ACPM is a
leading advocate for public health and
prevention policy within the American
Medical Association (AMA). AMA policy is
developed through a democratic process
that brings together informed viewpoints
on issues important to physicians and the
patients they serve. The seat of AMA
policy making is the AMA
House of Delegates, where state, local
and specialty society representatives set
policy through a consensus-building
process. The end result is the creation of
policies that direct AMA's immediate work
activities, as well as provide progress
toward reaching AMA’s long-term vision.
As a
national medical specialty society
credentialed in the House of Delegates (HoD),
ACPM is able to sponsor and advocate for resolutions
and other policy recommendations for
adoption by organized medicine. In
addition, ACPM coordinates and
participates in the AMA’s Section
Council on Preventive Medicine.
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