American Medical Student Association

Project Guides

• Child Passenger Safety (CPS
• Teen Mentor Program (PDF 96KB)
  Medical students serve as mentors to teenagers who are substance abusers or at risk for substance abuse. 1999
• Teen Pregnancy (PDF 157KB)
  1998 AMSA National Project
• Preventing Adolescent Violence: A Guide for Medical Students (PDF 105KB)
  Discusses factors contributing to adolescent violence, public health approaches, what medical students can do. Includes list of resources. 1996
• Elementary School Nutrition Education: A Teaching Curriculum (PDF 191KB)
  From the AMSA chapter at the University of Pennsylvania. Provides detailed plans for 13 lessons medical students can present in their communities' elementary schools. Suggests props. 1996
• STATS Manual (Students Teaching Aids to Students)
  STATS is AMSA's award-winning project designed for medical students interested in teaching students in grades 4-12 about HIV infection and prevention. Attachment brochures and forms also available.
• The BUDDIES Program Start-Up Kit (PDF 39KB)
  Matching medical/health professional students with chronically ill children and their families to lend support and companionship and encourage the pediatric patient through the course of treatment.
• Stamp out Smoking (PDF 129KB) 1997 AMSA National Project