Medical students sitting in a circle taking notes
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How to get involved in advocacy work as a medical student

Looking to advocate for change as a med student? Here’s some advice from medical students who are making a difference.

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Medical School Life
Succeeding in Medical School
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UC-Irvine medical student elected to AMA Board of Trustees

The AMA announced today that Sarah Mae Smith has been elected the next student member of the AMA Board of Trustees.

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Hunter M. Pattison, MD, an emergency medicine resident
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Hunter Pattison, MD: An advocate for local, national peers

AMA member Hunter Pattison, MD, is an emergency medicine resident who sees the impact of organized medicine at the local, national and specialty levels.

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Members Move Medicine
Tamaan K. Osbourne-Roberts, MD
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Tamaan K. Osbourne-Roberts, MD: Treating patients, shaping policy

AMA member and family physician Tamaan K. Osbourne-Roberts, MD, sees policymaking an extension of Hippocratic Oath’s call to apply “all measures which are required.”

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Mark A. Kashtan, MD, MPH
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Mark A. Kashtan, MD, MPH: Maintaining empathy in the OR

AMA member and surgical fellow Mark A. Kashtan, MD, discovered the importance of empathy in a health care well before he became a physician.

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Breyen A. Coffin, fourth-year medical student
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Breyen A. Coffin: Shaping future to best serve patients

AMA member Breyen A. Coffin, a fourth-year student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, works to shape medicine’s future while shaping his own.

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Lauren Benning, medical student
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Lauren Benning: Reducing the obesity stigma

AMA member and medical student Lauren Benning aims to take a practical, nonjudgmental approach to treating obesity.

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Portrait of Hussein A. Antar
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Hussein A. Antar: Passionately advocating for access to care

AMA member and medical student Hussein A. Antar is a passionate advocate for patients’ access to quality health care.

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Nara Tashjian, a fourth-year medical student and MBA candidate
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Nara Tashjian: A full schedule of learning and activism

AMA member Nara Tashjian will graduate with a medical degree, an MBA, and experience as an advocate, free-clinic director and medical missionary.

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