OSR Membership

OSR Representatives are selected by AAMC member medical schools to monitor activities at their institutions, represent student opinions to the OSR Administrative Board (Ad Board), and relay national OSR and AAMC priorities to the students and staff of their institutions. OSR representatives may include up to one primary and three alternate institutional representatives from each of the 129 US allopathic medical schools. OSR associate representatives are medical students who are enrolled in Canadian medical schools.

The members of the AAMC are institutions rather than individuals; the AAMC does not offer individual memberships.

How to Become an OSR Representative

The students selected as OSR representatives must be willing and capable of undertaking all the accompanying responsibilities. The AAMC does not dictate the selection process employed by schools, but offers the following recommendations as guidelines:

• The selection process should facilitate representative input from the entire student body or the student government; individuals involved in the selection process should understand the structure and function of the OSR.

• Three alternate OSR representatives should be selected, preferably from different classes, to assist the primary representative. This assures continuity in representation at the school level and provides alternates to carry out the responsibilities of the OSR Primary Representative, if necessary.

OSR Institutional and Associate Representatives must be certified by the Student Affairs Dean of his/her school. OSR Certification Form (PDF, 1 page)

Voting—Each AAMC institutional member medical school has the right to cast one vote at OSR meetings; that vote is cast by the OSR Institutional Primary Representative, or, in the OSR Institutional Primary Representative's absence, by the OSR Institutional Alternate Representative. OSR Associate Representatives do not have voting privileges.

Funding—Funding for OSR representatives' attendance for all meetings (regional in the spring and annual in the fall) is provided by your medical school. You should discuss funding and budgetary issues with your student affairs office well in advance of meetings; the AAMC strongly recommends that OSR representatives attend regional and annual meetings. Funding for OSR Administrative Board meetings (travel, food, and accommodations) is provided by the AAMC. The respective committee provides funding for OSR liaisons. Funding for OSR projects on the national level is provided by the AAMC.

Current members of the OSR Administrative Board

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