AMSA Calendar

Start Date: September 8, 2022
End Date: December 15, 2022
Meeting Times: Thursdays, Bi-Weekly 7pm-8pm ET

The AMSA Reproductive Health Scholars Program addresses the “hidden curriculum” in medical school and prepare students to think critically about abortion-related education and training opportunities. 

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Start Date: August 30, 2022
End Date: December 13, 2022
Meeting Times: Tuesdays, Bi-Weekly 7PM-8PM ET

Acts of implicit and explicit racism have been reported at our medical institutions for years. We recognize the historical challenges faced by race and ethnic populations, and we encourage students to meet the needs of groups that remain underrepresented and undervalued in public health.

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Start Date: September 13, 2022
End Date: January 31. 2023
Meeting Times: Tuesdays, Bi-Weekly 8:00-9:00pm ET

This program delves into the many ways family planning can be researched and practiced, explore the impact of access to abortion care or the lack thereof, prepare students for residency with a focus on family planning, teach manual vacuum aspiration skills, provide messaging resources, and focus on the importance of wellness during medical education and physician practice.  *Note: This program is only open to AMSA domestic medical student members and U.S. based international student members with a U.S. mailing address.

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Start Date: September 15, 2022
End Date: February 2, 2023
Meeting Times: Thursdays, Bi-Weekly 8:00-9:30pm ET

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.

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Date: September 21, 2022

Meeting Time: 1:00 pm ET

AMSA invites you to a free Student Loans Best Practices-Optimizing Student Loan Repayment During Uncertain Times webinar presented by Laurel Road.

Laurel Road will share best practices to evaluate, identify and prepare your repayment strategy in an uncertain environment.

The webinar will cover: 

· How to evaluate your student loan options with rising interest rates

· What does the federal student loan payment and pause mean for your student loans?

· What is student loan refinancing, and am I eligible?

· Will refinancing affect my credit score?

· Could I save by refinancing? 

Register today here. 

Date: September 26, 2022
Meeting Time: 6:00 p.m. CDT

Join AMOpportunities and AMSA for a free webinar on U.S. in-person and virtual clinical experiences for international medical students and graduates. During the webinar, you will be able to ask all your rotation questions and learn how you can earn a letter of recommendation from a U.S. physician that can help enhance your residency application. Register today!

Start Date: August 30, 2022
End Date: December 13, 2022
Meeting Times: Tuesdays, Bi-Weekly 7PM-8PM ET

Acts of implicit and explicit racism have been reported at our medical institutions for years. We recognize the historical challenges faced by race and ethnic populations, and we encourage students to meet the needs of groups that remain underrepresented and undervalued in public health.

 Click here for more information   

Start Date: September 13, 2022
End Date: January 31. 2023
Meeting Times: Tuesdays, Bi-Weekly 8:00-9:30pm ET

This program delves into the many ways family planning can be researched and practiced, explore the impact of access to abortion care or the lack thereof, prepare students for residency with a focus on family planning, teach manual vacuum aspiration skills, provide messaging resources, and focus on the importance of wellness during medical education and physician practice.  *Note: This program is only open to AMSA domestic medical student members and U.S. based international student members with a U.S. mailing address.

 Click here for more information   

Start Date: September 28, 2022
End Date: January 18, 2023
Meeting Times: Wednesday, Bi-Weekly 8:00-9:00pm ET

This program takes a deep dive into: the principles of reproductive justice, how to center patients, especially young people and people of color in reproductive health and abortion care, how coverage bans impact abortion access and undermine quality care, diversity and inclusion in the family planning /reproductive health workforce, abortion restrictions impact on maternal mortality, maternal health and the carceral system, how state and federal restrictions on abortion care denies bodily autonomy to pregnant people, and more.

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Start Date: September 15, 2022
End Date: February 2, 2023
Meeting Times: Thursdays, Bi-Weekly 8:00-9:00pm ET

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.

 Click here for more information