1. OSR 101: Introduction and Orientation to AAMC-OSR
Association of American Medical Colleges - Organization of Student Representatives
Updated October 2014

2. AAMC
Mission The AAMC serves and leads the academic medicine community to improve the health of all.
141 accredited U.S. medical schools
The Association of American Medical Colleges is a nonprofit association of medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic societies:
17 accredited Canadian medical schools
Over 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 90 affiliated health systems and 51 Veterans Affairs medical centers
Who is the AAMC and what is their purpose?
This slide is a broad, basic overview. The AAMC was founded in 1876 by 22 medical school deans.
Within academic medicine today, there are approximately 128,000 faculty, 75,000 medical students, and 110,000 residents.
The AAMC carries out its mission by: educating the physician and medical scientist workforce, discovering new medical knowledge, developing innovative technologies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, and providing health care services in academic settings.
Nearly 90 academic and scientific societies
Representing 128,000 faculty members, 75,000 medical students and 110,000 residents

3. AAMC
Through its many programs and services, the AAMC strengthens the world's most advanced medical care by supporting the entire spectrum of education, research, and patient care activities conducted by our member institutions.
The AAMC and our members are dedicated to the communities we serve and steadfast in our desire to earn and keep the public's trust for the role we play in improving the nation's health.

4. AAMC Strategy Map Mission Why We Exist
The AAMC serves and leads the academic medicine community to improve the health of all
Areas of Impact
What We Achieve
Medical Education
Care Delivery
Research
Diversity and Inclusion
Impact Strategy
What We Do
Operational Strategy
How We Work
People
Culture
Finances
Infrastructure
Policy & Advocacy
Learning & Leadership
Integrated Service Programs
Member Capacity Building
Diagram reflects overlapping—not siloed—work in mission areas; horizontal orientation as to not imply a hierarchy
Learning and Leadership: The AAMC helps individuals within academic medicine grow and learn in their professional roles and develop their leadership capacities. Illustrative examples of existing work: Leadership development products and programs; professional development councils, organizations, groups and forums
Member Capacity Building: The AAMC accelerates the capacities of medical schools and teaching hospitals to tackle their biggest challenges. Illustrative examples of existing work: Aligning and Educating for Quality (AE4Q), Best Practices for Better Care, Faculty Forward, Holistic Review, Readiness for Reform/Bundled Payment Project, Research on Care Collaborative, Urban Univs For Health
Integrated Service Programs: The AAMC plays a continuous role in the educational and career development of health professionals from middle school until retirement. Illustrative examples of existing
Policy and Advocacy (self-explanatory)
work: MCAT, MSAR, AMCAS, CiM, VSAS, GHLO, ERAS, FIRST, eFOLIO, MEP

5. Membership Organization
“3 Organizations in 1”
Membership Organization
We are
Service Organization
Think Tank

6. AAMC AAMC Services AAMC Publications www.aamc.org
American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS)
Careers in Medicine (CiM)
Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
Financial Information, Resources, Services, & Tools for Medical Education (FIRST)
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
Visiting Student Application Service (VSAS)
AAMC Publications
What services does the AAMC provide? What information do they publish?
The AAMC website provides information regarding the Association’s programs, services, meetings, staff contacts, and Annual Meeting program. It also includes a student and applicant hub ( containing information for people considering medicine as a career, applicants to medical school, enrolled medical students, and residents.
AMCAS is a processing service used by many medical school admissions officers to simplify and standardize the medical school admissions process.
Careers in Medicine (CiM) is a web-based career planning program – it helps medical students understand their specialty options and assists them in applying to a residency program that fits their career goals.
ERAS is a service that medical students use to apply to residency programs.
FIRST provide financial tools to help navigate the complexities of student debt.
VSAS an AAMC application designed to streamline the application process for senior "away" electives at other U.S. LCME medical schools and independent academic medical centers that are members of COTH.
The AAMC Reporter is a monthly newsletter with feature stories, opinion pieces, standing columns, etc.
Washington Highlights is a weekly news bulletin covering legislative events in Washington, DC. To subscribe:
AAMC-STAT is a free newsletter, ed to subscribers weekly. It offers brief and immediate news bites, relevant national news and links. To subscribe:
AAMC Reporter
Washington Highlights
AAMC-STAT

