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American Medical Student Association
Mission:
We, the American Medical Student
Association, believe that access to quality health care is a
right, not a privilege. This implies equal access to equally
high standards of health care regardless of economic status,
political beliefs, cultural background, geographic position,
race, creed, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation
and gender identity, physical handicap, mental handicap or
institutionalization for criminal, medical or psychiatric
reasons. Since resources are limited, they should be
allocated so that they equitably promote the public health;
thus, health-care issues must be addressed in the public
forum.
The American Medical Student
Association is dedicated to the improvement of medical
education, health care, and health care delivery. We define
health as a positive, dynamic state of physical, mental and
environmental well-being, and therefore, believe that health
care should be oriented toward the achievement of health and
not solely a treatment of disease.
Service Provided:
-By educating medical students and
other members of our communities about issues affecting
health care;
-By advocating for policies
that promote the principles supported by the American
Medical Student Association;
-By supporting the involvement and
leadership skill development in of medical students in the
various issues affecting health care.
Tentative Schedule for 2012-2013:
AMSA's biggest fundraiser will be
the Medical Equipment sale, held on July 25, 2012. This will
be the main way AMSA will finance events.
AMSA plans to hold recruitment,
global health, public health, Salud es Vida workshops and
other speakers related to the mission statement. This will
be done for each semester in no particular order.
Dues: $75.00
paid once for up to 5 years of membership.
Check out the following website for
information on additional benefits:
http://www.amsa.org/member/benefits.cfm
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