Medical Education

Stay Connected – to Resources, Community, and Radical Hope for Reproductive Freedom and Justice

SPOTLIGHT ON ABORTION CARE & REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE  Stay Connected – to Resources, Community, and Radical Hope for Reproductive Freedom and Justice – through the AMSA Reproductive Health Project! Written by Jeff Koetje, MD, AMSA Reproductive Health Programming Strategist Greetings from all of us at the AMSA Reproductive Health Project (AMSA RHP)! With the start of...

Join AMSA Reproductive Health National Town Hall – Livestream Sept 28 at 8pmET

Save the Date! AMSA Reproductive Health National Town Hall Reproductive Justice Points the Way: Why & How Reproductive Health Medical Education Must Change Thursday, September 28, 8:00pm – 9:30pm ET  Livestream @AMSAnational REGISTER NOW Join AMSA National Leaders, Chapter Officers, members and allies across the country and around the world for a powerful and compelling...

I’m an Aspiring OB-GYN. Here Is Why I Won’t Do My Residency in Any State With an Abortion Ban.

Cross-posted from Ms. Magazine, written by Rohini Kousalya Siva, MD, MPH, MS, National AMSA President. Originally published August 10, 2023. This September, I will join thousands of medical students applying for OB-GYN residencies in states across the country. For students like me, applying to residency programs is supposed to be an exciting step towards a...

AMSA stands against Florida’s Racist, White Supremacist Curriculum

By Rohini Kousalya Siva MD MPH MS, National AMSA President  Just when you thought Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis couldn’t get any worse, he’s supporting the Florida State Board of Education’s new education standards which include teaching K-12 students that slavery had “benefits” for enslaved people. DeSantis, Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, and state board of...