Help Yourself to Chipotle Before we start, you can save time by doing the following:

1. Help Yourself to Chipotle Before we start, you can save time by doing the following: • Check your current AMSA BUCKS total • Sign up/Pay Local for • Local Membership • Spring 2012 T-shirts • If you are interested in joining a committee or program, and you have to leave before 6pm; sign up now • Pre-Med Week/Dinner • Cancer Awareness • Relay For Life • Mentorship Program

2. Pre-Medical American Medical Student Association

3. What is AMSA? • The American Medical Student Association is committed to improving health care and healthcare delivery to all people; promoting active improvement in medical education; involving its members in the social, moral and ethical obligations of the profession of medicine; assisting in the improvement and understanding of world health problems; contributing to the welfare of medical students, premedical students, interns, residents and post-MD/DO trainees; and advancing the profession of medicine • Develop the well-balanced and competitive • Medical school applicant • Student that will grow professionally • and personally through community service, • workshops, health advocacy, and friendships

4. Who are we? • Members (national and local members) • Board of Officers • Faculty Advisor (Tricia Todd)

5. What do we do locally? • Social Events • All membership parties, bowling night, etc. • Volunteer Events • People Serving People • Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack • Relay for Life • Health Advocacy • AIDS and HIV Awareness • Better World Books for Invisible Children • Mentorship Program • Pre-Med Week • Pre-Med Dinner • Speakers: • Physicians/Healthcare Professionals • Medical Schools Deans • Medical Students • Workshops • Personal statement/MCAT • Medical school interview

6. What do we stand for nationally? • AMSA is committed to improving the lives of medical students, physicians and residents. • Strong advocates for • Quality and affordable health care for all • Global Health Equity • Enriching Medicine Through Diversity • Professional Integrity, Development and Student Well-Being

7. When/How Often do we meet? • We will be meeting every Wednesday from 5 to 6 pm • MCB 3-120 • Meetings usually last one hour and enter and exit anytime • Food will be provided at every meeting 

8. Why Pre-Med AMSA? • Pre-Med AMSA is the fastest growing Pre-Med group with over 65,000 members nation wide ranging from pre-med students, medical students and physicians • National Membership is recognized by all medical schools , must be national member to put on AMCAS • Leadership opportunity that is not based on seniority but by dedication • When you join AMSA, you become part of a vital force of future physicians who believe that patients and health professionals are partners in the management of health care 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.  

9. How do I join? • Attend our weekly meetings and get involved • Become part of committees/apply for committee chairs • Local Membership • Sign up with any Pre-Med AMSA board member for $20 a year • National Membership • Sign up 5 years and this allows you to put Pre-Med AMSA on AMCAS Application for $75

10. Communication • Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/U-of-MN-Pre-Med-AMSA/132084770208919 • Website: www.umnpremed.com • Listserv emails: • Our email address: premed@umn.edu • Two emails a week • One with weekly meeting notes/PowerPoint • One with details on week’s meeting • Check the website www.umnpremed.com for meeting notes, volunteer/internship/research opportunities and AMSA BUCKS Google doc

11. Local Membership • $20 Local membership fee • Volunteer through our programs • Earn AMSA Bucks • Food at weekly member meetings • Use local stackable Kaplan Course deal on top of the 10% discount for eligible national members • Apply for a spot in the AMSA medical school mentorship program • AMSA membership folder • Reduced cost for admission to Pre-Med Dinner • Apply for committee chair • Apply for board positions during elections • Join Committees

12. AMSA BUCKS • AMSA BUCKS is a way for us to keep track of participation in our group to apply them towards board elections at the end of the year. • Keep track of your AMSA BUCKS through our Google document, available on www.umnpremed.com • AMSA BUCKS is also a way for KAPLAN to keep track of local membership involvement before letting members use the exclusive 10% stackable discounts • Email secretary Krista deco0082@umn.edu if you have any questions

13. National Membership • Exclusive Bank of America Credit Card/ Personal Financial Resources • 10% Kaplan MCAT Test Prep Discount • USMLERx Subscription Discount • COMBANK Test Prep for COMPLEX Preparation • The New England Journal of Medicine • Subscription Discount • Special discounts on AMSA Store-bags, • books, bottles, pins, and tees • Discounts on Mobile Medical Apps • Student Health Insurance Discounts • $75 membership fee that lasts for 5 years • Eligible to legally list AMSA on AMCAS Medical School Application • Theime Publishers New Member Offer and Discount • Free 1 year pro membership to Winkingskull.com

