SNMA at The Ohio State University College of Medicine

The health fair is coming and you can play a part in helping us provide services to those in need. Click on the link at left to make a donation and for every 5 dollars donated you will have two chances entered into a drawing to receive a Nintendo Wii and the popular Wii Fit as a reward for your support.

The Inaugural Free Health Fair co-sponsored AMSA and SNMA and other Ohio State University Professional Student Organizations. It will feature local health, medical, and wellness exhibitors, and will be held on April 11, 2009 at the Southside Settlement (Click for directions) House in the Near East Community. The services provided include but are not limited to free screenings, literature, as well as free preventive care programs designed to target the underserved areas in Columbus, OH.

Attendees can receive immunizations, blood pressure, diabetes, gynecological, dental, hearing and vision screenings as well as an array of other services, provided by local health professionals and students from The Ohio State University. Preventative care services provided include healthy living literature and videos, sexual education as well as information addressing free clinics and the various services provided.

We encourage you to be a part of this spectacular event constructed to promote proactive management of current or potential health problems.

The Student National Medical Association (SNMA) is committed to supporting current and future underrepresented minority medical students, addressing the needs of underserved communities, and increasing the number of clinically excellent, culturally competent and socially conscious physicians.

The SNMA commits to the empowerment of its members to take proactive steps to address minority health issues through advocacy and community service. As such, SNMA works to promote the professional development of its members, so that they may have the potential for being the underrepresented minority (URM) health leaders of tomorrow.

SNMA commits to providing URM pre-health students with knowledge, skills and experiences that are both pre-requisite and concomitant to professional participation in the health care industry.

SNMA commits to actively engaging in health advocacy to address inequities in medical education; racial/ethnic health disparities; and injustices in U.S. domestic and foreign health policy. SNMA will work to ensure equity in health care, serve as community health advocates, succeed as leaders in academic medicine, and direct health policy change.

We encourage our membership to embody the ideals of the organization while maintaining leadership roles within SNMA; other professional organizations; and minority and underserved communities. We continue to advance the culturally competent URM medical student and future physician to achieve equal opportunity and health care for all.

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