First- and second-year medical students at Indiana University School of Medicine at Evansville had the chance to practice their skills during the school’s fourth annual skills lab. Participants practiced blood drawing, IV catheter placement, intubation and more.
The local AMA medical student section at the school hosted the event and earned the school recognition for the AMA Section Involvement Grant (SIG) Event of the Month. The skills lab also offered students the opportunity to practice airway management, pig feet suturing and basic clinical exam skills.
The section partnered with the local medical society to recruit 10 area physicians for the event, and worked with the School of Nursing at the University of Southern Indiana to secure simulation lab facilities.
“This event is a great chance for first and second year students to practice skills that will be useful in third year,” said Thomas Shelton, the AMA recruiter of IUSM-Evansville’s local AMA medical student section. “In addition, this event gives local physicians a chance to see our student body and students get a chance to talk to practicing physicians about the things they enjoy most in their jobs.”
Visit the Event of the Month Web page for a detailed description. The AMA SIG Event of the Month showcases recruitment, community service, education and AMA-MSS National Service Project events coordinated by individual AMA medical student sections.
Is your AMA medical student section holding similar events? Submit a SIG Recap Form and photos within 30 days of your event to be eligible for the Event of the Month nomination, 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
