AMWA Upcoming Events, Branch Shoutout, Mentorship Program Application, Job Opportunities, Scholarships, Hispanic Heritage Month, and more! |
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September 2022 Newsletter |
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Please click "view entire message" at the bottom of this newsletter to view its entirety. Have an update for the newsletter? Have artwork or research you would like to highlight? Submit it here.
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Transforming Healthcare: Celebrating Women in Medicine
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Wednesday,
Sept. 7th
4pm PT / 7pm ET
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Show your support during September Women in Medicine Month!
Join this New Annual Lectureship with Women in Legacy Foundation to discuss the impact women have made in the medical field!
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One World, One War Against COVID - What's Next?
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Tuesday,
September 13th
5pm PT / 8pm ET
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Interested in the past, present, and future challenges of COVID?
Join this discussion to hear global women physicians and leaders share their best practices in addressing the new variants.
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Flipping the Script on Defensive Medicine
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Monday,
September 19th
5pm PT / 8pm ET
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Interested in the legal ways to protect yourself and fight burnout?
Join this webinar to hear about medical errors, malpractice claims, and risk prevention in defensive medicine.
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3rd Town Hall on Reproductive Care Post-Roe
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Tuesday,
September 20th
5pm PT / 8pm ET
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Interested in the legal implications of medical practice for physicians in the current climate?
Join this forum to learn about the changing medical landscape and plan action steps together.
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Twitter Fireside Chat: Gender Equal Pandemics
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Tuesday,
September 20th
7am PT / 10am ET
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Interested in gender equity issues in pandemic response?
Join this Twitter chat to discuss gender equal leadership, pandemic preparedness, and safe working conditions of health workers.
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ADVOCATE: For Ourselves, Our Patients, And Each Other
Region 2 & 3
Virtual Conference
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Saturday,
October 1st
7am-1pm PT / 10am-4pm ET
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Interested in networking with other AMWA students and physicians?
Come see panels and AMWA committee presentations centered around mentorship, advocacy, and advancement in medicine!
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Louisiana State University
Region 5
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Planning Blood Drive with NPHC
On August 22nd, the LSU AMWA Premedical Officers met over Zoom to plan a blood drive that brings awareness to blood shortage in the U.S. as well as how it specifically affects African Americans. They will be collaborating with the National Pan-Hellenic Council on this event.
Keep up the great work LSU!
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Be featured on the AMWA instagram for September's Heritage Month Posts! |
The National AMWA Premedical Division wants to highlight Hispanic pre-medical members in our community in honor of Sept. 15-Oct.15 being Hispanic Heritage Month!
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2022-2023 National Mentorship Program Application NOW OPEN! |
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DEADLINE TO APPLY: Friday, Sept. 30th @ 11:59pm ET
lf you would like to be a part of AMWA's National Mentorship Program for the 2022-23 (even if you would like to continue and keep the same mentor/mentee pairing), please fill out the application form below.
We look forward to launching a new year of revamped mentorship activities, such as our mentorship committee webinar series, newsletter, annual conference networking & the introduction of our new streamlined mentorship platform (Qooper) to connect students from coast to coast!
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Job Openings for Premedical Students in L.A. |
Are you a premed living in Los Angeles?
Are you in your gap years looking for a paid, full-time clinical position? Bloom Obstetrics & Gynecology is hiring a medical assistant, billing specialist, patient navigator, and health & wellness coach.
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Volunteers Needed for the AMWA Social Media Team! |
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Have a project idea that you want to pursue on a national level?
This is an opportunity to lead or work on a National AMWA Project over the summer or year-round!
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Is your branch achieving great things? Want to be featured in the next newsletter? |
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Membership Scholarship (Need-based fee waiver)
AMWA understands that the cost of joining professional organizations such as AMWA can be a burden when taking into consideration the cost of applying to medical school and other expenses. In an effort to be more inclusive and break down financial barriers, AMWA has created a need-based membership scholarship for students interested in joining AMWA. Recipients of the scholarship will be chosen on a rolling basis based on extenuating circumstances and personal embodiment of AMWA’s goals.
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The Science Ambassador Scholarship
Open to any high school senior or undergraduate student who is pursuing or planning to pursue STEM programs. Applicants must create a video explaining a STEM topic which they are interested in.
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Menstrual Equity. Period - Sewing skills and donations needed for reusable menstrual pad packs for Suriname, in collaboration with the First Lady of Suriname.
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AMWA Premedical Brochure
Are you taking advantage of all that the AMWA Premedical Division has to offer? Have questions about AMWA and what it means to be a member? Interested in becoming more involved with AMWA?
Read and share our brochure to learn all about our division. Learn about our task forces, committees, blog, virtual shadowing, workshops, mentorship program, and more!
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Please fill out this form to nominate a Premedical AMWA Member to be spotlighted by our National Premedical Division!
We want to recognize and celebrate all of the phenomenal work our premedical members do to change the future of medicine.
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Feature your work on the Premedical Division Blog |
The Premedical Division welcomes talented writers who are passionate about sharing their experiences as premedical students - and helping others, too! If you would like to contribute to our Premedical Blog, please fill out this form.
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Leader Highlight
Dana Shuaibi, Awards Chair
Dana Shuaibi is an undergraduate honors student at UIUC pursuing a degree in Statistics and a minor in Chemistry. She plans to go into the field of Psychiatry. At UIUC, Dana is a member of the AMWA branch, the Outreach Chair of PCRF, and the Co-Founder and Vice President of Positive Pre-Meds, a mental health advocacy club for pre-health students. Dana just concluded a research assistant position in UIUC's Department of Communication where she helped to analyze patient-provider communication among IMG's. Outside of campus she has volunteered at Carle Foundation Hospital in the Pediatric and Cardiopulmonary Departments, spends her summers tutoring through AOC's Homework Helpers Program, and will soon be volunteering at Advocate Christ Medical Center and with Crisis Text Line. Aside from being AMWA's current Awards Chair, Dana is an intern and ambassador for AMWA as well.
"Even though it hasn't been that long, being a part of AMWA has already given me a great opportunity to meet and work with other amazing women who share similar passions, and I look forward to continue doing so!"
Fun fact: Dana is trilingual!
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Be an activist and spread awareness in September! |
Observances include:
Healthy Aging Month,
National Recovery Month,
National Food Safety and Education Month,
National Child Obesity Awareness Month,
and much more! Find out here.
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