AMSA at IUPUI Premedical Chapter

Hello everyone!

Our first meeting for fall semester will be September 8, 2009  at 1:30pm in University Library (UL) 1116. This meeting will provide information about AMSA, so come learn more about us and bring any questions that you would like answered! In addition, Leslie Baker with Kaplan will be present to give information about the free practice MCAT Kaplan is offering on September 19, 2009. As always, there will be free food!

AMSA is a great organization that offers the opportunity to get involved on our campus in a way that will benefit our professional goals. There will also be many volunteer opportunities available throughout the semester, as well as access to IUSM and other professional schools and their facilities.

We hope to see you at the meeting!

We are pleased to announce the results of our annual election. Our newly elected officers for the 2009-10 academic year are:

President: Savahanna Wise

Vice President: Nicole Frey

Secretary: Richard FioRito

IUSM Liaison: Carly Guest-Williams

Marketing & Recruitment Chair: Camilo Ballesteros

We offer a huge thank you to all of those who ran for an office, and a warm welcome to those newly elected!

We had a great turn-out for our last meeting of the semester with 35 in attendance. Thank you all for joining us. We had a terrific guest speaker, Calvin Roberson from the Indiana Minority Health Coalition (IMHC). If you would like to follow up on his presentation or learn more about volunteer opportunities with IMHC, please contact Calvin. His contact information is included with the meeting minutes.

We also heard from Leslie Baker regarding Kaplan’s MCAT prep course. We ended the day with a silent auction for one of the Kaplan courses. Our winner was Jacob Beerbower. Congratulations Jacob, and good luck on your upcoming MCAT!

We discussed several more important issues. For more information, check out our minutes below.

April 14, 2009 Meeting Minutes

Good luck on finals everyone!

Hello AMSA members and potential guests! This is a friendly reminder that our last meeting of this semester is coming up. We’ll meet at the IUPUI University Library on Tuesday the 14th at noon, room UL 1116. Calvin Roberson of the Indiana Minority Health Coalition will be our guest speaker. In addition, we’ll be auctioning off a Kaplan MCAT prep course, valued at $1799.00, to the highest bidder (sealed-bid auction).

Don’t miss this exciting meeting. We’re looking forward to seeing you Tuesday.

Minutes 1-22-2009

IUPUI Premedical Physician Shadowing Program

This is a newly established program by the IUPUI Pre-med Club. Visit their website via the link above for more information on the club and the shadowing program. You can also contact Pre-med Club at premed@iupui.edu.

Thursday 1-22-2009   (UL1116)
• Holly will talk about the new IUPUI Premedical Physician Shadowing Program
Wednesday 2-18-2009   (UL1116)
• Connor Deal – Premedical Regional Director for AMSA National
Tuesday 3-24-2009    (UL1116)
• Osteopathic medicine
Tuesday 4-14-2009   (UL1116)
• Tammie confirmed Calvin Roberson (MPH, MHA, and VP of Planning & Program Development for Indiana Minority Health Coalition). He will speak for 45 minutes, concentrating on health disparities and what we can do about them.
• We will also need to hold elections at some point this month.
• Possibly a combined auction with Pre-med Club (Holly needs to contact Kaplan to see if there are conflicts with this)

Hello everyone,

Just a heads-up about some great programming by the Indiana University School of Medicine this spring.

MINI MED SCHOOL FLYER 09

Medical Myths and Facts
Presented by IU Mini Medical School

Registration is required, but FREE!
Visit http://medicine.iu.edu/minimed or call 317-274-7722 to sign up.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
7:00 – 9:00pm
Campus Center Room 409
“Myths and Facts of Vaccines and Immunizations”
Presenters: Ann Zerr, MD and Kimberly Stigler, MD

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
7:00 – 9:00pm
Campus Center Room 409
“Myths and Facts of Pain: Is it all in your head?”
Presenters: Lee Learman, MD, PhD and Palmer MacKie, MD

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
7:00 – 9:00pm
Campus Center Room 409
“Myths and Facts of Genetic Testing”
Presenters: Mary Pell Abernathy, MD and Kim Quaid, PhD

Wednesday, February 25, 2009
7:00 – 9:00pm
Campus Center Room 409
“Myths and Facts of Medicine: What doctors believe”
Presenters: Aaron Carroll, MD and Rachel Vreeman, MD

Here are the meeting minutes from 11-12-2008 and 12-3-2008.

Minutes 11-12-2008

Minutes 12-3-2008

Welcome New Executive Board:

President – Holly Kloss
Vice President – Savahanna Wise
Secretary – Nicole Frey
Assistant Secretary – Jacob Layer
Treasurer – Tammie Nelson
Recruitment Coordinator – Juan Camilo Ballesteros
Chapter Representative – Matthew Sullivan
IUSM Liaison – Tolonda Larry
IUSM Co-chair – Matt Rodgers
Social Committee Chair – Tiffany Blackgrove
AMSA National Liaison – Ashley Butler

Hello everyone!

Candidates have been finalized, and all of their profiles are available on our website at http://amsa-iupui.org/join-amsa/.

A description of the entire elections process is also available on the website.

TO VOTE:
Please visit Click Here to take survey   (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=EFgw87rF_2fci4w_2f37mr5xJA_3d_3d)

You must be a dues-paying national AMSA member to vote. Therefore, you must provide your member ID number. This information will not be associated with your vote or made available to anyone but me. If you are unsure of your member ID number, please email Holly (hkloss@iupui.edu) for confirmation.

Only one vote will be counted per person, based on member ID number.

Online voting will be open until midnight on Tuesday, November 11th. Voting in person will be available at our November meeting on Wednesday, November 12th from Noon – 1:15 in University Library UL 1116.

Winners will be announced at the conclusion of our meeting on Wednesday, November 12th.

Candidates should be present at the November meeting, if possible. Runners-up may have the chance to choose a committee to lead if they do not get their position of choice. However, candidates must be present at the meeting to do this.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to contact me!

Holly

hkloss@iupui.edu