Meetings & Events
2009-2010 School Year
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Global
Health Benefit
Concert |
Thursday Admissions: suggested
$5 donation |
Join us for a night of awesome music, salsa dancing, and global
health awareness! AMSA’s Global Health Action Committee is proud to
sponsor a global concert to benefit Operation Smile
(www.operationsmile.org). Proceeds go towards funding a cleft lips/palate
operation for a child in Admissions: suggested
$5 donation Additional details will be posted as the date approaches. Want to help us organize? Contact one of your Global
Health AC chairs: Phuong, Jared, or Radhika |
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Halloween
Carnival
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Friday |
Your
Health Awareness/Education Action Committee is planning a Healthy Halloween
Carnival, all proceeds from which will benefit the Children’s Miracle
Network! There
will be games and prizes, a silent auction, live music, pediatric “offices”,
etc. so bring all the kids you know! We
need your help in making this happen! Any help in advance of the carnival,
such as obtaining donations, advertising, making decorations, etc. would
greatly be appreciated. Additionally, we will love you and give you lots of
awesome AMSA hugs if you provide us with manual
labor on the day of the carnival :) This involves decorating, manning the
booths, and such things. Set up starts at Interested?
Email us at amsapm@unm.edu. Can’t help
but have amazing ideas to share? Email us too. |
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National
Coming Out Day (October 11) |
Tuesday (by the statues)
(in front of Zimmerman Library) |
Diversity in Medicine AC is teaming up with the |
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General
Meeting 2 |
Tuesday |
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Global
Health and Health Awareness/Education Action Committees will discuss this year’s coming events. Come see how
you can help your community! •
Halloween
Carnival and Benefit Concert
planning to raise funds for The Children’s Miracle Network and Operation
Smile •
Charades:
Doc got Your Tongue? •
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General
Meeting 1 |
Tuesday Santa Ana Room ( |
It’s
our first meeting of the school year, so come find
out what we’re all about! Learn about how you can shadow health professionals and go on internships,
inform yourself of world health problems, learn of how to advocate for health
care reform, etc. We’ll also be assigning you to action committees, so come to get your
first pick: Health Awareness/Education, Global Health, Diversity in Medicine,
and Outreach More
details to be announced…please stay tuned :) Make sure you’re on our listserv
so you can get updates. |
2008-2009 School Year
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Health
Fair |
Wednesday (between |
Events/activities
currently planned: preventative medicine, sexually transmitted diseases and
safe sex, HIV/AIDS, glucose screening, bloodtyping,
Cuidando los Ninos, Hula for your Health, military obstacle course,
and more… In
order to get all this done, we need lots of help! Please contact us at amsapm@unm.edu if you
have any time to spare, whether it be the day of the
event, or some time in the days before that. We’ll love you and give you lots
of AMSA hugs! |
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April
General Meeting: Immigrant Access to
Health Care |
Thursday |
Dr. Jamal Martin, a
faculty member in African American Studies and Clinical Assistant Professor
in the Family/Community Medicine Department will be speaking. |
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MCAT 10-question challenge with Kaplan experts |
Monday |
AMSA
and PremedClub are holding a joint event with This is a great event to come to if you're
taking the MCAT this year and not sure how you
would score. You'll try 10 tough MCAT questions and
learn 10 winning strategies to help you succeed on Test Day. Find out if
you're ready for the real thing! |
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Educational
Booth on antibacterial products |
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Update: Our event is over, but here is a place where you
can learn more about how bacteria develops antibiotic resistance: http://health.howstuffworks.com/antibacterial-soap-outlawed1.htm Use
of antibacterial soap, sanitizer, etc. has led to rampant development of
bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics! We
will be passing out informative fliers and free hand soap
(a safer alternative), so stop by! |
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General
Meeting: Health Policy & Advocacy |
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Do you believe in serving patients through health care reform? Being a well-rounded pre-med means more than a good MCAT score and high GPA. It’s even more than the
extracurricular activities. To present yourself as a competitive candidate,
you also need to be knowledgeable about health care issues. It would be even
better if you can demonstrate to medical schools that you not only know about
such issues, but have also been involved in some way. How do you become involved, you ask? Join us at the meeting to learn
about health care legislation that are in Congress,
and how you can participate in health care reform. If health policy is not your thing… we will also be forming
committees for various events this semester, and we’re looking for members.
