Student Government
Medical
School Student Senate
The Student Senate is the elected governing body for
the WSU School of Medicine medical students. Student Senate meetings
are open to all students; voting privileges are restricted to elected
senate members. The Senate meetings are held at 6 p.m. on alternate
Tuesdays. A variety of interests, issues and projects are discussed.
The meeting schedule and senate meeting minutes are posted on the
Student Senate board opposite the student mailboxes.
Board of Student Organizations (BSO)
The BSO's purpose is to promote inter-group cooperation
and serve as a liaison to the Student Senate, representing the interests
of the organizations. Wayne State School of Medicine has over forty
student-run activities/programs that afford students many opportunities
to participate in community outreach health and well-being programs,
explore career opportunities and develop individual interests through
co-curricular programs.
Organization of Student Representatives - Association
of American Medical Colleges (AAMC-OSR)
The OSR is an advisory body to the Association of
American Medical Colleges and provides student input into the process
of medical education and other associated issues.
The Organization of Student Representatives (OSR)
has great influence on the national level regarding medical education.
It is intensively involved with the National Board exams, certifying
of medical schools, and the National Residency Match program. There
are at least two meetings a year which the student representatives
attend. The OSR delegate also attends local student Senate meetings
and is a member of the Executive Committee. A Year II alternate is
chosen every year and serves two years becoming the official representative
in their second year of service. Alternates are chosen in the middle
of Year II by application/interview process.
The duties of the OSR representative will be divided
between the "senior" and "junior" representative.
Representatives will be charged with attending the national and regional
meetings of the AAMC annually. It is their goal to make the Student
Senate aware of the issues to be discussed at such meetings and reporting
on the discussions after they have attended. In this way, the OSR
representatives will be responsible for informing the Senate of issues
at other medical schools. Representatives will assist in the function
of the Senate including the gathering of information from other medical
schools and collaboration with other medical schools.
The Organization of Student Representatives
(OSR)
What does it mean to you?
Echoed throughout medicine is the
message that physicians need to become involved in shaping U.S. health
care. A multitude of opportunities exist for those who want to do
just that. As medical students and members of Organization of Student
Representatives (OSR), you can be a part of decisions that impact
your future.
In 1968, the AAMC (American Association
of Medical Colleges) passed a resolution calling for the development
of mechanisms for student participation in the affairs of the AAMC.
In 1971, the OSR (Organization of Student Representatives) was created
to: 1) facilitate the expression of students' ideas and views, 2)
foster the exchange of ideas among students and other concerned groups,
and 3) facilitate students' action on health care issues.
OSR differs from other medical student
organizations in that, while all students are "members"
of OSR, only one official and one alternate designate can represent
each school. Each U.S. medical school may have one official representative
and one alternate/junior representative. Any official representative
may run for election to the national OSR board. The 12-member administrative
board consists of a chair, chair-elect, five representatives at large,
the four regional chairs and the immediate past-chair. Ongoing priorities
of the administrative board relate to medical education, communication,
counseling and societal responsibility and legislation. OSR representatives
receive periodic requests from the AAMC to organize letter writing
campaigns to influence Congress and officials of federal agencies.
Legislative analysts in the AAMC can help students learn how to lobby
effectively.
Representatives from the medical schools gather at the AAMC annual meeting
to share concerns and ideas and to attend a variety of sessions. The
OSR has its own meeting within the structure of the association's meeting.
Every other year, when the meeting is held in Washington, D.C., representatives
are encouraged to visit their senators and congresspersons to offer
student views on current legislative issues. The regional meetings
are held each spring and are coordinated by interested members. These
meetings are more informal than the annual meeting and offer ample opportunities
for OSR members to become better acquainted with each other and to deal
with issues of high local priority.
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