guidelines

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

Formatting

  • 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 files should be at least 300 x 300 pixels, to allow for cropping.

Section News: Submission Deadline Reminder (email)

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.

Who do news items get submitted to?

Email your section's submission to: AMA Section Services

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