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How to learn about health policy and advocate for change

The AMA Medical Student Section’s Advocacy Champions Program connects medical students across the nation to strengthen health policy grassroots efforts. For students who are interested in health policy, the program is an opportunity to get more involved in advocacy efforts and inspire others to be active in organized medicine.

Medical Students
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3 events that are transforming learning in med ed

The AMA’s Event of the Month showcases creative recruitment, community service and education events coordinated by individual AMA medical student sections. Here are the events the AMA’s recent winners hosted.

Medical Students
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What students wish they were learning in med school

At a recent meeting of the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative, a panel of medical students discussed what they hoped to learn to prepare them for their future careers. ...

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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New “core science” could prep med students for health care changes

For medical students of the future, one day there could be a new science on their Step 1 exams. The work AMA's Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative has helped push the need for health care delivery science.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Med students practice on pigs feet during skills lab

Medical students at Indiana University School of Medicine at Evansville practiced blood drawing, IV catheter placement and intubation during the school’s skills lab. They also practiced airway management, pig feet suturing and basic clinical exam skills.

Medical Students
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Peer advising panel lets students be teachers

Medical students flexed their teaching muscles with a peer academic advising panel in which second-year students who were top performers in their pathology course helped first-year students prep for the course.

Medical Students
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Why you should attend your medical student region meeting

As a busy medical student, it’s hard to dedicate time to attend the AMA’s Annual and Interim meetings. Check out your AMA Medical Student Section Region Meeting to experience a more locally-focused program, and connect with your peers.

Medical Students
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Medical students teach healthy habits to local community members

Students from the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School promoted healthy habits and health literacy to more than 200 families and children at a recent community health fair, earning the school an AMA Section Involvement Grant (SIG) award.

Medical Students
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Medical school's Freshman Orientation Lunch event earns recognition

Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport’s Freshman Orientation Lunch, in which the local AMA Medical Student Section (MSS) hosted a meal for the incoming class of medical students to learn about the AMA, earned the school an AMA Section Involvement Grant (SIG) Event of the Month award. 

Medical Students