organization
American Medical Student Association
contactpage
https://www.amsa.org/contact/
website url
https://www.amsa.org
tag names
Public Health, Community Organizing
description
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) is an independent, member-based association for future physicians (pre‑medical and medical students). AMSA provides education, professional development, mentorship, networking, and leadership training for students and chapters across the U.S. and internationally. It operates programs such as residency preparation, mentorship sprints, scholars programs, and an Academy of learning, and administers projects on topics like reproductive health and digital rural health.
AMSA organizes events and conferences (including the Future Physicians for Change/Annual Convention and a Digital Health Innovation Festival), hosts action committees and advocacy campaigns, publishes resources and a blog, and supports student activism on health policy, equity, and access to care. The organization also maintains chapters, partner relationships with institutions and sponsors, and an affiliated AMSA Foundation that handles grants and related support.
entity structure secondary
detailnotes
Student professional association (nonprofit) Topics: medical education, student mentorship and leadership development, advocacy and health policy, residency preparation, reproductive health and reproductive justice, digital rural health and telehealth, diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine, student networking and chapters, conferences and events, scholarships and grants, global health