• About the Committee
• About Public Health
• Public Health Resources

About the Committee

The MSS Committee on Public Health was established in 2005 to organize and establish the MSS as a leader in public health and more actively involve the MSS membership in public health initiatives.  The Committee is charged with the following objectives:

• Review current public health issues in the literature.
• Educate the MSS on public health topics, particularly on how public health projects can be implemented at MSS members’ respective institutions.
• Organize and establish the MSS as a leader in public health.
• More actively involve the MSS membership in public health initiatives.

Read about the Committee's Goals (PDF, 19KB) and Responsibilities (PDF, 17KB)

Meet your 2007-2008 Committee on Public Health

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About Public Health

What Is Public Health? (PDF, 48KB)

Learn more about the practice of public health 
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Great Figures in Public Health

• John Snow (PDF, 272KB)
• C. Everett Koop (PDF, 125KB)

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Public Health Resources

Public Health Toolkits
Public Health Toolkits are downloadable presentations and accompanying documents that include additional resources and/or discussion questions for MSS members to download and use at their local chapter level in educating students about public health topics.

Issue Briefs

• Adolescent Sexual Health Education (PDF, 34KB)
• Look for more issue briefs coming soon.

Educational Resources
The Committee on Public Health has created a guide to public health training opportunities tailored for medical students. It’s our hope that you use this as a starting point for your involvement with medicine, leadership, and public health.

Links
The Committee on Public Health also compiled a list (PDF, 123KB) of databases, books, films, and internet resources, which can provide your AMA-MSS chapter with information about public health topics including the following: general public health overview, the uninsured, health disparities and cultural competency, HIV/AIDS, health and human rights, and environmental health and population growth.

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Public health toolkits

The Public Health Toolkits were developed for MSS members to download and use at their local chapter level in educating students about public health topics.

Meet the Committee on Public Health

Meet the members of the Committee on Public Health!

Guide to Public Health Educational Opportunities

The MSS Ad Hoc Committee on Public Health has created a guide to training opportunities in public health specifically targeted toward medical students.