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!

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  • Empowering students with expanded knowledge and skills
  • Advocating for curricular reform in medical education
  • Rewarding achievement in medical education

AMSA Policies on Medical Education

  • Curriculum Design & Content
  • Medical School Mission Statements
  • Graduate Medical Education & Specialty Distribution
  • Financing of Medical Education

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

Relevant AMSA Webpages

  • Achieving Diversity in Dentistry and Medicine (ADDM)
    Addresses issues in medical and dental education, the health workforce, and leadership in medicine and dentistry.
     
  • PDAs in Medical Education
     
  • Career Development Program
    Residency reviews, medical school assessments and more.
     
  • Open Access to the Scientific Literature

Articles & Publications on Medical Education

Leadership

Matt Stull
Matthew
Stull

National Chair
Nida Degsys
Nida Degesys
Culture of Medicine

Courtney Wright
Student Life
Nora Burns
Nora
Burns

Global
Lalanthica Yogendran
Lalanthica
Yogendran

Community & Environmental Health
Rebecca Bak
Rebecca
Bak

Gender & Sexuality - LGBT
Anthony Clarke
Anthony
Clarke

Race,
Ethnicity & Culture in Health
Margaret May
Margaret
May

Gender & Sexuality - Women
Gretchen Winter
Gretchen Winter
Humanistic Medicine
 

International Medical Education Opportunities

Resources

Stay Connected

AMSA listservs provide an invaluable means of communications for members to keep informed of the latest news and events on issues surrounding medical education.

AMSA Academy

AMSA Academy

AMSA Academy is a training ground for physician leaders, established by and for students. The Academy strives to empower medical students to effect change in medicine.