Advocacy

Dear Patients—A Note on Climate Change by Current, Retired and Future Doctors and Nurses

AMSA’s Environmental Health Action Committee joined a coalition of health professional organizations in sending a letter to our future patients about the risks to health posed by climate change. Take a look at our letter below, and add your name here to the list of over 5,000 medical professionals and trainees endorsing this message.  ...

The Hidden Psychological Costs of Medical School

Physician well-being is an important, yet underappreciated topic.    During a recent AMSA Activism Update, medical student Thomas Pak moderated a discussion between Dr. Mona Masood, founder of the Physician Support Line, and Dr. Srijan Sen, associate professor and medical researcher at the University of Michigan, as they talked about the unique issues faced by...

Supporting Medical Students Enduring Racial Trauma

Author: Kelsey Brown, Medical Student at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University This post is one of a series of mental health pieces from the AMSA WSL Committee   Black people in America are experiencing trauma: physical, mental, emotional and vicarious trauma. The trauma stems from the rampant racial discrimination that Black people...

AMSA Calls on National Governors Association for Healthcare Workforce Protections – COVID-19

AMSA Calls on National Governors Association for Healthcare Workforce Protections On August 10, 2020, AMSA joined Physicians for Human Rights and a number of other health and human rights organizations to call on the National Governors Association to enact and enforce state-level guidance on healthcare workforce protections during the Coronavirus pandemic.   Recommended standards are...