It is committed to addressing their unique challenges and needs by serving as a national forum for discussion, activism, and change. Emergency Medicine Interest Group Provides a forum for students interested in Emergency Medicine. Forum on Issues of Disability in Medicine Interactions between doctors and their patients with incurable disabling conditions have traditionally been awkward. The Forum on Issues of Disability in Medicine aims to improve communication between doctors and disabled patients via instruction in American Sign Language and opportunities for medical students to talk directly with disabled people about their quality of life and expectations. Healthy Lung Healthy Lung aims to promote awareness and educate fifth and sixth graders about the dangers of smoking.
Members teach one period of school and engage the students in discussion and question and answer.
HuMed HuMed is a group founded by a Mt. Sinai Alumna with the hopes of creating a group which helps students stay human through training. To promote the acceptance of and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered health care professionals by increasing our visibility among the medical and lay communities, by educating our peers about the issues that affect us, and by providing opportunites for socializing. Peds Meds visit Peds is a volunteer organization affiliated with AMSA, the Volunteer Department, and the Department for Child Life at Mount Sinai. New projects for the coming year include creating an elective with the Child Life department that would allow medical students to become more deeply involved with the non-medical aspects of pediatric patients' lives. Our group meets once a week for Bible study which includes singing, reading and discussion, and prayer.