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Happy holidays everyone! Check out the January 2021 ACP IMpact article by the Wellness Committee of CCSM. This wellness article features pre-clinical and clinical student perspectives during the COVID-19 pandemic:

A Wellness-Needs Assessment of Medical Students During COVID-19 | January 2021 | ACP Authors May Kyaw; Cindy Ma; Angela Pham; Alexander Phan; Annica Stull-Lane; Sara Toulouie By the end of MS2 year, medical students have probably watched the 3-minute video about coronaviruses on SketchyMicro, a USMLE preparation resource that covers high-yield microbes through cartoon mnemonics. We....

With COVID-19 impacting many aspects of our medical training, ACP Council of Student Members will be hosting a webinar that features medical school educators, advisors, and residency program directors. They will provide advice, and discuss pandemic-related changes to residency application and the Match process for the upcoming year.

This webinar will be held on Thursday, August 12th at 7:00 PM EST. To sign up, follow the link below. Don't miss out on this!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Navigating the 2021 Internal Medicine Match During the Time of COVID-19. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically disrupted the normal residency application and Match process, leaving students applying in the 2021 cycle with many questions about how to optimally navigate this already anxiety-provoking critical step in their medical career. Sponsored by the ACP Council of St...

Last week, fourth-year medical students from California Northstate University College of Medicine shared their unique paths to pursuing a career in IM with their Internal Medicine Interest Group. Nearly 50 people were in attendance for the 2-hour event. On behalf of CCSM and CNUCOM IMIG, thank you for this engaging and inspiring discussion, and congratulations to the MS4 panelists on their successful matches!

Advocacy in Action! Today, ACP medical students, residents, fellows, and physician members are advocating on behalf of our patients in Sacramento, CA.

I. M. PROUD CONTEST💪
Submit a video or essay about why you are proud to be in internal medicine and get featured on the ACP website! (and also get a cool coffee mug, pen, pin, and wireless speaker)

I.M. Proud Contest | I.M. Proud | ACP Tell us why you are I.M. Proud and you could win an I.M. Proud prize pack (coffee mug, wireless speaker, pen and pin) and get featured on our website! Use the form below to submit a brief essay or video answering one of the following questions, and you'll be entered to win.

Promoting gender equity and eliminating the inequities in compensation and career advancement that physicians can face is a longstanding goal of ACP.

Sign up for free Women in Medicine Webinars:
https://www.acponline.org/advocacy/where-we-stand/women-in-medicine

Submit An Abstract to the ACP Regional Meetings! From novel research and interesting clinical vignettes to clinical innovations and quality improvement projects, the ACP Regional Meetings are fast approaching and great opportunities to showcase your work! Click the link below for more details!

Southern California: Due Sept 6th
Northern California: Due Sept 15th

News & Meetings | California | ACP 21st Annual Cal-ACP Internal Medicine Review and Update Course July 27-28, 2019 University of California, Riverside Extension CampusMeeting FlyerRegister Online Today! For more information or questions, please contact Natalie Kaczur.

Passionate about health and our planet? ACP has a Climate Change Toolkit that focuses on how climate change effects health and describes what we can do to make our practices more environmentally friendly. Learn more on the ACP Website at: https://www.acponline.org/advocacy/advocacy-in-action/climate-change-toolkit

Match Day Recap! Internal Medicine remained the largest specialty in the match this year, read more at:

Internal medicine residency match increases slightly from last year, but policies still needed to ensure patient access to general internists | ACP Newsroom | ACP Philadelphia, March 15, 2019 -- The 2019 Main Residency Match revealed that internal medicine remains the largest training specialty, offering one-quarter (25.2 percent) of all PGY-1 positions in the Match. Internal medicine programs offered a record high 8,116 categorical positions and 396 primary....

Are you "all in" for ACP's Internal Medicine Meeting 2019?!

Are you “all in” for ACP's Internal Medicine Meeting 2019? Are you “all in” for ACP's Internal Medicine Meeting 2019 in Philadelphia, April 11-13? Find out why your colleagues are excited to attend and register http:...

Looking for involvement in advocacy on the national level? Check out ACP Leadership Day on May 14-15, where students can meet on Capitol Hill with members of Congress to lobby for health care. Funding may be available for California IMIG Chapter members, check with your IMIG leadership for more details.

Leadership Day | Advocacy in Action | ACP Important advocacy events include Leadership Day - ACP Services, Inc.'s annual advocacy day on Capitol Hill.

Check out some of the ways that ACP works on promoting healthy patient-physician relationships through advocacy!