AMSA Academy provides leadership training for tomorrow’s physicians

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(2009), "AMSA Academy provides leadership training for tomorrow’s physicians", Leadership in Health Services, Vol. 22 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/lhs.2009.21122aab.003

AMSA Academy provides leadership training for tomorrow’s physicians

Article Type: News and views From: Leadership in Health Services, Volume 22, Issue 1

Keywords: Leadership training, Medical leaders, Change management

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation’s oldest and largest, independent association for physicians-in-training, announces the commencement of the AMSA Academy, a training ground for physician leaders.

Established by students, for students, the academy takes medical students through the core competencies of leadership and project implementation, while building on key principles of important topics in medicine. There are currently 22 programs offered. Courses include: Community and Public Health Institute, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Leadership Institute, Circle of Healers National Retreat, Humanistic Elective in alternative medicine, Activism and Reflective Transformation Elective, and many more.

“The academy strives to empower medical students to effect change in medicine,” says Dr. Brian Hurley, AMSA’s national president. “As the world of medicine changes everyday, the next generation of physicians will need different skills than their predecessors. The modern healthcare system needs physicians with a broader understanding of their patients, the ability to draw on multiple disciplines outside of medical science and the ability to effect change in an imperfect healthcare delivery system.”

The academy is an expansion of the organization’s training capacities and is open to premedical and medical students.

For more information: www.amsa.org