Al's Pals

2012-2013 Leaders: Honora Burnett MD'15, Juliann Reardon MD'15

Al's Pals is a new student-led initiative (founded in 2010) at AMS designed to facilitate the transition to medical school. Al's Pals (Al as in Alpert) pairs up interested incoming M1's with "buddy" M2 pals. Your pal will help answer questions you have about medical school, Brown, and Providence, and dispense age-old wisdom that has sustained medical students over the generations (Tip #173: Most students preferred Netter's over Gray's anatomy text). Al's Pals also runs events during the year to enhance the student body's social and mental well-being. Yes, ice cream will be involved.

Brown Med Bhangra

2012-2013 Leaders: Heather Jones MD'14, Isha Parulkar MD'15

Brown Med Bhangra is a student group dedicated to teaching the Indian folk dance of bhangra. Medical students of all skill levels come together to learn traditional dances in a friendly and encouraging atmosphere.

Careers in Medicine

2011-2012 Leaders: Thomas Kim MD'12, Reshma Ramachandran MD'13, Ina Soh MD'13, Kumar Vasudevan MD'12

Careers in Medicine (CIM) is a comprehensive career advising program of the AAMC utilized by the Brown Advising Program. The CIM website contains self-assessment tools and a broad range of information on specialty areas and specialty area decision making. The medical school's advising program has adapted CIM to include a series of specialty area panels that bring preclinical students into contact with faculty early in their medical training, as well as a student-led portion of CIM that focuses on providing students with information on career options and decision making. Our student-led portion of CIM works closely with student interest groups to provide students with opportunities to discuss career choice with each other and with practitioners in a particular area.

Gun Safety for the Physician

2011-2012 Leaders: Brenna Brucker MD'13

Instruction on gun safety; sports marksmanship training at local gun clubs; discussion on the politics of gun safety in society; lectures regarding ballistic injuries in medicine. Visit our website at: https://sites.google.com/site/gunsafetyforthephysician/.

Patient Advocacy Coordinating Council

2011-2012 Leaders: Rahul Dalal MD'15, Alma Guerrero MD'15

The Patient Advocacy Coordinating Council (PACC) is made of up of several student groups with the common goal of promoting patient advocacy within the medical school and the community at large. PACC coordinates the allocation of funds for student groups that host events that are particularly aimed for patients and patient care. PACC also offers grants for student groups or individuals seeking funding for events or projects relating to patient advocacy.

Student groups under the PACC umbrella plan events to educate medical students on patient advocacy as well as events that directly impact patient care.

Primary Care Progress

2011-2012 Leaders: Colin Burke MD'14, Christi Butler MD'14, Mae Shen MD'14

Brown Primary Care Progress is Brown's chapter of a national organization devoted to promoting primary care and transforming care delivery and training. Our goal is to bring students, residents, and faculty together to inspire innovation in primary care and to create a network of primary care-oriented community members. Our chapter is relatively new, and we are constantly seeking input from students, residents, and faculty at all levels on ways in which we might best serve the primary care community here at Brown.

Student Health Council

2011-2012 Leaders: Christian Brown MD'12, Ross Martini MD'11

The Student Health Council (SHC) promotes the healthy functioning of Brown PLME and medical students within their social and professional communities. It is comprised of three to five students selected from each medical school class. Our concern for student well-being is matched by concern for patient safety. The SHC aims to address behavioral health concerns, substance use, and mental or physical illness that may impair students' practice of safe medicine. We facilitate these aims through peer counseling and support, resource connections, and wellness education. Participation in peer support relationships with the SHC is voluntary and strictly confidential.