American Medical Student Association

Resources

• The New Physician Magazine International Health Article Archives

• Global Health Projects at the Local Chapter

• Where in the World? (Training Opportunities)

• Human Health and Global Environmental Change Class
  The Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical has an educational package focused on specific aspects of environmental change that is free online for medical students. This class provides students with an understanding of the fundamental dependency of human health on the health of the global environment and includes lectures by world experts and provides learning modules that can be integrated into pre-existing medical school curricula.

• A Student's Guide to International Health - First-hand information about international experiences and how to set up an elective-from the student perspective. 1993

• Creative Funding for International Electives - An introduction to traditional and non-traditional fundraising sources for medical students planning international electives. Prepared by the International Health Medical Education Consortium (IHMEC) and AMSA. 1997

• Bringing International Health Home  - Apply international health principles to underserved communities at home

• Medical Student Activism: A Primer on Domestic and International Tobacco Control - An overview of the domestic and international harms resulting from tobacco use and its promotion by multinational corporations, a timeline of key events and an introduction to available resources.

• The Global Opportunities Tool (GO Tool) - Discover unique educational and training experiences in reproductive health settings around the world. Any healthcare student interested in broadening their reproductive health training may search the GO Tool for clinical and non-clinical opportunities using an interactive map. Users can share sites via e-mail, write an online review of their experience, and access supplementary travel and funding resources. Organizations can recruit students by listing programs online. 

PRESENTATIONS & PROJECT GUIDES

• Global Health Disparities Presentation & Accompanying GHAC Quiz

• Medical Students for Earth: Environmental Health Activism for Medical Students - Environmental health projects for groups or individuals. Includes resources and contact organizations. 1997

• Premed Global Health Leadership Institute Presentations (2008)
  Access to Essential Medicines PowerPoint
  Global Gag Rule PowerPoint
  Maternal Mortality & Human Rights PowerPoint
  Medical Tourism PowerPoint