AMSA at Tulane

Join our AMSA chapter and 504HealthNet for some good ol' fashioned canvassing this Wednesday! We'll be going door to door talking to people about their health insurance options and getting the word out about open enrollment. It's super fun and easy; no experience necessary!! Sign up here:

Canvassing for 504HealthNet Sign Up Sheet1 Help us flyer to get the word out about open enrollment! Wednesday, November 29th at 4- 6pm I want to start at Hutch and flyer around the French Quarter!, I want to start at Coquette and flyer up magazine towards uptown! Name, Email, Affiliation, Notes, Name, Email, Affiliation, Notes ...

This is tonight!! Come for the bar tab and the giant Jenga, stay for the unbeatable joy of providing material support to a local nonprofit! Can't make it but want to help? Venmo Brian Closs (@ Brian-Closs) if you're feeling generous! AMSA - American Medical Student Association 504HealthNet

Today's lunch talk features Susan Todd from 504HealthNet sharing ways for students to get involved with open enrollment this year! Special appearance by AMSA's Education & Advocacy Fellow, Daniel Gouger! We're looking forward to welcoming both to campus!

Hutch Auditorium
12pm
Lunch provided

High Yield Only
What: Webinar about addressing the Opioid Epidemic in Primary Care
Where: Hutch 6065
When: Today at Noon
Why: Big Cheezy y'all, also an important topic especially in New Orleans

Day 3 of AMSA's primary care week is here, and if you've missed the past two days, it's OK, we forgive you! Today in 7062 we'll be hearing from Dr. Clarissa Hoff.

Dr. Hoff is double board certified in Family and Preventive Medicine, and is interested in providing holistic primary care to the whole family. Dr. Hoff is an active member and co-director of a practice based research network SAPORO. SAPORO works with primary care clinics and residency program across the south to coordinate quality research in primary care. The research is focused on producing results that directly benefit patients and the physicians that care for them. She is also director of the Tulane Preventive Medicine Residency program since 2014.

As if all that wasn't awesome enough we'll also have pyramids.

HIGH YIELD
WHAT: AMSA PRIMARY CARE WEEK PRESENTS DR. CLARISSA HOFF
WHERE: HUTCH 7062 (BRING A SWEATER)
WHEN: TODAY AT NOON
WHY: PYRAMIDS AND THE CHANCE TO TALK TO A RESIDENCY DIRECTOR

Sunshine and Eskimo Kisses,
AMSA

Hey Y'all,

Pulm got you out of breath? Upper limb killing your sense of humer(us)? Don't worry, AMSA has your back! Come by Hutch 5150 today at noon to hear Dr. Ashley Wennerstrom speak about health disparities in New Orleans. She literally does so much stuff that it's hard to summarize, don't believe me see below:

Dr. Wennerstrom is the director of the Louisiana Community Health Worker Training Institute. She is a co-founder and past chair of the Louisiana Community Health Outreach Network, a local professional group for community health workers. Dr. Wennerstrom is also the Community Health Clerkship Director for Tulane School of Medicine, an elective course which educates students about the social determinants of health, the non-medical aspects of patients’ lives such as education, housing, employment, language, environment, nutrition, and safety. From 2008-2010, Dr. Wennerstrom served as associate director of the REACH NOLA Mental Health Infrastructure and Training Project, a community-academic partnered mental health quality improvement initiative. She is a section councilor and treasurer for the Community Health Planning and Policy Development Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). She also serves a co-chair of the policy committee for the Community Health Workers Section of APHA. Dr. Wennerstrom received a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and Spanish from the University of Colorado. She served as an AmeriCorps VISTA at New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity prior to earning an MPH from the University of Arizona. She received a PhD from the department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

She also has done a lot of work advocating for prisoner healthcare reform and working with prisoners in Angola, basically she's a certified badass. Also we'll have pizza.

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What: Dr. Wennerstrom speaking
Where: Hutch 5150
When: TODAY at noon
Why: Pizza and a crazy good speaker

ROOM CHANGE TO 5001!!!

Welcome to the first day of National Primary Care Week! Tonight (6PM) join Dr. David Schmitz for a webinar on the current state of rural health in the nation, including how telemedicine is used in rural areas. Register below!

National Primary Care Week: Preventive Medicine and Health Maintenance National Primary Care Week will take place from October 1-7, 2017. The theme this year is Preventive Medicine and Health Maintenance.

HELP US GET RID OF ALL THIS AWESOME PIZZA!!! HUTCH 5150!!!

High Yield
What: AMSA Primary Care Week Podcast Listening
Where: Hutch 5150
When: Monday Oct. 2nd at 12 PM
Why: Important story that's not told enough and pizza

Thank you Dr. DeSalvo for visiting campus last week and sharing your insight into rebuilding the healthcare and public health infrastructure of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Read more about her visit here! http://tmedweb.tulane.edu/clubs/amsa/2017/09/27/dr-karen-desalvo-on-rebuilding-healthcare-in-new-orleans/

When it comes to advocating for your patients, education and trustworthy resources are critical. KHN is a great resource for learning more about health policy issues that will impact you and your future patients. Learn more about what's at stake with the latest ACA-repeal bill and then call your members of Congress to let them know what you think!

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