American Medical Student Association

Medical Education

Our education imparts the knowledge, attitudes, and skills which we will use as physicians, and determines the extent to which we will be able to meet the needs of our patients and the healthcare system at large. Join us in transforming the medical profession from the inside!

Get Involved

Easy, Exciting Engagement Programs

• Presentation Skills Overview
• Basic Presentation Skills (16MB) 
• Using Technology Effectively (89MB)
• Impressing the Attending
• Curriculum Reform: The Complete How To Guide (.ZIP file, 46MB)
• Empowering students with expanded knowledge and skills 

Medical Education Projects at the Local Chapter

• Find ideas for medical education projects you can do at your school.
• Submit your local projects to share with others.

Medical Education & Curricular Reform Projects-in-a-Box

• Elementary School Nutrition Education: A Teaching Curriculum (PDF)
  From the AMSA chapter at the University of Pennsylvania. Provides detailed plans for 13 lessons medical students can present in their communities' elementary schools. 1996 
• Promoting Healthy Behaviors: Linking Student Health to Prevention

Resources

• AMSA Career Development Program
  Residency reviews, medical school assessments and more.
• Fellowship & Residency Electronic Interactive Database
• USMLE
• Interactive Medical Student Lounge
• Merck / The Merck Manual
• MedicalStudent.com
• EMedicine.com

Articles & Publications on Medical Education

• The New Physician Magazine Article Archives
• Academic Medicine 
• The New England Journal of Medicine 
• National Institute of Health National Library of Medicine
• National Institute of Health
• JAMA