Professionalism & Ethics

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...

Join AMSA Reproductive Health National Town Hall – Livestream Sept 28 at 8pmET

Save the Date! AMSA Reproductive Health National Town Hall Reproductive Justice Points the Way: Why & How Reproductive Health Medical Education Must Change Thursday, September 28, 8:00pm – 9:30pm ET  Livestream @AMSAnational REGISTER NOW Join AMSA National Leaders, Chapter Officers, members and allies across the country and around the world for a powerful and compelling...

I’m an Aspiring OB-GYN. Here Is Why I Won’t Do My Residency in Any State With an Abortion Ban.

Cross-posted from Ms. Magazine, written by Rohini Kousalya Siva, MD, MPH, MS, National AMSA President. Originally published August 10, 2023. This September, I will join thousands of medical students applying for OB-GYN residencies in states across the country. For students like me, applying to residency programs is supposed to be an exciting step towards a...

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...