Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Honor Society October 23, 2013 Regina Gandour-Edwards, M.D. Councilor.
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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
Alpha Omega Alpha
• Greek alphabet..beginning end beginning letters, signifying scope of medicine
• Motto “Worthy to Serve the Suffering”• 124 medical school chapters
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
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 meetings for election
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.
August: Select remainder of Class (now 4th years) for 17%. Have all clerkship grades.
Value
• National recognition
• Assist in residency applications
• Responsibility to provide service to school during busy Year 4.
• Educational and service projects
AA Programs
• PHAROS Magazine
• Visiting Professorships
• Student Research Fellowships ($$)
• Student Essay and Poetry Contests ($)
• Leaders in American Medicine ($$$)
AOA Student Members Class of 2014
David Anderson, Elizabeth Brezninski, Alex Buss, Whitney Fisk, Jacob Gire, Tsung-Yen Hsieh, Christina Kinnevey, Kristopher Klem, Andrew Meyers, Erin Meierhenry, Nicoloas Prionas, Andrew Rong, Phillip Summers, Greg Westin, Stephanie Wong, Simon Wu
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