School of Medicine

1. What is AMSA?

·         Oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the US which advocates for students and patients

 

2. What does AMSA do?

·         AMSA brings med students together around issues we’re concerned about

·         gives students ACCESS to national leaders

·         makes med school LIFE EASIER by giving med students a HOME

·         and ADVOCATES locally and nationally for med students and patients who are left behind

 

3. What is AMSA about?

·         Improve healthcare and healthcare delivery to all people

·         Promote active involvement in medical education

·         Involve its members in the social, moral and ethical obligations of the medical profession

·         Help improve and understand world health issues

·         Contribute to welfare of med students, interns, residents, and post-md/do trainees

 

4. What do you get if you join?

·         Netter Promotion: AMSA offers a credit card benefit through which you can obtain a Netter Anatomy Atlas, 4^th ed, courtesy of Bank of America

·         The New Physician monthly, award-winning, magazine

·         LOTS of member benefits you can ask us about

 

5. Why should you join?

·         AMSA lets you hold on to the idealism that brought you to medicine

·         Expand your knowledge past med school lectures

·         Local and national LEADERSHIP positions

·         Action committees and interest groups locally and nationally

·         Travel opportunities to regional and national convention, institutes, etc.

·         ASK US about what you’re interested in!

 

6. What’s the difference between AMA and AMSA?

·         AMSA began  as the student branch of AMA but split off in the late 1960s when the AMA opposed the creation of Medicare and failed to provide support to the civil rights movement and community health movement

·         Because no parent organization dictates our priorities and policies, AMSA represents the medical student voice in Washington and to the press

 

7. What’s the time commitment if you join?

·         Being an AMSA member can take as little or as much time as you want

·         If time is a concern, you can just take advantage of AMSA’s membership benefits and The New Physician magazine without ever going to a meeting or working on projects, while still being represented in congress

·         If you are passionate about almost any health-related issue, you can help plan or simply participate in one of the many events put on by any of our 8 action committees.