AAMC OSR Representative
2 Positions
 

There are two representatives elected and the positions are open to all classes.

IN SHORT:  You get to represent the opinions of your classmates at a national level to the AAMC.  There are two conferences a year that you attend (previous locations are San Fran; Chicago; St. Simons Isl, GA; Ft Lauderdale). 

IN DETAIL:  The OSR is the student branch of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).  The OSR is charged with the representation of the undergraduate medical student body of the U.S. to the academic medicine community. Unlike other student organizations (e.g., AMA-MSS, SNMA, or AMSA), who represent their membership, the OSR's constituency comprises all medical students. The concerns of the OSR lie exclusively within academic medicine and medical education.

The OSR is comprised of representatives from each of the 125 allopathic medical schools in the United States. The sixteen medical schools from Canada are also invited to participate in OSR activities, though they do not have voting privileges. OSR's Administrative Board is
comprised of the Chair, Chair-Elect, Past-Chair, five Representatives-At-Large and four Regional Chairs. In addition, the OSR appoints students to serve as liaisons to various national committees of import to the AAMC.

You can take priorities and objectives from your colleagues and the national level and implement them at your own school. National issues include minority and majority student relations; Promotion of Project 3000x2000 (to increase minority representation within the medical student body); curriculum reform; community service; the new Web page; NBME updates; the NRMP algorithm; Draw the Line and the Humanism Award.  Individual projects, which run the gamut from student-run homeless health clinics to cross-cultural education, can be found in the OSR Resource Manual, AAMC's and OSR's web pages, and within numerous publications of the
AAMC. OSR representatives participate in coordinating various projects, including legislative petitions concerning medical students (e.g., federal loans and grant programs) and visits to Capitol Hill.   

 

For questions, contact officers using the Current Officers page.