By: Alison Case, MD Last week, myself and Deb Hall, AMSA’s President attended a monumental demonstration of support for access to women’s healthcare services and abortion care outside of the United States Supreme Court. The rally was in response to the opening arguments of the Whole Women’s Health vs Hellerstedt Case in which the state…

By: Kaplan Test Prep Hitting your target MCAT score is an important part of the medical school application process, and it’s a component that causes many pre-med applicants a great deal of stress and anxiety. But there’s also a lot of misinformation floating around out there. Let’s address the some of the most common MCAT…

By:  Alison Case, MD, AMSA Education and Advocacy Fellow Within the last week, a number of news outlets reported the results of the Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) trial, carried out in more than one hundred general surgery training programs across the U.S.  Headlines such as, “Longer Surgical Resident Shifts Pose…

AMSA PremedFest is officially a wrap! The festival, held in partnership with Kaplan Test Prep, was hosted by the AMSA pre-health chapter at Hillsborough Community College in Plant City, Fla., on Saturday, January 30. Over 200 pre-health students participated in 20+ sessions and heard from inspiring speakers like Patch Adams, MD, and Gary Rose, MD….

Unique extracurricular activities We all know that extracurricular activities are an important component of your AMCAS application. The standard medical school application will include clinical shadowing, medical volunteering, and a leadership position in a group or club—experiences that, though essential, don’t always help you stand out as an applicant. One thing admissions officers love to…

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month and AMSA Jefferson chapter would like to introduce the #PAPSNAP! #PAPSNAP is a Cervical Cancer Awareness social media campaign, proposed by Keri Bergin of Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) at Jefferson University AMSA, aimed at destigmatizing gynecological appointments.  Those who need routine exams with a gynecologist are encouraged to…