Updates

Hello APAMSA!

A few announcements:

1. Mark your calendars for the next general meeting: Saturday, November 8. We’ll probably do lunch or dinner at a local Indian or Vietnamese restaurant with appetizers provided by APAMSA. (Will confirm time and location in an e-mail this weekend).

2. Thanks to Balaji, Shoshana, Krish, and Tony for volunteering yesterday at the AMSA pre-med Q&A session. We’ll debrief the experience at the next meeting and discuss ways to improve our involvement with the undergrad pre-meds.

3. Dr. Jiang’s grand rounds talks (mental health in post-quake Sichuan). 3 dates, same talk. I thought it’d be nice to pick one of the dates to attend as a group. Because teams on the wards usually round in the morning, perhaps we should try the Nov 7 talk at noon? Most teams and consult services are very accomodating if you let them know you’re interested in attending a talk during the workday. I will confirm the locations for these talks but wanted everyone to have the dates and times.
a. October 31, 8-9AM at Medicine grand round
b. November 7, 12-1:30PM at DCRI
c. November 13, 9:30-11AM at Psychiatry grand round.

4. Awaaz: Nov 7-8: I’d like to gauge interest in attending this event just for fun. Abe says tickets are being sold all this week for $1 at the Bryan Center. E-mail me back if you’re interested so that we can get a head count; if the price is really $1 and tickets are easy to purchase in batches, APAMSA will sponsor attendance.
a. Abe: can you confirm price and date (is it 2 days long?) and find out how many tickets each student can purchase?

-Daniel