American Medical Student Association

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!

AMSA Policies on Medical Education:

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

Get Involved

E3: Easy, Exciting Engagement Programs

• Presentation Skills Overview
• Basic Presentation Skills (16 MB) 
• Using Technology Effectively (89MB)
• Impressing the Attending
• Curriculum Reform: The Complete How To Guide (.ZIP file, 46MB)

• Participating in our medical education community on Inspiration Exchange, AMSA's member networking portal
• Empowering students with expanded knowledge and skills 
• Rewarding achievement in medical education 

Medical Education Projects
at the Local Chapter

• Find ideas for medical education projects you can do at your school.
• Submit your local projects to share with others.

Medical Education & Curricular Reform
Projects-in-a-Box

• Elementary School Nutrition Education: A Teaching Curriculum (PDF)
  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) 

Resources

• AMSA Career Development Program
  Residency reviews, medical school assessments and more.
• Fellowship & Residency Electronic Interactive Database
• USMLE
• Interactive Medical Student Lounge
• Merck / The Merck Manual
• MedicalStudent.com
• EMedicine.com

Articles & Publications on Medical Education

• The New Physician Magazine Article Archives
• Academic Medicine 
• The New England Journal of Medicine 
• National Institute of Health National Library of Medicine
• National Institute of Health
• JAMA