Diversity

AMSA stands against Florida’s Racist, White Supremacist Curriculum

By Rohini Kousalya Siva MD MPH MS, National AMSA President  Just when you thought Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis couldn’t get any worse, he’s supporting the Florida State Board of Education’s new education standards which include teaching K-12 students that slavery had “benefits” for enslaved people. DeSantis, Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, and state board of...

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...

How Georgetown University School of Medicine raised awareness of barriers to healthcare access for immigrants

A chapter event with purpose As of 2020, 26% of documented immigrants and 42% of undocumented immigrants lacked health insurance, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Faced with striking statistics like these, the Georgetown University AMSA chapter held a panel to raise awareness of these issues so future physicians can better understand how to help...