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Screening for Gun Violence

Dr. Lawrence Edwards and a representative from the National Physicians Alliance talked to students about the risks of gun ownership and how physicians should manage those risks in patients who have access to firearms.

Disparities in HIV/AIDS lunch talk with Dr. Cook

The SNMA and AMSA partnered to sponsor a lunch talk with Dr. Cook about disparities in HIV/AIDS. Dr. Cook talked to us about the history of HIV/AIDS in the United States and then led a very interesting discussion with us about disparities in access to diagnoses, treatment, and care related…

PharmFree Presentation

Teddy Fagrelius, one of AMSA’s national PharmFree representatives, visited the College of Medicine on November 5th to talk to students about conflict of interest and the relationship between physicians and pharmaceutical companies. He discussed some of the studies that demonstrated pharmaceutical influences on practicing physicians and talked about the PharmFree…

Primary Care Week – NHSC Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs Talk

The Primary Care week events continued today with a talk about the Scholarship and Loan Repayment programs offered by the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). Dr. Robert Hatch and Dr. Grant Harrell addressed a group of students interested in primary care, discussing and answering questions about the programs that the…

Inter-professional Primary Care Panel

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) collaborated with the Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and the Physician Assistant Student Association (PASA) to bring together an inter-professional panel of primary care providers that talked about how they interact with each other’s professions on a daily basis to…

Hospice Lunch Talk

Representatives from Haven Hospice came in on September 24th to educate students about hospice and it’s role in patient care. They dispelled common myths about hospice care, talked about how hospice works logistically, and discussed how they care for patients at the end of their life. The talk was hosted…

AMSA Introductory Meeting

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) had it’s first meeting of the year on August 28th. This meeting served as an overview of what AMSA is about. New members got to hear Dr. Robert Hatch speak about what AMSA stands for and has done over the years, and all…