More than 700 medical students discussed 44 items of business and participated in 13 education programs Nov. 6–8 during this year's AMA Medical Student Section (MSS) Interim Assembly Meeting.
The AMA-MSS debated a wide range of topics, and supported policies addressing medical student involvement in handoffs and mobile medical applications.
Education programs covered a range of issues and included a new track schedule which focused on Leadership Development, Health Care Legislation and Advocacy, Innovation in Medical Education and Public Health and Improving Health Outcomes.
The assembly elected William Pearce of the University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine as AMA-MSS chair-elect, and Dina Marie Pitta of the University of Wisconsin of Medicine and Public Health as AMA trustee. Their terms will begin in June after the 2015 Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
The section also held its 12th annual Research Symposium in conjunction with the AMA Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) and the International Medical Graduates Section (IMG). More than 200 students participated in the event. Here are the winners in the following eight categories:
- Biochemistry/cell biology – Xiaowen Wang, Duke University School of Medicine
- Cancer biology – Kevin Qin, University of Toledo College of Medicine
- Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Improvement – Jenny Wang, New York University School of Medicine
- Immunology/infectious disease/inflammation – Luis Diaz-Aguilar, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Los Angeles
- Neurobiology/neuroscience – Patrick Davis, Indiana University School of Medicine South Bend
- Public Health and Epidemiology Johanna Kreafle, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- Radiology/Imaging – Jeffrey Fujimoto, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Los Angeles
- Surgery/biomedical engineering – Nikita Consul, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Vlad Codrea, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, was the overall winner of the poster competition and Megan Beck, Medical College of Wisconsin, was the overall podium winner. Congratulations to these winners and all who participated for their impressive research.
