Transcript Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Honor Society

Alpha Omega Alpha
Medical Student Honor Society
November 8 2012
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
Student Members Class of 2013
Lauren Brown, Tirza Cannon, Jana Chtchetinin, Hilary Davis, Christian Esquivel,
Kurt Hansen, James Leoni Jr, Maria Martin, Jennifer Marvil, Kabir Matharu,
Melissa Matulich, Quincy Moore, Sam Reiter, Aarti Rao, Michael Robinson,
Robie Sterling, Elizabeth Targan
Questions?