Press Release

New Report Exposes Ideological Capture of Continuing Medical Education

  • By Do No Harm Staff
  • February 4, 2026

SALT LAKE CITY, UT; February 4, 2026 – Today, medical watchdog Do No Harm released its newest report entitled “The Ideological Capture of Continuing Medical Education.”

The report exposes the American Medical Association (AMA) for developing Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses that prioritize political activism and fashionable social issues rather than fostering professional growth in doctors to ensure enhanced patient care.

“Given their track record of bias and ideological activism, it’s no surprise the AMA is pushing thinly-veiled political propaganda to medical professionals under the guise of education,” said Naomi Risch, report author and Senior Research Associate at Do No Harm. “Such programs, injected with divisive narratives, undermine the integrity of medical education and disregard the necessity of scientific rigor. Patients want to have confidence that they are receiving the highest quality care from doctors and nurses, free from the influence of a particular political agenda. These biased CME programs not only waste professionals’ time that could otherwise be spent learning about the latest medical breakthroughs, but also diminish patient confidence in the quality of care they’re receiving.”

To audit CME course content, Do No Harm identified the top breakthroughs in medicine in the last century and conducted a keyword search that compared the mentions of politicized buzzwords to the mentions of relevant medical terms.

The results reveal that CME courses prioritize advancing political narratives, rather than offering content aimed at sharpening medical professionals’ ability to provide exceptional medical services to patients. Do No Harm also evaluated the information presented in the AMA’s additional online educational resources to unveil further commitment to radical identity politics.

Results from Do No Harm’s report confirming the AMA’s push of ideological content within CME:

  • In the CME courses evaluated, the words “equity,” “health equity,” and “racism” appear over one thousand times; far more than words associated with medical breakthroughs, including “CRISPR,” “mRNA,” and “gene therapy.”
  • AMA offers DEI-focused CME modules that rely on “academic” papers written by individuals without medical degrees.
  • Additional AMA resources falsely claim that so-called “gender-affirming care” is “medically necessary, evidence-based care that improves the physical and mental health of transgender and gender-diverse people.”

Do No Harm, established in April 2022, has rapidly gained recognition and made significant strides in its mission to safeguard healthcare from ideological threats. It has over 50,000 members, including doctors, nurses, physicians, and concerned citizens across all 50 states and 14 countries.