Membership is based upon scholarship and moral qualifications. The University of Nebraska chapter was organized November 2, 1914. Through membership in NMA-MSC, students from all medical school classes can participate directly in NMA activities and work alongside practicing physicians throughout the state of Nebraska. In addition to student chapter activities, student representatives work on active NMA commissions and become personally acquainted with practitioners in all medical specialties. The student section of the NAFP was formed to provide fuller exposure to the specialty of family practice and the education needed for this specialty.
Meetings provide information about residency programs in the midwest area and elsewhere.
This organization also allows student participation at the state level and exposes students to organized medicine. To promote local awareness of cultural and linguistic health issues, to provide more sensitive health services within Nebraska, to educate and inform students from all UNMC graduate programs about global health issues, to promote and facilitate placement of students on international rotations and exchanges. This group is open to UNMC students who wish to explore alternative and complementary medical therapies and beliefs.