In the past we have arranged workshops to teach particular skills such as suturing, casting, or vaccination and have hosted talks on general topics such as the role of nutritional counseling in the doctor's office, therapeutic uses of hypnotism, and obstetrics in family practice. This organization is a branch of the American Medical Association. It provides a mechanism for students to stay abreast of current issues of the Medical profession. Dues are assessed for this organization and membership includes bi-weekly issues of JAMA, monthly issues of the Journal of the North Carolina Medical Society, and participation in state and national medical conferences. North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition A grass roots organization, coordinated by undergraduate and medical students.
Volunteers participate in monthly clinics in under served areas of rural North Carolina.
This activity allows an opportunity for students and faculty to work together away from the medical center setting. Preventive medicine, patient education, and community empowerment are stressed through this program. This is an organization consisting of minority medical students throughout the United States as well as in the Caribbean. It strives to increase minority representation in the medical and scientific field as well as to offer both academic and social support to students during medical school. The Duke University Chapter of the SNMA consists of thirty five minority medical students.