Welcome to the University of Wisconsin's AMSA Chapter
AMSA Closing Meeeting
May 7, 5pm Chemistry 1361
Join us for our Closing Meeting this year as we make big announcements. We will be announcing our Doctoberfest 2012 Theme and programming for the 2012-2013 year. Our special guest is:
"The Good Physician and Great Physician" - Robert Golden, MD
Dean of UW School of Medicine and Public Health
The American Medical Student Association is the largest physician-in-training organization in the United States.
Today, AMSA represents the concerns of physicians-in-training with a membership of more than 62,000 medical students, premedical students, interns, residents, and practicing physicians. AMSA Wisconsin is in the forefront of developing future leaders in the field of medicine.
How is AMSA different from other organizations? When you join AMSA, you become part of a vital force of future physicians who believe that patients and health professionals are partners in the management of health care and that access to high-quality health care is a right and not a privilege. At AMSA, activism is a way of life. Student idealism is transformed into meaningful public service, innovation and institutional change. The University of Wisconsin is internationally known for its activism and AMSA will only build our reputation.
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What is AMSA all about?
Medical school will likely be the most difficult life challenge you have faced. From the rigorous studying to the pressure of fulfilling your roles as student, family member and friend, you need all the help you can get to succeed.
AMSA is committed to improving the lives of medical students like you, in big ways and small.
AMSA is about more than just improving medical student lives. We live in the richest country in the world, yet many have no health insurance. Research shows that health disparities are rampant in America. AMSA's role in these issues is extremely important, because our strength is giving power to medical students to take action and create change about issues that they care about. It's the presence of visionary medical students and our energy that makes AMSA such a powerful organization.
AMSA's Strategic Priorities
Strategic Priorities of the American Medical Student Association
For more than half a century, AMSA has represented the voice of physicians-in-training in their efforts to best serve the public. In 2007, AMSA leaders selected the following four strategic priorities to focus the activism of its 62,000-plus membership. AMSA is dedicated to allocating time, energy and resources toward fulfilling our goals within these priorities.
Quality, Affordable Health Care for All
AMSA mobilizes students in advocating for quality, affordable health care for all. AMSA works through state and national coalitions to improve existing public programs and to advocate for a public national health insurance program.
This encompasses the issues of wellness, safety, opportunity and environment that make up a healthy society. It also highlights the interconnected nature of all people and our responsibility for rational and proportional assistance for all people, regardless of the country in which they live. Justice and equity are paramount to assuring that race, religion, income, gender, sexual preference or nationality are not factors limiting access to quality care.
Enriching Medicine Through Diversity
As the world becomes more integrated and mobile, the need for a health care workforce to reflect our society grows more acute. AMSA’s independence was fueled by the civil rights era and continues today in advocacy for culturally-appropriate care, underrepresented providers in medicine, and admission criteria that do not disadvantage those from different backgrounds.
Professional Integrity, Development and Student Well-Being
Physicians have long had a sacred social mission and AMSA seeks to help create physicians who uphold their duties to patients and society alike. An important aspect of professionalism, however, entails self-care, and we are dedicated to helping physicians-in-training through undergraduate, medical and residency training while maintaining balance and retaining commitment to personal and professional growth.
The American Medical Student Association is committed to improving health care and healthcare delivery to all people; promoting active improvement in medical education; involving its members in the social, moral and ethical obligations of the profession of medicine; assisting in the improvement and understanding of world health problems; contributing to the welfare of medical students, premedical students, interns, residents and post-MD/DO trainees; and advancing the profession of medicine.