Transcript Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Honor Society

Alpha Omega Alpha
Medical Student Honor Society
October 23, 2013
Regina Gandour-Edwards, M.D.
Councilor
AOA or AΩA
• Medical honor society for US and Canada
• Founded 1902 U Illinois by medical students to
promote improvement of scholastic standards
and to advance the profession
• In 1902, medical education was a largely
unregulated apprenticeship model of varying
quality.
• Flexner report 1910
Alpha Omega Alpha
• Greek alphabet..beginning end beginning letters,
signifying scope of medicine
• Motto “Worthy to Serve the Suffering”
• 124 medical school chapters
AΩA’s founding, University of
Illinois
Members
Medical Students
Residents and Fellows
Alumni
Faculty
Student Selection National Standards
• Eligible
– Top 25 Percent of Class
• Election
– One Sixth of Class
– Scholastic Achievement
– Leadership, Fairness, Compassion, Integrity, Service
Recommended 6% during Junior year and remainder Senior Year
UC Davis SOM Student Selection
• USMLE Step One score as surrogate for
academic achievement in Year 1 and 2
• Best marker in a pass/fail system (?)
• Honors in the six required Year Three Clerkships
i.e. Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery,
Obstetric Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry
• Generates a composite score for top 25%
• Closed meetings for election
UC Davis SOM Student Selection
February: Select 6 (6%) from the Year Three Class.
Will have 3 clerkship grades.
Select up to 3 Housestaff and 2 Faculty and/or 1
Alumnus.
August: Select remainder of Class (now 4th years) for
17%. Have all clerkship grades.
Value
• National recognition
• Assist in residency applications
• Responsibility to provide service to school
during busy Year 4.
• Educational and service projects
AWA Programs
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PHAROS Magazine
Visiting Professorships
Student Research Fellowships ($$)
Student Essay and Poetry Contests ($)
Leaders in American Medicine ($$$)
The Pharos
lighthouse of Alexandria
Magazine featuring essays,
poems, artwork relative to medicine
AOA Student Members Class of 2014
David Anderson, Elizabeth Brezninski, Alex Buss, Whitney Fisk, Jacob Gire, Tsung-Yen Hsieh,
Christina Kinnevey, Kristopher Klem, Andrew Meyers, Erin Meierhenry, Nicoloas Prionas,
Andrew Rong, Phillip Summers, Greg Westin, Stephanie Wong, Simon Wu
Questions?