Med Student Resources

Stay Connected – to Resources, Community, and Radical Hope for Reproductive Freedom and Justice

SPOTLIGHT ON ABORTION CARE & REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE  Stay Connected – to Resources, Community, and Radical Hope for Reproductive Freedom and Justice – through the AMSA Reproductive Health Project! Written by Jeff Koetje, MD, AMSA Reproductive Health Programming Strategist Greetings from all of us at the AMSA Reproductive Health Project (AMSA RHP)! With the start of...

Project 2025: What Future Physicians Need to Know about Threats to Departments of Education & HHS, Reproductive Health Care, Physician Autonomy & More

*AMSA does not endorse or oppose any candidate for elected public office.   SPOTLIGHT ON ABORTION CARE & REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE  Project 2025: What Future Physicians Need to Know about Threats to Departments of Education & HHS, Reproductive Health Care, Physician Autonomy & More Written by Becky Martin, AMSA Senior Manager of Reproductive Health Advocacy Project...

Future Physicians for Change: Dare to Blaze the Path Forward

by Rohini Kousalya Siva, MD, MPH, MS, National President of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Once a year, we come together as a diverse force of future physicians banded together with a common goal: to make positive change in healthcare. To dare to envision a better realm of medicine — to overcome barriers that...

What Happens When a Medical Student Makes a Mistake?

Around the country, teaching hospitals offer some of the best care available. Physicians-in-training are closely supervised by licensed physicians, who are required to sign off on medications and treatments. Even so, it’s possible for a medical student to make a mistake. When a serious mistake does occur, a medical malpractice claim can result. These claims...