Tis the Season to Celebrate Our Abortion Care Wins & Providers – Your Actions Matter!
December 17, 2022Written by Anna Hindman, AMSA Reproductive Justice Coordinator for Gender and Sexuality Action Committee, Anna is a 3rd year medical student at Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine Tis the Season to Celebrate Our Abortion Care Wins & Providers – Your Actions Matter! When headlines and photos like the ones below appear in…
THE MCAT: SCORES, STATS, AND MORE
December 12, 2022The way the MCAT is scored can seem a bit tricky, and it’s important to know the statistics behind it to be able to reach your target score. Each of the four sections of the MCAT is scored between 118 and 132, with the mean and median at 125. This means the total score ranges…
AMSA’s Reproductive Justice Resolutions with Actions for the New Year
December 10, 2022Written by Rohini Kousalya Siva, AMSA National President-elect & Board of Trustees Reproductive Health Project Liaison, Rohini is a 4th year medical student at Eastern Virginia Medical School AMSA’s Reproductive Justice Resolutions with Actions for the New Year As we come to the end of yet another year, it’s a good time to take stock…
Calling Repro Freedom Dreamers & Doers! AMSA Reproductive Health Institute 2023 – Applications OPEN!
December 03, 2022Applications Open NOW! Deadline: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 11:59pm PST Calling Repro Freedom Dreamers & Doers! Written by Jeff Koetje, MD, AMSA Reproductive Health Programming Strategist The “WHY” The late civil rights activist, Toni Cade Bambara, once said: “The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.” At a time…
ReSTORYing Community: Co-creating a New Narrative for Our Chosen Profession
November 26, 2022Written by Jeff Koetje, MD, AMSA Reproductive Health Programming Strategist ReSTORYing Community: Co-creating a New Narrative for Our Chosen Profession At AMSA we believe reproductive health services are essential to comprehensive health care, and that abortion services are a vital component of reproductive health care. We know physicians who provide abortion care are essential to…
How Georgetown University School of Medicine raised awareness of barriers to healthcare access for immigrants
November 21, 2022A chapter event with purpose As of 2020, 26% of documented immigrants and 42% of undocumented immigrants lacked health insurance, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Faced with striking statistics like these, the Georgetown University AMSA chapter held a panel to raise awareness of these issues so future physicians can better understand how to help…
