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Racial Inequity in American Healthcare

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A panel of doctors met virtually on to discuss various topics related to racial inequity in healthcare, including social determinants of health, unconscious bias in medicine, and the experience of being a physician of color.  A video recording of the hour-long event is available to view. A transcript of the discussion is below. It has...

Future Physicians Call to Address Racial Injustice and Health Inequities

By: Ali Bokhari, D.O., MPH AMSA National President 2020-2021 Isaiah Cochran, M.D. AMSA Immediate Past President The American Medical Student Association stands in solidarity with the millions of Americans mourning George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others marginalized in our communities who have died at the hands of law enforcement over the course of decades....

I studied Syringe Service Programs and harm reduction for an entire summer—here’s what I learned

By: Abiola Ogunbiyi, MS III—Trinity School of Medicine   Activate advocacy from within As an AMSA summer intern, I was truly able to utilize my voice and activate advocacy from a place of knowledge and excitement. Over the past few months, I have learned so much about syringe service programs (SSPs), harm reduction and the...

Welcome to the United States of America: 0 Days Since a Mass Shooting

Written by Ton La, Jr, AMSA Vice President for Membership, published in KevinMD.com on December 8, 2019. Every day, 100 Americans are killed with guns. 44% of American adults report knowing someone who has been shot. As a society, we have come to accept gun violence as commonplace and not something to take immediate action...