Episode 19: AMA Organizational Strategic Plan to Advance Health Equity

Collection IV: policies towards disability inclusivity in the health sciences.

Article or Publication discussed: AMA’s

Authors: AMA (2024-2025)

Citation: “AMA Organizational Strategic Plan to Advance Health Equity 2024-2025.” 2024. American Medical Association. June, 2024. https://www.ama-assn.org/about/leadership/ama-s-2024-2025-strategic-plan-advance-health-equity.

Description: Research and Resource Rounds Episode 19 launches Collection IV: policies towards disability inclusivity in the health sciences. The episode examines how the AMA's 2024-2025 Organizational Strategic Plan to Advance Health Equity integrates disability consciousness into its vision for healthcare transformation. The 2024 Plan builds on the foundation laid by AMA's (original) 2021 Strategic Plan. Both plans explicitly name ableism and racism as interconnected systems of oppression. The episode provides an overview of the 2024 strategic plan, including of the five strategic approaches towards health equity identified in the plans: embed equity, build alliances and share power, ensure equity in innovation, push upstream, and foster pathways. The AMA's plan and associated resources show notable progress since 2021, including the establishment of a disability employee resource group, educational partnerships including disability-focused modules on the AMA Ed Hub by the Docs With Disabilities Initiative, and policy adoption on organ transplant equity and barriers in medical education for disabled trainees.

Producer: Zoey Martin Lockhart, Lisa Meeks

Audio Engineer: Jacob Feeman

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xWcJBRtUFh4HIncv3ITe6TAk8ym8GMyd/edit

Release: June 2025