AMSA
AMSA's Local Chapter Project Directory
| PROJECT DESCRIPTION/CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Project title | AMSA Advocacy Elective |
| Project type(s) | Other |
| Date completed | 03/02/2006 |
| Chapter | Alpert Medical School of Brown University |
| Project Coordinator | Jenn Kim |
| Summary of project | AMSA organized an elective with 7 sessions where Brown 1st and 2nd year medical students could enroll for class credit and learn about different reasons why we need to be medical student advocates (access/quality disparities, resident working conditions, etc) and specific skills that could be used in advocacy (public speaking, lobbying, maneuvering into state Dept of Health programs, such as medicaid and foodstamps, etc). |
| Content area | Other |
| Number of participants | 12 |
| Participant hours involved | 16 hour(s) |
| PROJECT PLANNING | |
| Coordinator roles | |
| Coordinator hours | hour(s) |
| FUNDING & ADVERTISING | |
| Total project cost | $700 - meals and supplies |
| Project funding | Medical school funds |
| Funding breakdown of sources and/or donations: | |
| Project advertising | announcements to 1st and 2nd year students - there are only about 70-75 students per class |
| PROJECT EVALUATION | |
| Success rating (1 = unsuccesful, 5 = very successful) |
2 |
| Lessons/suggestions | We had no administrative or faculty support so it took a lot of work on the part of our chapter. This drained efforts for other projects. In the future, we now know how crucial it is to have at least one friendly faculty member to counterbalance what is a hostile attitude at Brown towards student programming. |
| ADDITIONAL COMMENTS | |
| Comments | feel free to contact flavio_casoy@brown.edu if you have any questions or want to share similar experiences. I can also send out the syllabus. |
