Interim in San Diego, Nov 4-6

This year’s AMA Medical Student Section (MSS) Interim Assembly Meeting will be held Nov. 4–6 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, preceding the Interim Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates. Scheduled events include three days of education programs on a wide range of topics, policymaking sessions, the eighth annual AMA-MSS and AMA Resident and Fellow Section research symposium, and a national service project event.

Please keep the following deadlines in mind.

• Research symposium abstracts are due Aug. 31.
• Convention committee applications are due Sept. 6.
• Final resolutions with checklist are due Oct. 1; a draft resolution must be posted on the AMA-MSS health policy and news listserv by Sept. 10.
• Meeting registration and AMA Board of Trustees, chair-elect and regional delegate applications are due Oct. 1.

Visit the AMA-MSS Interim Assembly Meeting Web page for more information and for applications.

In addition, the AMA-MSS would like to hear your ideas for programs during the meeting. Ideas are due Sept. 6.

Apply to serve in the House of Delegates

In November during the AMA Medical Student Section (MSS) Interim Assembly Meeting, the section will elect regional delegates and alternate delegates to represent medical students’ collective voice in the AMA House of Delegates at AMA national meetings. Serving as a medical student regional delegate is an excellent way to participate in the policymaking process and help shape the AMA’s advocacy efforts.

Applications, including endorsement signatures, are due Oct. 1. Visit the AMA-MSS Interim Assembly Meeting Web page for more information and application materials.

The system we will inherit: What does the Affordable Care Act mean for tomorrow's physicians?

Join AMA Immediate Past President J. James Rohack, MD, and AMA government relations advocacy fellow Nick Rohrhoff at 7 p.m. Eastern time Aug. 17 for an informative webinar about how the Affordable Care Act—the new health system reform law—affects future physicians.

Titled "The system we will inherit: What does the Affordable Care Act mean for tomorrow’s physicians?," this 60-minute program will explore health system reform from the perspective of America’s next generation of physicians. From traditional issues such as graduate medical education and the physician work force to emerging subjects like delivery reform, the program will cover material in the new law that matters to medical students and residents.

The webinar will address such questions as:

• How will health system reform affect my patients and my profession?
• Did the law deal directly with medical student issues?
• Is health system reform over?

Audience participation is encouraged. Space is limited, so register early.

For all you third years...Guide to scrubbing in.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/725336?src=mp&spon=25&uac=147602PZ