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The Texas Medical Association has launched a new TMA Career Center, a one-stop location to find job opportunities in Texas; connect with top health care employers; and get assistance with your resume, job skills, and more. Attend the Virtual Career Fair on Sept. 28, and you could win one of three $100 Amazon gift cards.

Patients’ environment can have a profound effect on their health. Those environmental and socioeconomic forces – known as social determinants of health – span a range of societal issues, including food access, housing, transportation, education, income level, ability to exercise, family upbringing, and education. Physicians’ awareness of those nonmedical factors is on the rise, and despite some obstacles, they are finding better ways to address them.

A physician’s online presence is vitally important, but maintaining it can be a potential minefield for practices. Now you can take advantage of resources on the topic shared during the TMA’s latest Ask the Expert event, Protecting Your Online Reputation and Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media, to help you put your best foot forward on the internet.

As physicians we’re used to encountering illness on a daily basis. And 18 months in, COVID-19 illnesses are unfortunately all too familiar.

As it has done throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Medical Association continues to stress the importance of wearing masks, practicing social distancing, washing hands frequently, and receiving a vaccine when eligible as the most effective ways to stop the disease.

The Texas Medical Association (TMA) installed Edinburg emergency internist E. Linda Villarreal, MD, as its 156th president. Dr. Villarreal was sworn in by a small gathering of the TMA Board of Trustees; departing TMA President Diana L. Fite, MD; and speakers of the TMA House of Delegates policymaking body during TexMed, TMA’s annual conference. Most attendees watched the conference virtually this year. She will lead America’s largest state medical society for one year.

You can keep up with federal and state requirements that affect your practice by regularly checking TMA's Deadlines for Doctors.