The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Mini-Med School Day event earned the school the latest AMA Section Involvement Grant (SIG) Event of the Month award.
The local AMA Medical Student Section (MSS) at the college partnered with the Student National Medical Association on campus and invited 40 minority high school students to participate in a variety of activities and gain exposure to the health care field. The medical students aimed to encourage, inspire and motivate the minority high school students to pursue medicine and a career as a physician.
(Photo at left: Mary Evans, a first-year medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) discusses a career in medicine with a local high school student during the school’s Mini-Med School Day.)
The AMA SIG Event of the Month award showcases recruitment, community service, education and AMA-MSS National Service Project events coordinated by individual AMA medical student sections.
The MCW medical students plan to continue this event and hope to reach hundreds of minority high school students in the upcoming years. The AMA provided funding for medical supplies. Visit the Event of the Month Web page for a detailed description.
Is your AMA-MSS holding similar events? When you request a grant through the AMA Section Involvement Grant program, you are automatically eligible for the Event of the Month award, which the AMA selects each month. At the end of the school year, all monthly awards will be showcased in June at the AMA-MSS Annual Assembly Meeting and be voted on by students for one "Event of the Year" winner.
Through the SIG program, the AMA-MSS provides an opportunity for local AMA medical student sections to:
- Educate students about the AMA and provide an opportunity for students to get more involved
- Help put AMA policy into action by providing a service to medical school campuses or communities
- Engage in activities that focus on AMA's top priorities
AMA-MSS members can check out the Event of the Month winners for the past year and cast their vote for the 2013-14 Event of the Year. Look for an email with a link to vote for your favorite event of the month. Voting closes May 26, and the winning school will be announced at the AMA-MSS Annual Meeting, June 5-7 in Chicago.