7. Leadership Forum Groups Board of Directors Groups Mission Panels
MISSION/MEMBERS
Groups
GSA
GIA
GBA
GEA
GIP
GDI
GFA
GWIMS
COD
Mission Panels
Board of
Directors
Councils & Orgs
COTH
Education
CAS
Health
Care
OSR
ORR
Research
A 17-member Board of Directors governs the AAMC, which includes a medical student.
Professional Development Groups: The AAMC supports a number of professional development groups for individuals in leadership positions at member medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic societies. AAMC professional development groups foster growth and leadership skills and provide opportunities for networking and information sharing. Leadership from council, groups, and organizations convene twice a year during leadership forums to discuss issues of import to academic medicine.
CMOG
GRR
GREAT
GRMC
GRA
GIR
GRAND
GFP
Groups
MISSION/MEMBERS

8. AAMC Leadership Team Effective October 2014 Information Technology
Medical Education
Services
Human Resources
Maryellen Gusic, M.D.
Chief Medical
Education Officer
Diana Bourke
Gabrielle Campbell
Chief Services Officer
Chief Information Officer
Office of the President
Finance and Administration
Roby Hunt
Chief Human Resources Officer
Health Care Affairs
Operations and Services
Jennifer M. Schlener
Chief of Staff
Janis Orlowski, M.D.
Interim Chief Health Care Officer
Bernard K. Jarvis, M.B.A., C.P.A.
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Robert F. Jones, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer
Office of the President
Legal
Frank R. Trinity, J.D.
Chief Legal Officer
Darrell G. Kirch, M.D.
President & CEO
Policy, Strategy,
and Outreach
Learning
Scientific Affairs
Constance Filling
Chief Learning Officer
Atul Grover, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Public Policy Officer
Ann C. Bonham, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Academic Affairs
Diversity Policy and Programs
Communications
John E. Prescott, M.D.
Chief Academic Officer
Elisa K. Siegel
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
Marc A. Nivet, Ed.D.
Chief Diversity Officer

9. How AAMC Operates With one voice Board of Directors
Decision by consensus
With one voice
Coalition participant
Few standing committees
Staff driven

10. History of the OSR
At the 1971 AAMC Annual Meeting, the OSR was created to:
Facilitate the expression of students' ideas and views
Incorporate students into the governance of the AAMC
Foster the exchange of ideas among students and other concerned groups
Facilitate students' action on health care issues
In 1968, the AAMC passed a resolution calling for the development of mechanisms for student participation in the affairs of the AAMC.
Two years later, the Assembly adopted an addition to the bylaws, creating the OSR. At the 1971 AAMC Annual Meeting, the OSR was created with the following intentions:
to facilitate the expression of students' ideas and views,
to incorporate students into the governance of the AAMC,
to foster the exchange of ideas among students and other concerned groups, and to facilitate students' action on health care issues.

11. Purpose of the OSR The OSR was formed in 1971 to:
Advance leadership skills
Regularly communicate
Assess and represent
Provide a forumTo provide a forum through which medical students can communicate about medical education, research, and patient care
What is the purpose of the OSR? The OSR was formed in 1971 to:
Leadership skills: To advance the development of leadership skills among medical students
Regularly communicate: To regularly communicate the activities and discussions within the academic medicine community to all medical students
Assess and represent: To accurately assess and represent the views and interests of all medical students to the AAMC
Provide a forum: To provide a forum through which medical students can communicate about medical education, research, and patient care

