The AMSA Abortion Care & Reproductive Justice Institutes are back live & in-person
this summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, NC!
Summer 2025 – Applications Open Now – Seats Limited!
Four Date Options in Summer 2025:
May 29 – June 1 (Summer A)
June 19 – 22 (Summer B)
July 24 – 27 (Summer C)
August 14 – 17 (Summer D)
No cost for selected applicants – Scholarships cover ALL expenses
Apply HERE Today!
If YOU are a medical student based in the U.S., an AMSA member* and YOU, like AMSA, believe:
- reproductive health services, including abortion care, are essential to comprehensive health care,
- legal, safe, voluntary abortions should be available to all who need them, regardless of how much they earn, who they work for, or what state they live in, and
- both Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) and Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs should offer abortion education and training.
If YOU uphold the fundamental principles of reproductive justice:**
- the right to have children,
- the right to not have children, and
- the right to nurture the children we have in a safe and healthy environment.
If YOU are interested in becoming part of a diverse physician workforce that includes highly skilled, culturally sensitive physicians prepared to provide abortion services to those who need them in various health care workplaces.
And, YOU are available ANY of these four date options:
- May 29 – June 1 (Summer A)
- June 19 – 22 (Summer B)
- July 24 – 27 (Summer C)
- August 14 – 17 (Summer D)
READ ON!
The AMSA Abortion Care & Reproductive Health Project is excited to host 4 in-person Abortion Care & Reproductive Justice Institutes this summer.
Each Institute will engage 10 U.S. based medical students in thought-provoking, dynamic conversations, as well as issue education, and hands-on clinical skill-building, with key experts working in abortion care, reproductive health and education, research, or reproductive and social justice.
Our retreat-like setting is a beautiful private location nestled deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Institutes are designed to provide deep dive opportunities to build knowledge, skills, and connections in a supportive, nurturing and Love-centered community, with a focus on finding and connecting with joy as we work on challenging issues facing our communities and future practice as physicians.
Clinical skill-building sessions will include a MVA “papaya” workshop and values-clarification training.
We will explore the impact of the Dobbs decision on reproductive health access, practice and policies at the state level, as well as medication abortion and self-managed abortion. Learning opportunities will also include:
- effective messaging communications
- networking and advocacy training
- building power and your circles of influence
- identifying and engaging reproductive freedom champions in your state
- values-based research and using data to make change.
The AMSA Reproductive Health Project provides resources and on-going support to organize local education and skill-building sessions for future physicians around the United States.
Institute participants will be encouraged and supported to share the knowledge and skills they will gain through research project posters, journal articles, blog posts, social media, or organizing local events during the 2025-2026 academic year. Local events could include, but are not limited to: clinical skills-building, networking and advocacy training, issue education, understanding state reproductive health policies, and values-based messaging and research.
The program begins on Thursday evening with a group dinner and ends after breakfast on Sunday morning. In addition to didactic and clinical workshop-style learning, there will be ample time for informal conversations, delicious meals and snacks, walking in the woods, star-gazing, and relaxing in the hot-tubs and around the fire. Each participant will have their own bedroom, some bathrooms will be shared. Meals will be prepared together.
- Want to know more about what an AMSA Repro Institute is really like?
Read what a M4 student who joined us last summer had to say about the experience
Recharging Your Medical Passion: The Power of a Retreat
Why Every Medical Student Should Do a Medical Retreat (for any specialty)
Successful applicants will receive reimbursements (up to $600) to cover their travel expenses (students make their own travel arrangements). All meals, on-site training supplies, and transportation from the Asheville, NC airport to the retreat location are provided at no cost.
DEADLINES:
- Application deadline for ALL 2025 Institutes is Sunday, April 27 at 11:59pmPT
- Applicants are accepted on a rolling basis and will be notified of acceptance at least 30 days before the Institute they are selected for
- Selected applicant must confirm attendance within 7 days of notification of their selection
Upon completion of the Institute, certificates of participation to add to your CV will be provided.
Applications Open Now – Seats Limited
Apply HERE Today!
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For more information email rhp@amsa.org
*AMSA membership info link
**Source – https://blackrj.org/our-causes/reproductive-justice/
