AMSA’s response to USMLE scoring change recommendations
July 29, 2019The Invitational Conference on USMLE Scoring (InCUS) recently allowed public statements from medical students in regards to the potential USMLE Step 1 score change. The USMLE Step 1 was originally a pass/fail exam. However, this changed due to increased emphasis on the test to select residency candidates. Step scores have a huge influence on match…
From Studying for the USMLE to teaching it at UCLA: an IMG tells his story.
July 19, 2019Interview prepared by Mustafa Almukhtar, AMSA 2019-2020 Professional Development Coordinator, and hosted by Ahmed Suhail, AMSA member. Article by Haya Al Any, AMSA 2019-2020 Professional Development Chair. Dr. Mustafa Albustani finished his medical education in Baghdad, Iraq. After getting his diploma from one of the top-notch medical schools in the area, he completed a…
Virginia legislators turn their backs on gun violence victims
July 12, 2019AMSA was disheartened to learn that the leadership of the Virginia General Assembly concluded their special session on gun violence without considering a single bill this week. As a community of medical trainees passionate about protecting and improving the health of all Americans, AMSA was appalled at the complete lack of interest in dialogue around…
Title X Changes Hurt Low-Income and Vulnerable Women Most
May 08, 2019By: Megan Hunt, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Keanan McGonigle, AMSA Education and Advocacy Fellow, 2019—2020 In our high-risk pregnancy clinic, I was introduced to a young woman in the eighth month of her second pregnancy. The woman had a number of mental health disorders which complicated care due to her cocktail of…
Speaking up for quality, affordable health care for all
April 10, 2019Senator Bernie Sanders opened his announcement of the Medicare for All Act of 2019, “Let me be as clear as I can be. Health care is a human right. Not a privilege.” The American Medical Student Association has outlined support for this idea in its governing documents as early as 1994. For over two decades,…
What’s causing this patient’s seizures?
March 06, 2019Figure 1 Quiz of the Week A 16-year-old male is brought to the emergency department by his father following a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. He has had these seizures regularly since early childhood, though their frequency has increased over the past two months. As an infant, he had regular episodes of apnea, which resolved at the…
