2016-2017 National STUDENT Leadership Positions

• ATTENTION: National leadership applications will be accepted until Dec16th!
• Check out our Elections and Appointments page to learn more about each position!

2016-2017 National RESIDENT Leadership Positions

• Interested in leadership while in residency? AMWA Resident Division is accepting applications for their national leadership positions until January 31, 2016.
• For more information, please click here.

2016-2017 National Conference Co-chairs position

• ATTENTION: Now open to applicants IN ALL STATES until Dec16th!
• Two applicants will be selected to serve as our AMWA national conference chairs for the 2017 Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
• This highly esteemed position offers you the opportunity to demonstrate and apply the breadth of talents you possess. Given that the chairs will play a vital part of our biggest event of the year, the chairs-designate will be supported with one-on-one mentorship to further refine their leadership skills.
• Coordinate with AMWA headquarters to plan the Annual Meeting Student Division content and logistics as well as accommodations for student attendees.
• Serve on the AMWA Conference Planning Committee.
• Work with the Treasurer to coordinate grant-writing to subsidize costs.
• More information is available on our application page.
• For any questions, please email our President-Elect, Samia Osman, at sosman@amwa-student.org. 

Interim Region 7 Director

• Region 7 states: AR, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, OK, and SD
• Update and maintain region’s local leadership contact information
• Organize new branches at medical schools that do not have an active branch
• Hold a regional conference, regional retreat, or other event at some point in the year with the help of the Regional Event Grant.
• Generate and distribute a quarterly regional student newsletter
• Call in to the monthly Regional Student Meetings and update the national leadership on your successes and achievements.
• Email your one paragraph personal statement to secretary@amwa-student.org

LGBTQA Student Chair

• The LGBTQA section of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee is looking for student members including a student chair.
• Remember the A stands for Allies and we would love to have more committee members from both LGBT groups and Allies.
• We are working on a position paper for AMWA.
• We have also gotten an excellent film called States of Grace about a Lesbian physician and her struggle to accept her new disabled body.
• If you are interested please contact the physician chair: Laurel Waters MD: LWatersMD@gmail.com.