American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
With over a half century history of medical student activism, the American Medical Student Association is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States. The UCLA Premedical Chapter of AMSA is committed to:
- Improving health care and healthcare delivery to all people
- Involving its members in the social, moral, and ethical obligations of the profession of medicine
- Assisting in the improvement and understanding of world health problems
- Actively supplementing premedical education with a broader perspective and understanding of their chosen profession
- Contributing to the welfare of premedical students
- Developing and empowering the physician leaders of tomorrow
For more information about this organization visit their on campus website or their national website. For more information regarding student membership in the UCLA chapter, send an email.
Pre-Medical
Peer Association (PPA)
PPA is
an organization for premedical students and sets out to unify pre-medical
students by promoting a forum for discussion and creating a center
for support. If you're interested in mock interviews, evaluation
of your personal statement, secondaries and discussions on current
health topics, please attend the weekly meetings or send an email. For more information about
this organization visit their website.
The Pre-Dental Student Outreach Program
is an organization founded by a UCLA pre-dental
student with a mission to assist other pre-dental students in the
process of applying to dental school by providing them with the
right resources. This organization works closely with UCLA dental
students to promote dental-related volunteer activities to help
low-income communities in the Los Angeles area. Their primary goal
is to answer any questions that pre-dental students have about
the field of dentistry, various dental schools across the nation,
the DAT exam, requirements for dental school, and the application
process. There will be a variety of guest speakers/representatives
and interactive discussions where students will have the opportunity
to ask all their questions. If you are interested in
attending their weekly meetings, for more information on The Pre-Dental
Student Outreach Program, or to be added to the mailing list, send
an email. Check the website for the most
up-to-date information.
UCLA Global Medical Relief Program
Our goal is to help alleviate the lack of healthcare in developing nations through acts of volunteerism. We've touched many lives throughout the world in Costa Rica, India, Vietnam, and Tijuana. For more information on how to get involved or for more information, contact us by email and visit our website for more details.
Pre-SOMA
(Pre-Student Osteopathic Medical Association)
Affiliated
with the UCLA Physiological Sciences Department
Pre-SOMA is the undergraduate division of the Student Osteopathic Medical
Association. Our goals are to promote and to inform the public about osteopathic
medical education, as well as to support applicants to osteopathic medical
schools. Like medical doctors (MDs), doctors of osteopathy (DOs) have full
practice rights in the United States, are able to prescribe medicine, and
can specialize in any field. What is unique about osteopathic medicine is
its emphasis on preventative medicine and the holistic approach to treatment,
with a special focus on the musculoskeletal system. Osteopathic medical students
learn from the beginning of their careers to treat their patients as whole
persons, rather than a collection of body parts; to emphasize the body's
natural ability to heal itself, rather than resorting immediately to drugs.
In addition, osteopathic doctors receive extra training in osteopathic manipulative
therapy/medicine (OMT/OMM), which allows osteopathic doctors to use their
hands to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness or injury by stretching, applying
gentle pressure, and/or resistance to the musculoskeletal system. Check the
website for more information or visit
our club website.
Student
Health Outreach Program (SHOUT)
The Student Health OUTreach Project (SHOUT) at UCLA is a student-run initiative
aimed at improving access to quality health care
services for all individuals through community outreach, educational programming,
and advocacy.
Many UCLA students are not aware that
one in three children does not have access to health care in the Los Angeles
County. Our organization is doing something to change this.
SHOUT members are trained by the National
Health Foundation as Certified
Application Assistants (CAAs) and enables members to assist those in
need with their state health insurance applications. Members help others to
understand California's complex health care system and are placed into internship
positions in Los Angeles County's local free clinics or one of
SHOUT's research and community outreach locations.
ALL majors are welcome. Those who speak Spanish are especially needed.
Meetings are on Wednesdays at 6pm in Boelter 9436 (weeks 4, 6, & 8). For
more information, contact us by email.
