University of Michigan Medical and Nursing School - Aequanimitas Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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V , ilk G,L 'L j The Student American Medical Association was founded in 1950 by a group of medical students with Warren R. Mullen, U-M ,52, as its first national president. These students felt that there was a need for a national forum of discussion and opinion for medical students on topics which would affect them as future physicians. Equally important to them was their desire to have an organization in which medical students could gather and share ideas and experi- ences with students from medical schools across the country. Our goals have been and continue to be to ad- vance the profession of medicine, to contribute to the welfare and education of medical students, and to familiarize our members to meet the social, moral and ethical obligations of the profession of medi- eine. Gu. - 'J O 2. .1 Front Row left to right-R. Proctor, D. Broomehj. Butterick, ll. Morganroth, L. Chambers, T. Stevenson. Second Row-K. llekot, E. Stubbs, B. Perkitt, P. Amene, D. McConnell, B. Stone, L. Tate, K. Knudson. Third Row-B. lloltgren, M. McAlvey, B. Wake, K. Pregitzer, O. Lieberg, M. Dawson. Ioel Morganroth, President C70J james Butterick, Vice-President C705 Diane Broome, Secretary C715 Laroyce Chambers, Treasurer C705 Sponsors: Richardtludge, MD William Oliver, MD Harvey Sparks, MD Henry Swain, MD

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This year SAMA has been a NEW SAMA-one dedicated to concern, commitment and action in the entire health sphere. There is a crisis in our society today, and SAMA has devoted its interest and ener- gies in four areas to help meet the present problems. These areas are: Community Health, International Health, Medical Education, and Student Service. We have tried to accept the challenge existing today with positive and meaningful action and have pledged our efforts to create meaningful solutions. This year we have undertaken the following projects: Lectureship, Draft Forum, Laundry, Movies, Stu- dent Relations Committee, Bookstore, Tours, Year- book, Calendar Service, Student Directory, Precep- torship Program, Fall Casino Party, Information Request Service. We have also become aware of the Regional Medi- cal Programs and have put forth efforts to have stu- dents represented on the Regional Advisory Board. We have maintained and strengthened our Sex and Drug education programs as well as other active community health projects. 4 r 1 .V 'n,v,:.L f f 'M f -fu Yr? Q 4, ' 1 Ds Q Our interest has also extended to the field of Inter- national Health and exchange with liaison to the International Federation of Medical Student Asso- ciations and a system to facilitate foreign exchanges. In the field of Medical Education, SAMA at Michigan has been active in exchange with other schools through participation in the National Stu- dent Conference on Medical Education and in the University of Western Ontario Conference on Medi- cal Education, in addition to helping review curricu- lum evaluation here at Michigan. Our service projects have been expanded to provide full service for all medical students. We have urged all organized groups and all medi- cal students to realize that it is time to meet the social, moral, and ethical obligations to which we have committed ourselves. SAMA has now moved away from the phenomenon of the medical student in the medical school and has moved to consider the problems of the entire health related community with dedication to concern commitment and action.