Webinar Resource Center
AMSA offers many online lectures and trainings. We invite you to view these recording and welcome suggestions for future topics/sessions.
Race, Ethnicity and Culture in Health (REACH) Webinars
- Mental Health and the Affordable Care Act (Feb 2014)
- REACH Webinar: Medical School Admissions and DACA Applicants – The Case for Change (March 2014)
Health Equity Week of Action, January 2014
- Medical/Pre-Medical Student Mental Health
- Health Inequities in America’s Indigenous Populations
- HEWA Skills Session
Public Health Scholars Program, Structural Competency Series 2013-2014
- Environmental Justice and Health with Madeleine Scammell, DSc
- Structural Competency and Medical Education Reform with the Race in the Curriculum Working Group at Harvard Medical School
- Perspectives on Indigenous Health – Using Decolonization and Love, with Anthony Fleg MD, MPH
Community Healers Inspiring Tomorrow (CHIT) Chat Monthly Webinar Series
Hosted by the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) and the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM). All of these webinars can be viewed online at http://www.acpm.org/?CHITChatWebinars.
- Preventing What? The Problem of Human Rights and Prevention (Mar 2014)
- Obesity and Metabolic Risk in Children: How Growing Up Sweet Can Turn Sour (Nov 2013)
- The Epidemiology Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Oct 2013)
- What is Preventive Medicine? Growing and Strengthening Preventive Medicine (Sept 2013)
- Lifestyle Medicine: What is it and Who Does it Benefit? (Mar 2013)
- Careers in Preventive Medicine: A Panel Discussion (Dec 2012)
- Primary Care and Public Health: Integration to Improve Population Health (Nov 2012)
- Growing and Strengthening Preventive Medicine (Sept 2012)
- Public Health Fellowships and Rotations for Medical Students and Residents
- Geriatrics, Prevention and Medicare: An Overview
- Prevention, The Best Health — and Healthcare– Strategy
NPCW 2013 Webinars
- Current Crisis in Primary Care: Current crisis in primary care, obesity amongst the general population & its consequences on health care, and quality of life. Speaker: Michael F. Jacobson, Executive Director and Founder of Food Day
- Vitality of Primary Care: Importance of primary care in our society with focus on the Affordable Care Act and how it will impact medical students and the future of primary care physicians. Speakers: Dr. Andrew Morris-Singer & Tabitha Hariston
- Professionalism in Primary Care: Trans-disciplinary professionalism and why it is important to collaborate with other professionals in health care for our patients’ well-being. Speakers: Dr. Virna Little, Dr. Jeff Koetje & Dr. Lea Brandt
- Fighting Student Debt: Analysis of medical debt, loan repayment, and scholarship plans available to medical students. Speaker: Julie Gilbert
- National Corps and Primary Care: To celebrate National Corps Community Day, a NHSC member and practicing clinician addresses his/her view on primary care and experience with the Corps. Speakers: Dr. Bernard Abbott & Dr. Gayle Mathews
- Choose Primary Care! Why choosing primary care is important to our society, and the advantages of choosing family medicine as a career choice. Speaker: Dr. Reid Blackwelder
2013 Health Equity Week of Action
- MLK Day – Call to Action
Volunteer Opportunities - Health Disparities: A Matter of Justice
Speaker: Dr. David Satcher, MD, PhD, Former U.S. Surgeon General
Health Disparities in the U.S. Webinar Recording
Health Disparities Facts
Health Disparities Brochure
Health Disparities Discussion - Food Deserts Webinar Recording
Speaker: Robert Gottlieb, Professor, Occidental College - Food Policy
Farm Bill PowerPoint Presentation
Farm Bill Legislative Action
Information on Farm Bill
Sign the Farm Bill Petition - Obesity, Culture and Health Literacy
Health Disparities in Immigrants: Obesity and Health Literacy
Facts on Immigrant Health - Hunger in America Webinar Recording
Speaker: Frank Tamberello, Hunger Action LA
Hunger in America Brochure - Solution Webinar Recording
Speakers: Medical Students for Food Justice
Memphis Mobile Market, Apple Grocery, Blooming Butterflies Garden
Solutions: Feeding the Cause PowerPoint Presentation
Wellness & Student Life Book Webinar
- Healer and Oxygen (2013)
Carol Cassella, Author, Anesthesiologist and Mother - Leana Wen (2013)
When Doctors Don’t Listen, Dr. Leana Wen, Emergency physician at Brigham & Women’s / Massachusetts General Hospital
Quality Time Video Training Series
Patient Safety & Quality
- Solving Problems and Solving Puzzles: the Need for Improvement Science with Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM (2012)
- How to Build a Career in Patient Safety & Quality with Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM and HeeWon Lee (2012)
SWIM: Student Wellness & Integrative Medicine Webinar Series
Chapter Officer Leadership Webinar Series (2012)
- Your AMSA Narrative: Craft your own personal AMSA story that you can share when talking with friends, family and colleagues. This is a valuable recruitment tool to have during recruitment season!
- Your Toolkit: Resources available to have a successful recruitment year as well as resources you can use for programming activities.
- Chapter Development. Better, Faster, Stronger! Ups and downs of chapter development and how to engage members in activities, leadership positions.
