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July (1) | 2023

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Come Join the Magic: Register for the AAMA Annual Conference


Want to attend the 2023 AAMA Annual Conference? Plan to meet up with Mickey, Minnie, and the AAMA in Florida when you register today! Register online via CVENT to securely pay registration fees and select continuing education sessions.


Conference registration deadline: Aug. 22, 2023


Conference dates: Sept. 22–25, 2023

View 2023 Conference Details

New! 3 Free CEU Courses in the e-Learning Center


The Medical Assistant Partnership for Healthy Pregnancies and Families, a partner of the AAMA, has created three new courses worth CEUs that are available via the AAMA e-Learning Center:


  • Promoting Substance-Free Pregnancy: What Medical Assistants Need for Effective Practice


  • Introduction to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: The Medical Assistant’s Role


  • Cannabis Phenomenology, Therapeutics, Misuse—An Evolving Landscape


These recorded webinars—now online courses—provide information on alcohol and cannabis, as well as how to address their use in medical settings. Gain vital insight and earn recertification points for maintaining your credential when you complete one—or all—of these courses.

Browse the e-Learning Center

AAMA Membership Dues Deals


To show its support of medical assistants, the AAMA Board of Trustees is offering the following early bird specials to new and renewing members who sign up for AAMA membership between July 1, 2023, and Oct. 31, 2023 (before midnight):


  • New! Complimentary Online CE Course. Receive access to a free online CE course via the AAMA e-Learning Center. Once it’s released in mid-July, you’ll get an email from the AAMA office notifying you that you’ve been granted access to the free course in the e-Learning Center. When you’re ready to take the course, sign in to the e-Learning Center and go to “My Courses,” which is visible in the left-side bar. Once you click “My Courses,” you’ll see the course.



  • Discounted Dues for Online Sign-Ups. Receive an $8 discount! (Discount does not apply to student members.)


  • More Months of Membership. More bang for your buck! The 2024 membership term has been extended to July 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2024, for all membership types. (Read the “Join” webpage for details.)
Join or Renew AAMA Membership Today

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Recertifying via Continuing Education

Recertifying your CMA (AAMA)® credential via continuing education (CE)? Avoid missing the deadlinemake sure you know the last day you can apply to recertify by CE. Review the CMA (AAMA) Recertification by Continuing Education Application and apply to recertify by CE online or by mail.


Has your CMA (AAMA) certification expired? Check the “Last Date to Apply by Continuing Education Timelines” table on the “Recertification Policies” webpage, and see whether you are still eligible to recertify by CE.

News for Volunteer Leaders

News for volunteer leaders will now be shared in its own monthly e-blast. All current AAMA officers (chapter, state society, and national levels) are automatically subscribed to the monthly leadership e-blasts. 


If you’re not currently an officer but you’re interested in keeping your finger on the pulse or dipping your toes into AAMA leadership, you can subscribe!

Subscribe to AAMA Leader Insider

Featured AAMA Continuing Education Products

Research Ready


Learn about the basic tenets of research and the rise of research in the health care setting. Explore research integrity, the research process, and the roles and responsibilities of study team members. This course was developed by the Louisiana Public Health Institute with support by the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.


1 CEU (gen)


Free for AAMA members and nonmembers.



Visit the AAMA e-Learning Center to browse the full catalog of online courses.

Earn the ABR-OE



The Assessment-Based Recognition in Order Entry (ABR-OE) indicates that the holder is knowledgeable on several topics related to entering medication, laboratory, and diagnostic imaging orders into the EHR system.


Find the four qualifying courses for the ABR-OE in the AAMA e-Learning Center.

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