AMSA Updates

Protecting Residents, Protecting Patients: AMSA’s Response to Proposed ACGME Work-Hour Changes

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) strongly urges careful reconsideration of the provisions of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) proposed major revision of the Common Program Requirements that would eliminate or weaken resident rest protections. Posted for public comment on September 8, 2026, with a proposed effective date of July 1, 2028,...

AMSA Statement on Recent Campus Violence and the Public Health Crisis of Gun Violence

After a week marked by horrific violence and continued threats to student safety on college campuses nationwide, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) reaffirms that gun violence is a public health epidemic. As future physicians in training, we refuse to accept this current status quo and call for commonsense policy solutions guided by science and...

Pre-medical student-led startup “Eden” wins inaugural AMSA Innovation Fest

AMSA announces appointment of interim Executive Director

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) announced today that Jennifer Salehi will serve as interim Executive Director beginning January 1, 2025. The transition follows the announcement that Chief Executive Officer Jamie Thayer Scates will step down at the end of the year. With 22 years of experience at AMSA concentrated in membership services and operations,...