12. Mission of the OSR Representation
The OSR fulfills a unique role among medical student organizations: It provides medical students with representation in the AAMC, the nation’s largest association dedicated solely to the advancement of academic medicine.
Representation
The OSR ensures that medical students actively participate in directing their educations, preserving their rights, and delineating their professional responsibilities.
Actively participate in directing students’ educations
The OSR provides medical students with a voice in academic medicine at the national level and fosters student involvement and awareness at the local level.
What is the mission of the OSR?
Similarly, feel free to expand on these OSR missions or give examples of your experience in the OSR.
National level and local level

13. OSR Strategic Goals Strategic Goals
To provide medical student input on issues addressed by the AAMC and state and federal governments that will impact student education, quality of life, or professional development.
To facilitate communication between student bodies of different medical schools and between medical student organizations regarding issues relevant to medical student life and education.
Strategic Goals
What are the OSR’s national goals?
This is quite a bit of text – you may want to summarize and hit the highlights. Or throw in examples of how these goals are being achieved.
To develop and implement OSR initiatives and aid in the development and implementation of AAMC initiatives.

14. OSR Strategic Goals Strategic Goals
To encourage education techniques and objectives that provide medical students with the intellectual skills, professional standards, and knowledge required to meet the needs of an evolving health care system.
To assure that all medical students possess equal freedom and opportunity to pursue the career directions of their choice.
Strategic Goals
To advance the development of leadership skills among medical students through participation in local and national OSR positions.
To assure a safe, supportive learning environment free of abuse, unreasonable health risks, bias, and inequities.

15. OSR National Priorities
ACGME U.S. residency program match data
Assuring the continued strength of the academic environment under health care reform and managed care
Career planning
Curriculum changes & innovations
Diversity in medical education
GLBTI issues
Guidelines for use of medical interpreter services
Humanism in medicine
Holistic admissions
Institutional mental health services and resources
Joining Forces Initiative
National Board of Medical Examiners' issues
National Resident Matching Program issues
Student debt and the cost of medical education
Student healthcare and insurance
What are the national priorities of the OSR?
You can explain that the Ad Board is working on specific projects that relate to these priorities. Also, explain how regional and local reps can get involved.
OSR active in including LGBTI questions on student questionnaires, joining forces initiatives

16. AAMC Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award
Supported by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the AAMC annually recognizes a medical school faculty physician who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students.
The OSR administers the award and the recipient is announced and honored during a formal awards ceremony during the AAMC Annual Meeting each fall.
How does the OSR recognize humanism in medicine?
Feel free to talk about recipient
Be sure to talk about recent nominations from your school and how to go about nominating someone for the award.
For more information:

17. OSR Associate Representatives
OSR Representation
OSR Associate Representatives
Medical students who are enrolled in Canadian medical schools.
OSR Representatives
Includes one primary and three alternate institutional representatives from each of the 141 U.S. AAMC member medical schools.
Elected by their medical schools to monitor activities at their institutions, represent student opinions to the OSR Administrative Board (Ad Board), and relay national OSR and AAMC priorities to the students and staff of their institutions.
Members of the AAMC
Are institutions rather than individuals; the AAMC does not offer individual memberships.
What is the structure of the OSR?
OSR reps from each school comprise a region. Four regions comprise the general OSR.

