AMSA Students at the VCU SOM Advocated for U.S. Global Fund Pledge
September 12, 2016Later this week in Montréal, Canada, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria will be hosting its 5th Replenishment Conference from September 16-17th. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host numerous other world leaders, donors, and representative who together will join forces to rally together to reach the goal of $13 billion to…
AMSA EAF Participates in Twitter Town Hall on Zika
September 06, 2016Last week our Education & Advocacy Fellow Matt Moy participated in a Twitter Town Hall hosted by the The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Zika. Through Matt, AMSA was able to participate directly in the conversation multiple times, asking pressing questions. Below are answered questions asked by Matt: .@HHSgov @CDCgov @SecBurwell To get funding passed…
How to Stand out as a Medical School Applicant
August 31, 2016By: Danielle Purtell Medical school admissions committees are swamped with qualified applicants. Many students apply with the same highly competitive MCAT scores and GPAs. Trying to get noticed by admissions committees can feel even more daunting if you’re a non-traditional applicant. If you took a gap year (or two, or three…), are changing careers, or had an…
8 Tips to Create a Better Resume When Applying to Med School
August 22, 2016According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, med school applicants and enrollments improved at a record pace in 2014. This means more competition for you as a potential med school applicant. With this in mind, you’re going to need to dazzle admissions if you’re going to be accepted to the program of your choice. One…
Medical Ethics: What Really Matters & Why You Should Care.
August 18, 2016By: Ann Freeman Cool, Ph.D. Presented by: AMSA Professionalism & Ethics Committee I still remember the look on the young physician’s face when I invited him to talk about the ethical issues he faced in caring for his patients. He explained: “Nothing in medical school prepared me for some of the decisions I have to…
Wellness Wednesday: Standing in Solidarity to Prevent Physician Suicide
August 17, 2016“The United States loses the equivalent of one small medical school or a large medical school class to suicide each year.”1 Fellow medical and pre-medical students, this is a call to action to stand together to help change the culture of education in our schools and that of our future workplace environments, to remove the…
