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. With nearly 50,000 members, the MSS is the largest and most influential organization of medical students in the country.
What's New
AMA launches new Health System Reform Web page
The AMA has developed a dedicated health system reform Web page to provide medical students and physicians with the facts, breaking news, and Web links they need to keep up-to-speed on reform efforts. Visit the AMA HSR Web page today to sign up for e-updates, get the latest news, and take action.
AMA-MSS releases new Health System Reform resources for medical students
Why should health system reform matter to medical students? How would current reform proposals affect medical students? Learn the answers to these questions and more in the new AMA-MSS health system reform issue brief.
2009 AMA-MSS Interim Meeting
Save the date! The 2009 AMA-MSS Interim Meeting will be held Nov. 5-7, 2009, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Visit the I-09 Web page to register and for more information, including deadlines and various opportunities to become involved.
LGBT Medical Education Assessment launched
If you are an MD or DO student, your opinion is being sought about your education! All medical students are asked to complete a survey asking what they have learned, and what they think they should learn, about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health and medical care. The LGBT-MEA is a medical education assessment by the LGBT Medical Education Research Group (LGBT MERG), a partnership of faculty and student researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. All students’ opinions are needed, and will be collected anonymously, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or subject knowledge.
Tune in to Radio Rounds
Radio Rounds, the first medical radio talk show in the country produced entirely by medical students, began its second season on August 9. The show is hosted by AMA student members from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio. Visit www.radiorounds.blogspot.com for listening options and a list of past and upcoming guest speakers. All past episodes are available as free podcast downloads on Apple iTunes by searching for "Radio Rounds."