::OSR:: Organization of Student Representatives at UIC College of Medicine ::




UIC OSR Representatives Adriana Herrera & Maritza Gonzales E-mail: aherrer3@uic.edu E-mail: mgonza1@uic.edu Links AAMC OSR UIC College of Medicine UMSC University of Illinois @ Chicago College of Medicine University of Illinois @ Chicago	Announcements Humanism In Medicine Award Selection process: each campus is responsible for electing one nominee from their campus before the January UMSC meeting. During this meeting, UMSC will evaluate each of the four candidate's application and we will all vote on one candidate to be the UIC-COM candidate for H.I.M. Your OSR reps will then prepare the application for this candidate and submit it to the national board by May 2012. CRITERIA: The criteria employed in the selection of the award recipient will include the assessment of his/her professional and personal skills, personal attributes, and professional and academic activities that provide evidence of the following qualities and characteristics: --Positive mentoring skills --Involvement in community service --Compassion/Sensitivity --Collaboration with students and patients Written nominations must provide evidence and documentation of the nominee's embodiment of these qualities and characteristics. Nominations should also include academic, mentoring, advising, and counseling activities as well as specific examples of modeling ethics of the profession in addition to community service that demonstrate the nominee's effectiveness in role modeling the importance of these qualities to students, patients, and faculty. 2010-2011 Nominee Example: Dr. Schmidt 2011 National Award Winner Navigational Clicks About the OSR Mission Statement National Priorities UIC OSR Representatives Links Important Documents Introduction to OSR Powerpoint - presented 4/16/2008 NRMP Update 2008 Match Statistics - presented 4/16/2008 Visiting Student Application Service Website Visiting Student Application Service Information Discount Hotel Rates for USMLE 2 CS Exam Facts about med school applicants, matriculants, and graduates Residency Information Careers in Medicine ERAS What to Ask During the Residency (PDF) Charting Outcomes of the Match 2007 (PDF) NRMP Results and Data for 2007 (PDF) Scramble Advisory Document (PDF) Financing Information Loan Repayment/Forgiveness & Scholarship Programs MD2 (Monetary Decisions for MDs) Student Debt Other Information USMLE—United States Medical Licensing Examination LCME—Liaison Committee on Medical Education NBME—National Board of Medical Examiners NRMP—National Resident Matching Program FREIDA Online®—Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access About the OSR The OSR is the student branch of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The AAMC is comprised of, and represents undergraduate and graduate medical education in the U.S. Membership includes the Council of Deans (COD), Council of Academic Societies (CAS), Council of Teaching Hospitals (COTH), the Organization of Resident Representatives (ORR), and the OSR. Other groups within the AAMC of particular interest to medical students include the Group on Educational Affairs (GEA) and the Group on Student Affairs (GSA). The GSA is subdivided into committees representing admissions, student financial assistance, minority affairs, student affairs, and registrars. OSR Mission Statement The OSR provides medical students with an active role in achieving AAMC's mission to improve the nation's health through the advancement of academic medicine. Additionally, the OSR seeks to assure that students actively participate in directing their educations, preserving their rights, and delineating their professional responsibilities. To this end, the OSR provides medical students with a voice in academic medicine at a national level and strives to foster student involvement and awareness in this arena at a local level. OSR National Priorities Academic medical centers and industry conflicts of interest Input to USMLE comprehensive review GLBTI guidelines and "effective practices" Diversity recruitment efforts ACGME US residency program match data Student debt and the cost of medical education Guidelines for use of medical interpreter services Diversity of representation within the OSR National Board of Medical Examiners' issues National Resident Matching Program issues Humanism in Medicine Student health insurance coverage Physician workforce increase Strategic planning for the OSR Criminal background checks Communication with other medical student groups Assuring the continued strength of the academic environment under health care reform and managed care Please report dead links to UMSC Webmaster/Historian.