Students from the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School promoted healthy habits and health literacy to more than 200 families and children at a recent community health fair, earning the school an AMA Section Involvement Grant (SIG) award.
The school’s local AMA Medical Student Section (MSS) collaborated with student interest groups from their school—including the Healthy Living Task Force and the Rutgers Physician Assistant Program—to host five interactive booths on immunization, hygiene, sexually transmitted diseases, healthy living and exercise. Various workshops and games were used to engage with the community members.
The AMA provided funding for booth materials. Visit the AMA 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 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 Meeting and will 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 the AMA’s top priorities
