1. Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
2016
Regina Gandour-Edwards, M.D.
Councilor

2. 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

3. Alpha Omega Alpha
Greek alphabet- first last first letters which signifies the scope of medicine
Motto “Worthy to Serve the Suffering”
124 medical school chapters
Medical students, residents/fellows, faculty, alumni
RGE will join national board of directors for three year term October 2015

4. 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

5. 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 confidential meetings for election
Character strengths/issues

6. 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.
July: Select remainder of graduating class (now 4th years) for total of 17%. Have all clerkship grades.

7. Value National recognition Assist in residency applications
Responsibility to provide service to school during busy Year 4.
Educational and service projects

8. AWA Programs PHAROS Magazine Visiting Professorships
Student Research Fellowships
Student Essay and Poetry Contests
Student Service Leadership Awards
Postgraduate awards

9. The Pharos AOA magazine featuring essays,
poems, artwork relative to medicine
Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt
One of the ancient wonders of the world

10. National AOA Student Service Leadership Award
Awarded February 2015
Partners in Transforming Communities and Health Care
Building leadership skills
Class of 2018 initiative
Jeremy Johnson, Phil Summers, Ian Kim
Trevor Cline, Melody Tran, Kara Brodie
Marielle Bolano, Karla Martinez-Tavera

11. UC Davis AWA Event
Fundraiser AOAle Brew Benefit Funds our community service projects February 25, 2017

12. UCD AOA Chapter Service Awards
Grants ($ ) for innovative medical student projects
2016 grants
Shah Steiner Class of 2018: Medical Explorers
Thinh Chau Class of 2018: VN Cares

13. UCD AOA Chapter Service Awards
Mary Obasi Class of 2019: Ulezi Health Fair
Christine Nguyen Class of 2019: Healthy Bites
Call for new applications class of 2019 and 2020!

14. AOA Student Members Class of 2017
Ridwa Abdi, Luther Arms, Soheila Azghadi, Talin Arslanian, Crister Brady, Ashley Clark, Kristin Cutler, Kristopher De Ga, Nghiem Ha, Kayla Harrington, Lilyanne Jewett, Joseph Kim, Jonathan Lu, Anthony Mefford, Gregory Reynolds Sophie Rosseel, Daniel Shouldice, Kelsey Sloat, Ma Zara Tabi

15. Questions?