14. National Membership Continued… • GEICO Auto/Home/Condo Renter’s Insurance Discount • Vision Direct Contact Lenses Discounts • Choice Hotels Nation-wide Discounts • National & Alamo Car Rental Discounts • Lexicomp Drug References Discount • Medical Protective Access to Inspiration Exchange Member • Networking Portal Access to the AMSA Career Development Program • Residency Program Reviews

15. Conferences • Pre-Med AMSA offers members many opportunities to social network and exchange ideas and knowledge through conferences • Conference Opportunity this semester: • National AMSA Conference in Houston, TX • Past Conferences: • UC Davis • John Hopkins • San Diego • Chicago

16. Volunteer Opportunities • Better World Books • Relay for Life • People Serving People Homeless Shelter Chefs For Change • Ronald McDonald House • Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack

17. Mentorship/Social Networking • UMN Medical AMSA and UMN Pre-Med AMSA Medical Student Mentorship Program • Pre-Med Dinner with U of MN Med School Faculty and Doctors • Study Groups for organic chemistry, physics, etc.

18. Mentorship Program • 1 on 1-2 meetings over lunch/coffee 1-2 times a month. • Program primarily for freshman and sophomores looking learn more about Med school, and for those who wish to network. • Pairing priority will be given to those with the most AMSA Bucks. • Lunch/dinner at the end of the semester with all the Med students and undergraduates who participated in the program.

19. Mentorship Meeting Details • GPA and MCAT and online preparation • AMCAS (personal statements, secondaries) • Extracurricular (volunteering, shadowing, leadership, community services) • Research Opportunities • Letters of recommendation (who to get them from and other tips) • Intro to interviewing (interview process, what to wear, commonly asked questions, how to prepare)

20. Events • Pre-Med Week • Blood Drives • All Membership Parties • Bioethics Week • Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack Event

21. MCAT/Medical School Prep • Kaplan Practice MCAT exams • Mock Interviews • Personal Statement • Exclusive 10% stackable discount for all AMSA members

22. FRIENDSHIPS 

23. Plans for Spring 2012 • Feb 1st: Volunteer/Research/Internship Opportunities Meeting • Feb 3rd: All Membership Party/Bonding Event • Feb 8th: HIV/AIDS Foundation Presentation • Feb 9th: AIDS Action Day at the State Capitol • Feb 15th: Dr. Wilson and Dr. Moller- Cardiologists • Feb 27tH: Blood Drive • Feb 29th: Children's Hospital Event • Mar 7th: Two Plastic Surgeons from the UMN Physicians Council • Mar 26th-30th: Pre-Med Week/Pre-Med Dinner • Apr 18th: Dr. Nissly DO and Dr. Waldron-Trapp ND-Alternative Medicine

24. Changes from Fall 2011 • AMSA BUCKS Google document structure • Website tabs • Food: served at 4:45 pm and meeting will start at 5:00 pm • Committee Structure: • Charter Signature • Committee Chair Positions with more Responsibilities • Deduction of AMSA BUCKS

25. SIGN-UP and Get INVOLVED!!! • Pre-Pay for a $10 T-shirt today! • Mentorship Program!!! Applications will be sent out to those who signed up tonight • COMMITTEES Sign Ups: • Cancer Awareness • Pre-Med Week/Dinner • Relay for Life

26. 2012 Pay It Forward Tours When? Spring Break 2012 (March 9-17) Where? Denver, CO / Washington D.C. / Dallas, TX What? 9-day community service road trip in which students travel across the country serving others by completing large-group community service projects Cost? $450 ( includes transportation, 2 shirts, entertainment, 2 meals a day, and lodging) Want to know more / Sign up? Call: 612-460-7853 Email: Stlf@umn.edu Website: www.stlf.net/chapters/umtc/events Find Us On:

27. Next Week… Vote for All membership Party Theme (Fri Feb 3rd): -Doctors & Scrubs -Nerds -Decades (80s, 90s) -Costume Party • Volunteer/Research/Internship Opportunities Meeting • Presentations by: • HCMC Research Associate Program • ALLIED Medical Training • Teach for America • Children's Hospital • And much more!