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Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. 2016 Regina Gandour-Edwards, M.D. Councilor. AOA or AΩA. Medical honor society for US and Canada Founded 1902 U Illinois by medical students to promote improvement of scholastic standards and to advance the profession

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Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

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  1. Alpha Omega AlphaMedical Honor Society 2016 Regina Gandour-Edwards, M.D. Councilor

  2. AOA or AΩA • Medical honor society for US and Canada • Founded 1902 U Illinois by medical students to promote improvement of scholastic standards and to advance the profession • In 1902, medical education was a largely unregulated apprenticeship model of varying quality. • Flexner report 1910

  3. Alpha Omega Alpha • Greek alphabet- first last first letters which signifies the scope of medicine • Motto “Worthy to Serve the Suffering” • 124 medical school chapters • Medical students, residents/fellows, faculty, alumni • RGE will join national board of directors for three year term October 2015

  4. Student Selection National Standards • Eligible • Top 25 Percent of Class • Election • One Sixth of Class • Scholastic Achievement • Leadership, Fairness, Compassion, Integrity, Service Recommended 6% during Junior year and remainder Senior Year

  5. UC Davis SOM Student Selection • USMLE Step One score as surrogate for academic achievement in Year 1 and 2 • Best marker in a pass/fail system • Honors in the six required year three clerkships i.e. Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetric Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry • Generates a composite score for top 25% • Closed confidential meetings for election • Character strengths/issues

  6. UC Davis SOM Student Selection February: Select 6 (6%) from the year three class. Will have 3 clerkship grades. Select up to 3 Housestaff and 2 Faculty and/or 1 Alumnus. July: Select remainder of graduating class (now 4th years) for total of 17%. Have all clerkship grades.

  7. Value • National recognition • Assist in residency applications • Responsibility to provide service to school during busy Year 4. • Educational and service projects

  8. AWA Programs • PHAROS Magazine • Visiting Professorships • Student Research Fellowships • Student Essay and Poetry Contests • Student Service Leadership Awards • Postgraduate awards

  9. The Pharos AOA magazine featuring essays, poems, artwork relative to medicine Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt One of the ancient wonders of the world

  10. National AOA Student Service Leadership Award • Awarded February 2015 • Partners in Transforming Communities and Health Care • Building leadership skills • Class of 2018 initiative • Jeremy Johnson, Phil Summers, Ian Kim • Trevor Cline, Melody Tran, Kara Brodie • Marielle Bolano, Karla Martinez-Tavera

  11. UC Davis AWA Event Fundraiser AOAle Brew Benefit Funds our community service projects February 25, 2017

  12. UCD AOA Chapter Service Awards • Grants ($500-750) for innovative medical student projects • 2016 grants Shah Steiner Class of 2018: Medical Explorers Thinh Chau Class of 2018: VN Cares

  13. UCD AOA Chapter Service Awards • Mary Obasi Class of 2019: Ulezi Health Fair • Christine Nguyen Class of 2019: Healthy Bites Call for new applications class of 2019 and 2020!

  14. AOA Student Members Class of 2017 Ridwa Abdi, Luther Arms, Soheila Azghadi, Talin Arslanian, Crister Brady, Ashley Clark, Kristin Cutler, Kristopher De Ga, Nghiem Ha, Kayla Harrington, Lilyanne Jewett, Joseph Kim, Jonathan Lu, Anthony Mefford, Gregory Reynolds Sophie Rosseel, Daniel Shouldice, Kelsey Sloat, Ma Zara Tabi

  15. Questions?

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