Highlights
OSR Chair's Update
OSR
Focus on Legislative Affairs - April 2008 (PDF, 2 pages)
Physician Policymaker Interview Series: Dr.
Tom Coburn (PDF, 3 pages)
AAMC Resources for Medical Students
- Roadmap
to Residency: From Application to Match and Beyond provides
comprehensive information about the process of making application
to graduate medical education programs in the United States.
- Institutional
Programs and Educational Activities to Address the Needs of GLBT
Students and Patients (PDF, 2 pages) These recommendations
address medical school responses to the needs of and educational
programming for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT)
medical students and attitudes toward GLBT students and patients.
- Visiting Student Application
Service—VSAS is a new AAMC service that enables medical
students to apply for senior electives at other U.S. medical schools
by submitting just one application.
- Extramural
Electives Compendium—The EEC contains essential information
for medical students about elective opportunities at LCME accredited
medical schools in the US and Canada.
- 2008 Summer Makeup Course
Listing
- Loan Repayment/Forgiveness
and Scholarship Programs
A compilation of U.S. programs that offer financial assistance,
in the form of loan repayments, for a commitment to service.
- Careers in Medicine—Helps
medical students choose a medical specialty
- (MD)2—Monetary
decisions for MDs
- Financing Your Medical Education
- Tuition
and Student Fees Reports
- FACTS—Data on medical
school applicants, matriculants, and graduates
- Curriculum
Directory
- Graduation Questionaire
- MedEdPORTAL—Online
resources to advance learning
- ERAS®—Electronic
Residency Application Service
- FindAResident
- GSA Recommendations
for Student Healthcare and Insurance (PDF, 2 pages)
- What to Ask During the Residency
Interview (PDF, 3 pages)
Additional Resources for Medical Students
Step II CS
Hotel Discounts
for USMLE Step 2 CS Exam
Online booking available
USMLE Step 2 Clinical
Skills Exam FAQs |
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Meetings Calendar
| 2008 |
OSR
Liaison Committee Meetings |
June 17-18
|
Ad
Board Meeting - Washington, DC |
| September 23-24 |
Ad
Board Meeting - Washington, DC |
| Annual Meetings
(OSR portion typically runs Friday-Sunday) |
| Oct. 31-Nov. 5 |
2008
AAMC Annual Meeting - San Antonio, TX |
| November 6-11 |
2009 AAMC Annual Meeting - Boston,
MA |
| November 5-10 |
2010 AAMC Annual Meeting - Washington,
DC |
| November 4-9 |
2011 AAMC Annual Meeting - Denver,
CO |
| November 2-7 |
2012 AAMC Annual Meeting - San Francisco,
CA |
| 2009 OSR Regional Meetings |
| April 2-5, 2009 |
Northeast Regional Meeting, Providence,
RI |
| April 15-19, 2009 |
Central Regional Meeting, Chicago,
IL |
| April 23-26, 2009 |
Southern Regional Meeting, Dallas,
TX |
| April 2009 |
Western Regional Meeting, Santa Fe,
NM |
Updates and Activities
Information
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