Our Mission Statement:
The American Medical Student Association is committed to improving
health care and healthcare delivery to all people; promoting active
improvement in medical education; involving its members in the social,
moral and ethical obligations of the profession of medicine; assisting
in the improvement and understanding of world health problems;
contributing to the welfare of medical students, interns, residents and
post-MD/DO trainees; and advancing the profession of medicine.
Welcome! AMSA is the
organization that will allow you to hold on to the ideals that
brought you to medicine. With over 68,000 members and 1,700 in
Michigan alone, as a national organization, AMSA is the largest and
oldest independent organization of medical students. It gains its
strength by giving power to medical students to take action and
create change about issues that they care about. It's the presence
of visionary medical students and our energy that makes AMSA such a
powerful organization.
The Wayne State University
AMSA chapter sponsors many of our own events in addition to those
offered by the National organization. Our Action Committees are
actively involved in education and healthcare on a local and global
level, and organize events ranging from Primary Care Week, to
initiating a local project art exhibit, People of Detroit, a Living
Project, that has become nationally known about, which uses
photography to increase awareness about health disparities people in
Detroit face. This year we are working on the Faces of America
Documentary Project.
Please stop by our table
during the Student Org Fair to learn more...
Action Committees
Community and Public Health
Global Health Action
Health Policy
Humanistic Medicine
LGBT Health
Medical Education
Minority Health
Womens Health
leadership positions
All Action Committee Chairs
Primary Care Week Coordinator
Administrative Assistant
For national positions, see amsa.org
Member Benefits
The New Physician magazine
Health, Auto, and Life Insurance
AMSA listserves
Barns & Noble Book Discounts
Travel Discounts
Loan Consolidation Programs
Amsa events and projects
Faces of America Documentary Project
Primary Care Week
Health Fair
Instrument Sale--November
Used Book Sale--August
Summer trips to Ghana, China and India
Leadership Institutes
Summer internships and fellowships
