Medical Education
Our education imparts the knowledge, attitudes, and skills which we
will use as physicians, and determines the extent to which we will be
able to meet the needs of our patients and the healthcare system at
large. Join us in transforming the medical profession from the inside!
Medical Education Projects at the Local Chapter
- For ideas on medical education projects that you can do at your school, click here.
- To apply for funding for a local project, click here.
- When you complete the project, be sure to post it here.
These are projects-in-a-box on medical education
and curricular reform. They are fully developed "just add water"
resources for events you can hold at your AMSA chapter.
- Complementary and Alternative
Medicine
- Physician Supply and
Distribution
- 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
- Promoting Healthy Behaviors: Linking Student Health to Prevention (ppt 315 kb)
- Primary Care Educational Modules (1999)
The National Health
Service Corps (NHSC) Educational Program for Clinical and Comunity
Issues in Primary Care. Developed by AMSA for the NHSC. Under contract. no.s 103HR940859P000-000, 240-91-0022, 240-94-0040