In recognition of World AIDS Day on December 1st, we had invited Regine Dawes and her client, Scott Bishop, from the Long Island Association for AIDS Care (LIAAC) to come talk about his experiences living with HIV. He provided a very personal and engaging talk, breaking stereotypes and the stigma usually attached to the disease. [...]
Meeting #1 October 3, 2012 Start time: 12PM End time: 12:45PM All members of the eboard were present In today’s general interest meeting, Julie Ramaley as AMSA president, presented AMSA’s goals for the year. The goals include trying to transform idealism into meaningful public service, innovation and institutional change, give power to medical students to [...]
AMSA would like to thank everyone who participated in Community PLUNGE on Friday, March 16 at the Glen Cove Boy’s and Girl’s club! We played lots of games, like SPUD, Bacon and Duck, duck, goose with the children before giving a lecture on Safety, Nutrition and Fitness. Kids and adults alike had plenty of fun [...]
On February 7, AMSA co-sponsored a meeting with GHO, featuring a talk on cultural competency by Dr. Zehra Ahmed. Health disparities exist both on a global level, as well as within our nation’s health care system. Despite health care providers’ best intentions, we continue to see racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in medical care. One [...]
AMSA is a medical student organization that has broad objectives and can accommodate all medical students, regardless of background, specialty interests, or affiliations. So far, AMSA has held two monthly meetings. At our first meeting, we introduced everyone to AMSA and our new e-board! We explained our objectives: affordable health care for all, global health [...]
AMSA is a medical student organization that has broad objectives and can accommodate all medical students, regardless of background, specialty interests, or affiliations. So far, AMSA has held two monthly meetings. At our first meeting, we introduced everyone to AMSA and our new e-board! We explained our objectives: affordable health care for all, global health [...]
