American Medical Association

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AmericanMedicalAssociation

• Make a difference....

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What is the AMA??

• The group that represents YOU students,
  residents, and physicians
• The LARGEST patient advocacy group in the nation
• Over 48,000 student members, the largest medical
  student organization in the country!
• Represents organized medicine before Congress
• Performs public health campaigns

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AMA Leadership Opportunities!

• Leadership Positions
• Convention Committees
• Governing Council
• Board of Trustees

• National Committees
• Legislative Affairs
• Minority Issues
• International Health
• Scientific Issues
• Community Service
• many more...

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YOU Can Make a Difference with Membership in the
AMA!

• Participate in Community Service
• Childrens Health Insurance
• Organ Donor Awareness
• High School Programs
• Tobacco Prevention

• Travel to Conventions
• Meet other medical students
• Network with peers physicians

• Write a Resolution
• Change national policy!!

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AMA Legislative Activities

• AMA students lobby for the passage of a
  Patient's Bill of Rights
• AMA students started FAA national policy to ban
  smoking on airplanes
• AMA students lobby for increased tax
  deductibility of interest on medical school
  loans, and for other solutions to increasing
  medical student debtand most recently...
• AMA students join leaders in the AMA Resident
  Fellow Section to further dialogue on resident
  work hour reform

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AMA in the NEWS June 2000

• Medical Student Policy from June 14, 2000
• The AMA's Council on Scientific
• Affairs said the FDA should expedite
• regulation of antimicrobial agents in
• such consumer products as hand
• lotions, soaps, and body washes. The
• AMA's recommendations came two
• days after the World Health
• Organization reported that almost all
• major infectious diseases are gradually
• becoming resistant to the drugs used against
  them. -as reported on CNN

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AMA Washington D.C. Interns

• The AMA Government Relations Internship Program
• 2500 stipends and position as Health Policy
  Interns
• Everywhere I looked was a monument. It was like
  walking
• around in a postcard. There was no better way to
  get to
• know the Nation's Capital than by working in it.
  Living and
• working here has made me a better advocate for
  healthcare.
• -AMA Government Relations Intern, 2000

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AMA Contributes to your Medical Education

• AMA donates millions directly to medical schools
  for financial aid to decrease student debt
• AMA accredits medical schools and residency
  programs to ensure state-of-the-art training for
  YOU!
• AMA finances the LARGEST most ACCURATE database
  of residency programs FREIDA http//www.ama-ass
  n.org/freida
• AMA students serve on the national board for
  residency match programs and licensing exams
  (NRMP and NBME)

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AMA Students Fight for Uninsured Children
National Service Project

• Children's Health Insurance Initiative for
  America's 12 million uninsured children
• Health care coverage under the Childrens Health
  Insurance Program (CHIP)
• Make a difference and alleviate the national
  crisis of the uninsured children

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AMA and Community Service

• AMA students serve on the front lines in their
  communities
• with service grants and funding () from the
  AMA.
• Join medical students in the AMA in their efforts
  to
• Increase organ donor awareness
• Stop the use of tobacco among kids
• Educate children about violence prevention
• Teach high school students the facts about AIDS

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Make a Difference at the Upcoming Conferences!

• 2001 Interim Meeting, San Francisco
• 2002 Leadership Conference, Los Angeles
• 2002 Annual Meeting, Chicago

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What are AMA Benefits?

• Stedmans Concise Medical Dictionary w/ CD-ROM
  (with your four-year membership)
• Journal of the American Medical Association
  (JAMA)
• American Medical News (Weekly Publication)
• Medical Student JAMA On-line
• Medical Books/Equipment Discounts
• Physician/Student Networking
• Scholarships Summer Internships Project
  Grants
• Visa Card, Airline, Car Rental/Insurance
  Discounts
• FREIDA GMF Database
• Conferences and a national voice to MAKE A
  DIFFERENCE

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AMA Cost Analysis

• Stedmans Dictionary w/ CD-ROM 35.00
• JAMA Subscription - 4 years 440.00
• AM News Subscription - 4 years 400.00
• Medical Textbook Savings 35
• Equipment Discounts
• Airline Discounts
• Car Rental and Car Insurance Savings
• TOTAL BENEFITS OVER 875.00!!

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Why Join the AMA??

• About 68 for a 4-year AMA Membership
• Little more than 2/month
• Interact with physicians and students from across
  the country
• Stay involved for your WHOLE career!
• Web Address http//www.amaMedStudent.orgMAKE A
  DIFFERENCE!!!

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