Advocacy

Design your AMSA Adventure

Every fall, AMSA members come together to raise their voices in unison …a powerful chorus of change, growth, and community — future physicians from medical school campuses near and far. And this chorus only gets stronger and louder as the months pass, culminating in a global, spring convening like no other. This is AMSA’s Annual...

AMSA Denounces Supreme Court Decision Regarding Affirmative Action

By Trevor Lyford,  Nikita Balaji, Annelise Silva, and Rohini Kousalya Siva   On Thursday, June 29, 2023, in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina,  The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that the admissions programs...

AMSA calls on the ACGME to Conduct a Formal Investigation into Racist and Discriminatory Practices in Graduate Medical Education

by The AMSA Board of Trustees, special mentions to Avanthi Jayaweera, Annelise Silva, Adjoa Cofie, Alexander Costa, Tyra-Lee Brett, Andres Diaz The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) would like to thank Dr. R. Ray Jr. for publically detailing his experience with racism during his residency education, as detailed in his blog post, “Racism in Medical...

Loss of the Federal Right to Abortion Care at the 1-year Mark – Virginia: The Final Bastion of Bodily Autonomy in the South

  Loss of the Federal Right to Abortion Care at the 1-year Mark Virginia: The Final Bastion of Bodily Autonomy in the South By Elissa Cleland, AMSA Gender & Sexuality Chair and rising MS2 at Eastern Virginia Medical School As a Virginia resident all of my life, I am well aware of the polarized cultural...