Stay tuned! Our next program offerings will begin Fall 2023. Explore the program descriptions and add your name to the waiting lists below.
AMSA Medical Ethics in Reproductive Health Leadership Program
This Medical Ethics in Reproductive Health Leadership Program is designed to engage medical students in the difficult and necessary conversations and analyses of historical and present-day reproductive injustices and ethical failures, taking a close look at these instances not merely for their historical significance, but even more importantly, for their relevance to our current context of institutional and systemic racism, sexism, and classism. Utilizing critical lenses based in the lived experiences of those who as individuals and communities have been the targets and victims of sexual and reproductive health abuse, control, violence, and dehumanization.
Embracing the notion that education ought to be liberatory, this Leadership Program will also platform and celebrate stories, past and present, of resistance, of creative moves toward liberation, and will feature individuals and organizations doing the work of reclaiming and restoring autonomy, agency, and power to those who have been deemed unworthy of the recognition of their full humanity.
This online program includes ten 60-minute sessions, registration is open to all AMSA members.
Each dynamic session will include a presentation from key thought leaders in their fields and engaging Q/A with the speaker(s).
All sessions are recorded for later viewing by registered participants.
Sessions are held on Thursday evenings from 8:00-9:00pm(E)
Sept 29, Oct 13 & 27, Nov 10, Dec 1 & 15,
2023: Jan 5 & 19, Feb 2 & 16
Registration for Fall 2022 is now closed.
CLICK HERE to add your name to our waiting list for the next offering of this program
Those on the waiting list will receive notification and have the opportunity to register for the program prior to opening of general member registration.
Participants who complete the program, including a qualifying examination,
will receive a certificate of completion and an AMSA honor cord appropriate to wear at graduation.
(Note: honor cords can only be shipped to U.S. mailing addresses)
Topics this program addresses:
- Developing Medicine: Wrestling with Our History
- The Ethics of Abortion Care
- Criminalizing Pregnancy
- Ethical Practice: Gag Laws & Provider Refusals
- When Routine Medical Training is Unethical and Becomes Illegal
- Stratified Reproduction
- “Do No Harm”- Physician Burnout as a Systemic Issue
- Ethics in Options Counseling & Values Clarification in Reproductive Care
- Transforming Medical Education and Practice: At the Root of It, Is Love
View Fall 2022 program syllabus with speakers list here
For more information please contact Becky Martin, AMSA Senior Manager of Education & Advocacy at bmartin@amsa.org
AMSA Reproductive Health Scholars Program
AMSA strives to empower physicians-in-training to effect change through education and advocacy. AMSA Scholars Programs are designed to provide medical and premed students with information not covered in traditional medical school curriculum and to foster an online learning community of future physicians.
The AMSA Reproductive Health Scholars Program addresses the “hidden curriculum” in medical school and prepare students to think critically about abortion-related and education and training opportunities. At the end of the program, participants develop a project utilizing the knowledge gained from the course. The projects are an application of their new skills, as well as a professional development opportunity in the participant’s school or community. Throughout the experience, participants gain valuable mentorship from their Course Directors, fellow Scholars, and partner organizations to enhance their projects.
Note: Students attending an international medical schools who are either U.S. citizens or intend to practice in the US may register with the understanding our program focus is on U.S. abortion policy and practice and is not designed to address policy or practice outside the U.S.
Our Fall 2022 program has ended
CLICK HERE to add your name to our waiting list for the next offering of this program
Those on the waiting list will receive notification and have the opportunity to register for the program prior to opening of general member registration.
Topics this program addresses:
- History of Abortion
- Basic Clinical Overview of First & Second Trimester Abortion
- Options Counseling & Values Clarification in Reproductive Care
- Reproductive Justice: Framework & Advocacy
- Diversity & Equity in Abortion Access & Our Healthcare Workforce
- Rising Maternal Mortality in the United States
- State & Federal Laws: Impact on Access to Reproductive Care
- When Routine Training is Unethical & Becomes Illegal: The Case of Intimate Exams for Teaching Purposes
- Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, & Choice
- Taking Action & Accessing Abortion Training When it’s Not Offered at Your Med School
For more information please contact Becky Martin, AMSA Senior Manager of Education & Advocacy at bmartin@amsa.org