Here is your chance to end the humdrum of sitting in the audience at pre-med
meetings! Refreshments will be served :) |
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It’s MCAT season again! We’re sure you are
all excited! The preparation process is hard in a number of ways—intellectually,
psychologically, etc.—and yes, even financially. If you are thinking of
taking a prep course, but are not sure if it’s right
for you, check this event out! |
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Silent
Auction: Kaplan
MCAT Class |
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Update: The MCAT course went for $650.00 For those of you who didn’t
participate…you missed out on an awesome opportunity! Keep watching though,
because we’ll be auctioning off another course this semester. Do you want to prep for the MCAT with a
Kaplan course? Taking the MCAT in 2009? Attend a Kaplan MCAT class for cheap! Class
normally priced at $1,899. Bidding starts at $500.00. Serious bidders only please! Email amsapm@unm.edu with the following
information: *Name Payment must be made in full Upcoming Kaplan MCAT classes in 12/06/2008 -
03/28/2009 For more information on the MCAT, go to: http://www.kaptest.com http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/ |
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Rock
for Cancer Awareness |
Friday Rodey Theater (inside Popejoy
Hall) Admission: $7 for students $10 for everyone else Tickets are available at the Popejoy box
office, and will also be available at the door. |
Come have fun and help us raise
money for cancer awareness and
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Healthy
Cookbook |
Ongoing |
AMSA is putting together a cookbook as a fundraiser,
and we're looking for awesome recipes! Submit your recipes to amsapm@unm.edu
and you might just see it in print |
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Toy
Drive Carrie
Tingley Children’s Hospital |
Ongoing in November |
We are holding a toy drive throughout the month of November for
children at *every floor of Lair Nov 17-23, Dec 1-7 *Castetter
Hall front office (Biology Bldg) until the end of the semester *Or bring toys to any of our
events We will spend a day during the month of December to deliver toys to the
kids, spend time with them, and decorate the wards :) If you are interested
in joining us, send AMSA an email at
amsapm@unm.edu. |
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Veto
the ‘Squito Malaria
documentary screening and fundraiser |
Wednesday University Honors Forum (under the $10 admission |
Malaria
kills. Send
a net. Save
a life. Every
year between 350-500 million people are infected with malaria, and over one
million of those infected die from the disease. The majority of these deaths
are of children. Long lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) can lower malaria transmission by up to 90
percent. Together,
we can cover Join us for a documentary screening on
the devastating effects of malaria and learn how simple $10 bed nets can save
these children’s lives. Admission is $10, and proceeds go
towards purchase of bed nets. We will have music and hot cocoa! |
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General
Meeting |
Tuesday |
Thinking about applying to medical school for Fall 2010 (or
eventually)? Are you taking the MCAT next semester
(2009)? Confused by all the stuff you need to do to apply? Asking yourself how
the heck do you get at least 3 letters of recommendations? Ask no more! An expert from Kaplan will be here to address those
questions you’re itching to know the answers to! Join us afterwards for some fun, fun, fun ^_^ (details will follow) |
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Health
Sack Lunch |
Thursday and Friday |
AMSA is selling $5 sack lunches to raise lots of
money! A sack lunch includes your choice of: *sandwich: PB&J or Nutella/Jam *organic produce: apple,
carrots, or banana *snack: chips or granola bar *juice: apple, berry, or
tropical All for the low, low price of only $5.00! (cash
only please!) Stop by to support us by helping out (and earning some membership
points) or by buying a lunch! Tell/bring your friends too :) |
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General
Meeting Universal
Health Care |
Wednesday |
Missed the meeting?
Click here
for an overview of what we did. Time: Location: At its root, the lack of health care for all in Do
you agree or disagree? Come
listen to Dr. Bruce Trigg speak on the current state of the There will be ample time afterwards for an
informative yet fun discussion—bring your arguments for or against universal
health care. It’s bound to be an intellectually stimulating meeting! |
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General
Meeting Intro
to AMSA and pre-med opportunities |
Tuesday
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Interested in going
away for a weekend to learn more about Global AIDS or Universal Health Care? Do you want to shadow a
physician (or other health practitioners)? Are you interested in
long-term volunteer opps? Is Do you want personal
advice about medical school from someone who used to sit on an admissions
committee? Find out more by
joining us at the first meeting! Date/Time: |
Stay
tuned for future meetings & events!