The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), with nearly a half-century history of medical student activism, is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States. Founded in 1950 to provide medical students a chance to participate in organized medicine, AMSA began under the auspices of the American Medical Association. Starting in 1960, the association refocused its energies on the problems of the medically underserved, inequities in our health-care system and related issues in medical education. Since 1968, AMSA has been a fully independent student organization.
Today, AMSA is a student-governed, national organization committed to representing the concerns of physicians-in-training. With a membership of more than 68,000 including medical and premedical students, residents and practicing physicians from across the country, AMSA continues its commitment to improving medical training and the nation’s health.
When you join AMSA, you become part of a vital force of future physicians who believe that health professionals and patients are partners in the management and maintenance of health, and that access to high-quality health care is a right and not a privilege. At AMSA, activism is a way of life. Student idealism is transformed into meaningful public service, innovation and institutional change.
Joining AMSA & Receiving A Free Netter
There is a one-time $75 fee to join AMSA for up to 5 years of medical school. (You will receive a free Netter’s Atlas!) Simply apply online under the membership link, apply for a credit card, and bring print outs of both the membership and credit card to the appropriate meeting. You can also join at any time, simply email our current secretary. In order to take advantage of our special offer of a free Netter atlas with membership, please follow these steps:
After applying for an AMSA medical membership online, apply for your AMSA/Bank of America WorldPoints® MasterCard® Credit Card online at www.amsacreditcard.com.
After you apply for both, be sure to print out both your
(1) Bank of America confirmation page, along with
(2) your AMSA membership confirmation page from our online medical membership application to take back to your chapter officer to obtain your Free Netter.
Check with your chapter officer for more details. Offer expires and must be redeemed by October 31, 2008.
Benefits Of AMSA Membership
(For more information, go to http://www.amsa.org/member/benefits.cfm)
- Active Involvement In The CMS Chapter: Though almost all AMSA events are open to everyone in the RFUMS community, membership in AMSA allows you to participate in our AMSA committees and to help in the discussion, planning, and leadership of AMSA events.
- Active Involvement In National AMSA: AMSA represents medical student issues at the national level, offering many opportunities for learning, leadership, and connecting with other student, medical professions, and political/social figures.
- Gifts For Joining Worth More Than Membership Fee: Membership and signing up for the AMSA credit card makes you eligible to receive a free Netter’s “Atlas of Human Anatomy,” a book that is more or less essential for anatomy lab and anatomy reference. The cost of joining AMSA is less than buying a Netter without getting membership, and by utilizing the other discounts (see below), AMSA membership is a steal, and you get all of the other benefits of AMSA has to offer.
- Barnes & Noble Exclusive discounts: Get great discounts at http://www.bn.com/AMSA/ and free shipping on all orders over $25.
- Access To Resources For Your Vision: Through being involved in AMSA, you will have the opportunities and resources of both RFUMS and national AMSA. By working with AMSA, you can find the connections and resources you need to work with people to organize your advocacy, community service, educational, or related project.
- Subscription To The New Physician Magazine: The New Physician is the official magazine of AMSA; it contains articles are issues that are important to both medical student life and healthcare in general. A subscription is included with AMSA membership.
- Discount Rates On Insurance, Hotels and Car Rentals: AMSA members receive special offers on auto, health, life, and home/condo/renter insurance, as well as discounts at participating Choice brand hotels and Alamo car rental locations.
- Discounts On Medical Equipment and Literature: AMSA members receive discounts from AMSA’s Barnes & Noble online store and can shop at AMSA’s reduced price equipment PDA store, as well as the Medical Store for equipment. Also, AMSA members receive a significant discount on the non-profit The Medical Letter journal, a publication that is renowned for its unbiased drug research information.
- AMSA Financial Options: Beside the MBNA/Bank of America MasterCard and its benefits, members are given special offers for loan consolidation, line of credit and mortgages.
- Save Big on the Top-Rated USMLERx Step 1 Question Bank: USMLERx has 3000+ high-yield questions and explanations integrated with First Aid for the USMLE Step 1. Predictive of actual USMLE performance. Pass guarantee. Look for exclusive member discounts in October. Learn more at http://www.usmlerx.com/amsa.
For a complete list of benefits, visit http://amsa.org/member/benefits.cfm
