SCMA Medical Student Section

Registration is now open for the SCMA’s 2022 Annual Meeting. We look forward to seeing you in Spartanburg! http://www.scmedical.org/am22

Join your colleagues on Wednesday, March 30 for 2022 SCMA Physicians Day at the State House (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-scma-physician-day-at-the-state-house-tickets-271004992227 )

Just in! The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted today that the FDA should grant emergency authorization to administer the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to children 5 to 11 years old. Next, the FDA will make a final decision and send it to the CDC for it's independent advisory committee meeting on Nov. 2 and 3. Then the CDC Director will have a final say on the approval.

Happy Friday!

THIS SATURDAY (TOMORROW), 9am-12pm: Annual SCMA Resolution Writing Workshop (virtual)
Learn how to have a meaningful impact on SCMA or AMA and their policy priorities through writing and introducing resolutions!
Register and find the zoom link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scmas-virtual-resolution-writing-workshop-tickets-130268108419
Agenda is in the link as well!

See you there!

SCMA's Virtual Resolution Writing Workshop SCMA's 2021 Virtual Resolution Writing Workshop

The SCMA Young Physicians Section is hosting a virtual game night/happy hour on December 12 at 5:30 pm, and we're invited!

Dr. Ebele Compean, the chair of the YPS section, has invited all SCMA medical students and residents to join their virtual event. This will be a great way to meet and network with some physicians & residents in the state (looking at you, M4s who are applying to residency).

How to join in the comments below---
See you there!!

ELECTION DAY is Tuesday Nov. 3rd! 🗳
Polls are open from 7am-7pm.
You can find your polling place at: www.scvotes.gov
(and don't forget to bring an official photo ID!)

Your VOTE is your VOICE. It holds power.

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HUGE congratulations to our class of 2020 graduates!!! We are so proud of you all!

Congratulations, South Carolina Medical Students

Hello, SCMA med student members! If you haven't already met me, I'm Maggie Oliver – an M3 at USC Greenville and your new Chair of the SCMA Med Student Section. Just wanted to drop by to introduce myself and the rest of your newly elected SCMA MSS Governing Council (GC):
• Dory Askins (M4 at USC Greenville) – Board of Trustees representative and former MSS Chair
• Yianni Bakaes (M2 at USC Columbia) – Vice Chair
• Tristan Mackey (M3 at USC Greenville) – Policy Chair

As many of you know, SCMA also has a year-long fellowship program where one student from each SC med school acts as a link between their schools and our statewide GC. Below are this year’s fellows:
• VCOM – Norah Mubarak
• MUSC – Will Randall
• USC Columbia – Alex Giakas
• USC Greenville – Kate Hoffman

I also wanted to take a moment and acknowledge the elephant in the room – that these are strange and stressful times. A global pandemic has put unprecedented stress on our healthcare system and healthcare workers (not to mention drastically changed medical education), meanwhile recent, highly publicized acts of violence against the Black community have exposed some of the many racial inequities built into practically every institution in our country, and sparked worldwide calls for meaningful change. Your voice - and this work - is more important than ever.

I hope to dive more deeply into these urgent issues with all of you in the future, including by highlighting some of the incredible work our student members are already doing to address Covid crises and health disparities in their communities now. But in the meantime, please share this page with all your classmates so we can use it as a platform to communicate important SCMA announcements and advocacy opportunities. (Also huge shout out to Norah, who will be helping manage this page this year!)

Lastly, please don’t hesitate to message/email me at any point if you ever have questions, concerns, or ideas for your SCMA GC!! My email is [email protected] Hope to meet you all (or at least see you on Zoom) one day soon!