Medical Student Section
The AMA Medical Student Section (MSS) is dedicated to representing medical students, improving medical education, developing leadership, and promoting activism for the health of America. The AMA-MSS is the largest and most influential organization of medical students in the country.
What's New: Announcements and Other Information
COLRP Survey on Your AMA Involvement
Every three years, the Committee on Long Range Planning of the AMA-MSS compiles a report that identifies the priorities of the Medical Student Section as we progress into the future. In the 2010 report, our section became explicitly aware that individual involvement changes dramatically as students progress through medical school and into their internships and residenies. In an attempt to identify the underlying causes of these shifts, the Committee on Long Range Planning has compiled a survey to assess factors that may keep students involved in our organization at key transition years in their training. The results of this study are anonymous and will be used to compile a report for the AMA-MSS Assembly.
The Doctor's Channel recently interviewed numerous MSS leaders and participants regarding the benefits of becoming involved in the MSS and attending the national meetings, including the numerous leadership, networking, community service, and policy-creation events offered through the MSS. Check out the video below:
March MSS Chair's Column
My mom gives great medical advice. From talking to other future physicians, it's remarkable how many mothers are great doctors. I recently broke down in my battle against her and actually went to a doctor to get an antibiotic for a sinus infection that had lasted a couple weeks. Upon finally getting my script for Amoxicillin filled for free, I had to laugh at her response: "Amoxicillin? That's not strong enough. I would have given you a Z-Pac."
My mom is an art teacher by the way...(Read the complete MSS Chair's Column)
2012 Lobby Day Highlights
Over 200 medical students from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12-13, 2012, to learn about legislative issues affecting medicine, to foster relationships with legislators through political involvement, and to gain real-life education in the practical aspects of physician advocacy.
Lobby Day activities included interactive educational sessions on effective advocacy and lobbying techniques, briefings on legislative issues currently before Congress, and a number of speakers, including Debbie Curtis, Professional Minority Staff Member, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Rodney Whitlock, Health Policy Director for Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Former Chair and current senior member of the Senate Finance Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Lobby Day attendees also spent an afternoon on Capitol Hill, where they met with hundreds of members of Congress and their staffs to discuss pressing issues such as medical student debt,graduate medical education funding, and fixing the sustainable growth rate.
Join the AMA Medical Student Online Community
Engage with your colleagues and find out what the AMA is doing for medical students by joining the AMA's new, members-only Medical Student Online Community. The community is a safe and secure environment where you can interact with your peers and find timely updates from the AMA and from your colleagues on news and issues that interest you. The community offers a discussion board, a blog written by AMA student leaders, information on upcoming events, links to resources and news, and more. Access the Community today and join the discussion!
