SCOMSA Student Group Leadership Common Application

– Secretary / Recruitment Chair: Organize & execute the recruitment endeavors throughout the year (including the student activities fair and Region 7 meeting) in collaboration with associated AMA/MMS staff members.

– Treasurer: Facilitate the submission of funding requests to the MMS and BUSM for campus events and travel. Balance the books. A separate meeting from the transition meeting with the immediate past treasurer is required if chosen as the next treasurer.

– Community Service Chair: Organize and execute community service projects based on your interests and concerns.

– Legislative Advocacy Chair/Resolution Liaison: Coordinate events and projects for students to interface with important healthcare policies and issues. Guide interested parties in the creation of policy and legislative advocacy through the various channels in the AMA/MMS.

Please contact perrya@bu.edu or jmeji077@bu.edu with any questions.

This group has not been very active since the beginning of the pandemic, but was once a vibrant group that engaged in speaking events, field trips to museums and other historical landmarks, and published a yearly journal. Named Aceso after the Greek goddess of the healing process, we collect submissions from students and staff related to people, events, and experiences in the history of medicine. This group presents a wonderful opportunity for a leadership position with a low time commitment, and the ability to shape and reform this organization in a way in which you feel it would best serve its purpose. This application is open to all current BUSM students, and previous membership in the group is not required.

Bridging Gaps in Care is a service-learning organization at Boston University School of Medicine. Typically site visits to Marcus Garvey Gardens (an affordable housing community for older adults) would involve talking to the residents, learning and performing basic clinical skills and tasks, working with the supervising medical professionals, developing educational workshops, and creating patient flyers.

– Our mission: Bring preventive medical care to the people and places in Boston that need it most.

– Our model: Medical students bringing regular, physician-supervised health education, and preventive screening to subsidized housing in Boston.

– Our vision: Establish a long-lasting relationship with the surrounding community and create opportunities for medical students to provide preventive care to low-income elders under physician supervision. http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/student-affairs/student-life/service-learning/bridging-gaps-in-care/

For more information, please check out our video! https://youtu.be/zIDvMuZ0XcQ

Please send any questions to bridging@bu.edu and CC perrya@bu.edu

Site Visit Coordinator (1 student): Coordinate site visits at Marcus Garvey, communicate via email with Marcus Garvey; serve as a liaison between Marcus Garvey and BGC.

Workshop Coordinator (1 student): Set up the room for workshops and also help prepare the slides for the topic of the month. Traditionally, each site visit is preceded by a workshop with a theme for the month (e.g. diet, exercise) so the students are prepared to have basic conversations with the residents under physician supervision.

Financial Coordinator (1 student): Responsible for submitting semester budget requests, reimbursing expenses, and getting approval for new events that require possible funding.

The two general leaders will be responsible for planning BUSM events such as Lunch Talks, social events, and community service events. They will also be responsible for promoting these events to the larger BUSM class.

The Northeast Liaison will be responsible for keeping LMSA in compliance with national’s regulations to remain an active chapter. They will attend the Northeast Region conferences, relay updates from the Northeast chapter to the group, and promote events with other Northeast chapters

1-2 people needed.

MSR Garden: maintain the garden in the backyard of the Medical Student Residence. Coordinate with deans and facilities to obtain necessary materials (seeds, soil, etc).

Eat to Treat: lead nutrition-focused enrichment sessions with 2 registered dieticians to teach med students about nutrition, how to counsel patients on diet, and how diet and nutrition affect one’s health. Coordinate with dieticians and BMC Food Pantry to obtain meal kits for students.

DI-MS Match: lead nutrition-focused enrichment sessions with registered dieticians in which dietetic interns are matched with medical students to allow students to learn about the collaborative role dieticians and physicians play in the care of patients.

The Vascular Surgery Interest Group’s mission is to increase student interest in and engagement with Vascular Surgery. As a relatively small specialty (only 4 attendings at BMC), Vascular Surgery does not have the kind of PR that other surgical subspecialties might have. However, as integrated vascular residencies become more popular, the number of vascular surgeons will grow.

Please reach out to perrya@bu.edu or ericsung@bu.edu with any questions