hey..i just wanted to let everyone know that the AMSA Convention was definately a success!...myself and another AMSA exec both attended the convention representing All Saints...we met with other med school students representing their schools both from the International chapters and the US chapters...it was actually pretty cool getting to speak to students from all over the world about their experiences and how their progress is coming along regrading med...as a Caribbean student (hopefully other Caribbean students will read this), i found that we have an amazing platform to represent both our schools and more importantly ourselves as responsible medical students and i would encourage every AMSA member (and if ure not a member..JOIN!) from their respective chapter to make sure to get involved either locally, on the national level, or just come and attend the convention....im not sure if many ppl know this, but International students can run for many positions on the AMSA National committee's and boards and i think it would be a great oppurtunity for anyone interested in getting further involved in the organization and maybe even help spruce up their CV....

among the International delegates, 2 positions were up in the election process and the current International Trustee is from IUHS and the Associate is from SGU...other students from schools like Ross, Ben Gurion, All Saints (us...), Tel Aviv, and more attended, voted, and even ran for positions...sooo there is definately room for more international schools to get their voice heard and represent more than just their local chapters...

other events that we attended were casting clinics, hearing loss 101 (a clinic to learn how to deal with deaf and hard of hearing pts), USMLE prep seminars, AMSA rally down the streets of Houston, keynote speakers from all walks of life in and out of the field of medicine, Katrina relief seminars, and much much more....also we snuck in some time and checked out the local rodeo going on...

all in all it was a great trip that we both appreciated alot and definately learned alot too...we met some great ppl from US and International schols, our school supported us, our AMSA council supported us, and we are definately gonna make it out to convention 2009 and we really hope to see more students from all over there tooo!..

sorry for the long post but if anyone was interested in any more info on the convention or how to get involved from All Saints or from any university really...jus message me or post and ill try and reply the best i can..