Restart a Chapter

How to Reignite Your Chapter

Register yourself here — Chapter leaders need to be an official AMSA member. This is critical — and the only way anyone can access the juicy benefits (free programs, discounts, gift!, etc)
Tell all your chapter members to also join here. You’ll need 5 at a minimum to be considered a bona fide AMSA chapter.
Share this graphic via email, social or text with fellow students that outlines some of the key benefits to joining, if you like! Text to leverage:
- Join us! We’re the [name of school} AMSA Chapter — part of the American Medical Student Association. Here you can network, boost your CV and learn how to lead, advocate for change and more. All you need to is register here!

Determine your Chapter President — and anoint at least one more. This is sometimes a co-president or a treasurer, you can browse all the suggestions here.
ID who your Faculty Advisor might be. An engaged faculty member who feels strongly about professional and personal development during medical school — you may already have one on file, see if they’re still game.

Armed with your (minimum of two) Chapter leaders and (minimum of 5) registered chapter members — you’re good to go!
Drop your information into this Chapter Submission Form. This re-engages your chapter — officially.
Note: You can always return to this form to add more info as you go.

Maybe there are some registered members at your school already — that you may not even know about! You can find by them by…
Request your roster here — we’ll pull your chapter roster from our system and share with you.

Since you already have a chapter established, chances are good that your charter is still solid.
If you aren’t sure — reach out to us and we can see what we’ve got in our files. members@amsa.org

Join our Chapter Leader Facebook Group — where we post the monthly newsletter, reminders and all the things.
Tell your members to jump in our next-up Ask Michael Anything IG live series — the second Thursday of every month at 6 pm ET.
We’ll follow up to see how it’s going — and you can always reach out to us at members@amsa.org anytime.