At its roots, the CSM's quest is to increase Medical Student Membership in the College, educate students on career choices available in internal medicine, and, consequently, enhance students' position in the field directly out of school. The first initiative on which the CSM is focusing is that of adding a student representative to each local ACP-ASIM Governor's advisory council.
All recruitment is local as well.
The CSM is well organized at the national level and has ten members. Starting in June 2001, the Chair of the CSM will have a voting seat on the Board of Regents and the Chair-elect will have a voting seat on the Board of Governors. The next step in the CSM's evolution is to help each of the local ACP-ASIM chapters become as well organized with respect to medical students. The CSM believes that the first step in this process is to add a student representative to each Governor's advisory council. Several Governors have already done this.