18. What is the Role of an OSR Rep?
Be aware of student concerns at your school: know your constituents.
Share these concerns with the OSR / OSR Ad Board
Learn about the OSR/AAMC and the resources available to you and the student population
Promote the initiatives of the OSR: Humanism in Medicine, diversity, Careers in Medicine, joining forces initiative, student debt, health insurance, etc.
Disseminate information from the OSR to your school’s students and administration.
Elect officers of the OSR who will represent all students to the AAMC.
What exactly does an OSR rep do?
You can elaborate on how these responsibilities are carried out.
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19. OSR Meetings AAMC Annual Meeting Held annually every fall
(OSR portion typically runs Friday-Sunday)
Nov. 7-12, 2014 – Chicago, IL
Nov. 6-11, 2015 – Baltimore
Nov , 2016 – Seattle
Nov. 3-8, 2017 – Boston
OSR Regional Meetings
Held annually every spring in conjunction with Group on Student Affairs (GSA). Each region meets separately or jointly. April 9-12, 2015 – CGSA/CGEA/COSR Joint Regional Meeting – Columbus, Ohio
April 15-18, 2015 – SGSA/SOSR and NEGSA/NEOSR Joint Regional Meeting – New Orleans
April 24-26, 2015 – WGSA/WGEA/WOSR Joint Regional Meeting – UCSD – San Diego
You can talk about the meetings you’ve attended.

20. OSR Meetings At the meetings:
Attend session topics of particular interest to your school.
Attend regional and general meetings for updates on various issues in medical education
Share information/input via posters, networking, and discussion at business meetings
New projects at your school
Issues at your school
Give input regarding national issues
Vote for national and regional officers
Network outside of OSR with other meeting attendees
What happens at OSR Meetings?
Again, discuss interesting things you’ve seen or done, etc.
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21. OSR Meetings After the meetings: Return to your school and
Share what you’ve learned
Discuss rising national issues
Get input from your fellow students
Communicate with the student government, student affairs dean, and head Dean
Communicate with students via , newsletters, etc.
Report back to the OSR Ad Board
What about after the meetings?
Explain what OSR responsibilities are after the meeting.
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22. OSR Administrative Board “Ad Board”
OSR Leadership
OSR Administrative Board “Ad Board”
12 medical students
OSR Chair (3 year position)
Chair-Elect (1 year)
Chair (1 year)
Immediate Past Chair (1 year)
Four Regional Chairs (1 year position)
Central
Northeast
Southern
Western
National Delegates (1 year position)
Elected to work on the following interest areas:
Communications
Community & Diversity
Legislative Affairs
Medical Education
Student Affairs
National Delegates are elected for a 1-year term. Each National Delegate focuses on one of five major areas of interest: communications, community & diversity, legislative affairs, medical education, and student affairs.
Meets quarterly in DC
sets OSR national agenda and addresses issues of national concern of medical students
Implements ideas and projects
OSR contributes to the AAMC by attending leadership forums, meeting regularly with AAMC leadership, councils and ORR, and providing input and feedback on AAMC initiatives and priorities, meet regularly with Dr. Kirch, Dr. Prescott and other chiefs as issues arise – serve as somewhat of a focus group for the AAMC
FIRST
Efolio
MedEdPORTAL
MSAR
aspiringdocs
Plan OSR portion of AAMC annual meeting
Student Member on AAMC Board of Directors serves as Ex-Officio Member

23. OSR Regional Officers Regional Officers
Elected during regional meetings every spring
Regional Chairs (1 year position) Elected from each region in the spring and take office in fall
Central
Northeast
Southern
Western
Regional Delegates (1-year position) Five are elected in each region to work with National Delegates and Regional Chairs. Take office in the spring, upon election.
Communications
Community & Diversity
Legislative
Medical Education
Student Affairs
Regional chairs – elected by regions in spring - plan spring regional meetings – regional delegates assist as well.
Regional delegates are also elected at regional meetings. One is elected in each region for each of the 5 interest areas (total of 20 Regional Delegates) – they work directly with the National Delegate on committees in that area on pertinent OSR projects.

