MSS Committee on Public Health

• 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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