AMSA at NYIT COM

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10/01/2012

Come to our first meeting of the year. Learn more about AMSA and what we have planned for this year. Also, if you're OMS1, run for 1st year rep!! Don't forget local dues are $15 for ALL 4 YEARS!! It will be in Mollie Auditorium, 10/3. Can't wait to meet you all!!

04/17/2012

NYCOM AMSA would like to congratulate our new E-Board from the class of 2015!
President: Julie Ramaley
Vice President: Sarah Ng
Secretary: Vivien Tam
Treasurer: Michael Nickas

03/19/2012

AMSA would like to thank everyone who participated with us in Community PLUNGE on Friday, March 16 at the Glen Cove Boy's and Girl's club! We played lots of games, like SPUD, Bacon and Duck, duck, goose with the children before giving a lecture on Safety, Nutrition and Fitness. Kids and adults alike had plenty of fun and we hope the children learned something from our discussions.

03/19/2012

Congratulations to everyone who was brave enough to go bald this weekend for .Baldricks!! Team NYCOM FTW!!

03/16/2012

AMSA will be sponsoring Community PLUNGE tomorrow at the Glen Cove Boys and Girl's Club from 4pm-5pm. We will discuss Safety, Nutrition and Fitness. Those who signed up are welcome to join. We are meeting at 3:15pm outside the SGA Office to carpool.
113 Glen Cove Ave.
Glen Cove, NY 11542

02/16/2012

AMSA and GHO get Lost in Translation

On February 7, AMSA co-sponsored a meeting with GHO, featuring a talk on cultural competency by Dr. Zehra Ahmed. Health disparities exist both on a global level, as well as within our nation's health care system. Despite health care providers’ best intentions, we continue to see racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in medical care. One big reason for health care disparities is a language barrier. Although many places now have translation services, they are either not used or used incorrectly. Oftentimes, family members and friends serve as translators in lieu of professional services. Dr. Ahmed demonstrated the problems that may arise as a result of this in a video. It featured a physician trying to take a history from a non-English speaking patient, with use of both a family member and a neighbor. We observed that much of what the doctor was saying was 'lost in translation': the makeshift translators would reinterpret the questions or ask a completely different question. Sometimes, they would even answer for the patient. After we acknowledged the inefficiency of this method, Dr. Ahmed informed us of the correct use of a translation service. Ideally, the translator would be there in person, and orient the conversation such that the patient and doctor are face-to-face, while the translator is aside and slightly behind the physician. With phone services, the physician and patient would still face each other, both on the telephone. Both the physician and the translator must formally introduce themselves to the patient prior to conducting the history. Having just finished the Medical Spanish elective course, I found this issue highly relevant, useful, and overlooked in the medical curriculum (not that we have the time). Both AMSA and GHO were happy to have Dr. Ahmed impart this important knowledge to NYCOM's first and second year students.

02/07/2012

We will be holding E-board elections at our meeting, so please attend if you are interested in running for a position!

01/27/2012

Come to our next meeting!!

01/13/2012

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01/07/2012

Future plans for AMSA

01/07/2012

AMSA will be giving our Organization Report at the next SGA meeting on Monday!