Read about how AMSA’s International Region Director, Region 1 Chloe Waters’ found a community upon which to build at her AMSA Chapter. MS2, Focus: Emergency Medicine Saint James School of Medicine – St. Vincent & the Grenadines When did you join AMSA? March 2016 AMSA Leadership Experience AMSA International Region Director, Region 1: May 2017 SJSM, Saint…

This post was created in partnership with BetterHelp. As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links provided on this page.   On average, the United States loses one physician per day to suicide, and this includes many physicians in training, usually within the first…

By: Rebekah Apple, MA, DHSc and Daniel Gouger, MD First, it was a book.  The Handmaid’s Tale didn’t formally introduce a protagonist until the final sentences of the prologue.  An unnamed narrator shared personal insight in the next several pages. Soon thereafter, the reader learned names had become obsolete for the women in Margaret Atwood’s…

SERRINA NASROLLAHI Is your pre-med career a top priority? Are you wondering how to ensure you’ve made the most of undergrad before the end of your senior year? Do you think you’re on the right track to putting together a stellar med school application? Whatever stage you’re at in college, these questions may come with…

By: Christine Comizio “You are your own enemy of progress,” one medical student in the room reflected. And she couldn’t have said it better. Most people are likely to evaluate each task as they receive it, thinking: I can do that; I have to do that. But then they think, whether intentionally or subconsciously, is this task worth…

Read about AMSA’s Race, Ethnicity & Culture in Health Programming Coordinator Amber Navy’s enthusiasm for AMSA’s community and how she sticks through the challenges of med school. MS1 University of Texas Health at Houston- Mcgovern Medical School When did you join AMSA? I joined AMSA for the first time during my freshman year at Baylor (2011)….