24. Med Students & Administrators
Web site
, List-serve
OSR Newsletter
Annual & Regional Meetings
Conference Calls
OSR Ad Board Meetings
Annual & Regional Meetings
, List-serve
Web site
OSR Newsletter
Surveys
Annual & Regional Meetings
Ad Board
OSR Reps
OSR Communications
Web site
, List-serve
Flyers & Info Sheets
Student Organizations
Meetings with Deans
Presentations & Reports
Web site
, List-serve
Flyers & Info Sheets
Student Organizations
Meetings with Deans
Presentations & Reports
Med Students & Administrators

25. Additional Opportunities
OSR Liaisons
OSR Reps are selected to serve as liaisons to various committees. Examples:
Careers in Medicine Advisory Committee
ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service)
Group on Student Affairs Committees (5)
Holistic Review Advisory Committee
National Board of Medical Examiners
Student Survey Advisory Group
Women in Medicine & Science Steering Committee
Are there any other positions within the OSR? (Can I get involved in a position with less time commitment required?)
There are 20 OSR liaison positions
Each year, OSR reps can apply for a liaison position to a committee in which they have a special interest. Students are selected by the Ad Board and serve as the primary link between the OSR Ad Board, the committees, and medical students. Liaisons are responsible for attending their respective committee meetings (travel expenses for committee meetings are paid for by the committee) and reporting back to the OSR about pertinent developments.
Applications go out in November, are due in January – look for information in your inbox!
Available positions for this coming year are listed on the Flashdrive

26. What are Your Resources?
AAMC web site: OSR web site: OSR resources: Medical Student resources: OSR Representatives’ Directory National, regional, and legislative affairs listserves and updates
How can I find out more about the AAMC and OSR?
As a medical student, you can access the AAMC and OSR web sites. As an OSR rep, you can access contact information and professional interests of other OSR reps through the Representatives’ Directory.

27. Resources I wish I had known about when I became an OSR Rep: The wheel has already been invented!
OSR Handbook 2015: everything about the OSR
OSR effective practices guidelines: how to share info about the OSR
How to share information at your home institution
How to start a local OSR interest group
OSR FAQs
Results of OSR Listserve Questionnaires
OSR Medical Education Resources
OSR Legislative Affairs Resources
Who are the current regional and national OSR leaders?
When in doubt – ask! No issue or question is too small.
All of these resources may be found on the OSR web site.

28. Need to contact an OSR rep? OSR Representatives’ Directory
How do I access the Representatives’ Directory and OSR Online Community?
These sites are password protected and available to OSR Reps at each school. This way, only OSR reps can access your contact information.

29. OSR Elections / Position Descriptions https://www. aamc
OSR Chair-Elect (3 year position)
You must be your school's primary representative by November 7 before you are eligible to run for office.
5 National Delegates (1 year position, elected at large)
·       National Delegate for Communications
·       National Delegate for Community and Diversity
·       National Delegate for Legislative Affairs
·       National Delegate for Medical Education
·       National Delegate for Student Affairs
Please be sure to check with your student affairs dean before running for national office to ensure your school’s support to participate and attend the 4 OSR Ad Board meetings.
Nominations will close at 5:00 PM Friday.

30. OSR Staff AAMC Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Mary Halicki,
OSR Director, Student & Community Service Programs
Monique Mauge,
Administrative Specialist
Michelle Harrison,
The Ad Board meets at AAMC Headquarters four times a year and works on national projects to carry out OSR goals and interests.
They work closely with AAMC staff during meetings and throughout the year.
They also work with regional and local OSR reps to facilitate specific projects. You can Ally anytime with questions about the AAMC or OSR, etc.

31. Welcome to the AAMC-OSR!
Run for a position! (Regionally or Nationally)
Liaison positions – be the student liaison representative on one of many committees in the AAMC (applications due in January).
Reach out on the listserve to solicit information from fellow reps, and respond to similar requests when you see them in your inbox.
Reach out to deans at your school for advice, join your Student Council/Student body committee to keep your finger on the pulse at your institution.
Put together a nomination packet for the Arnold P Gold Humanism in Medicine Award (due in the Spring).
Attend your Regional Meetings – Spring of each year and have fun/network with your fellow representatives!
GOOD WORK! Thank you for “spreading the word” and sharing your excitement about the OSR with your school!