AMA-MSS
Tangible Benefits
Intangible Benefits
The Bottom Line
UMA Membership
(Application at bottom of page)
 

Tangible Benefits:

• Subscription to JAMA (52 issues each year) and The American Medical News (25 issues a year)
• The USP Drug Information Book Vol. 1 (a fantastic drug reference; more than 2,000 pages) [For 3 and 4 year memberships only.]
• Discounts on books, software, and doctor toys through the AMA Medical Student Catalogue
• Air Fare, Hertz, and Hotel discounts
• Opportunities to attend national and regional conferences (travel assistance is usually available)
• Pre-approved student Master Card (just what you need -- more debt!)

    The AMA you join is the same AMA that you hear about on TV, read about in the papers, and hear about on NPR.  It's
    the same AMA that accredits medical schools, puts out the best residency information sources (FRIEDA and the "Green
    Book"), and the same AMA that oversees all CME activity after you leave residency.  In joining the AMA, your voice will
    join the most influential and encompasing physicians organization in the country.  Once you leave medical school,
    membership dues are substantially (astronomically) higher. You will rarely encounter a deal this good.

The Bottom Line

    1 year: $20
    2 years: $38
    3 years: $54
    4 years: $68

    (Application at bottom of page)
    *Remember, memberships make great birthday/holiday/early graduation gifts from parents and grandparents!
    (Shameless, aren't we?!)

UMA-MSS
(& Salt Lake County Medical Society -- you must join both to join either)

Tangible Benefits
Intangible Benefits
The Bottom Line
Application at Bottom of Page
 

Tangible Benefits

• Subscription to the monthly Bulletin and the UMA Impact newsletter
• Opportunities to attend the quarterly dinners of the Salt Lake County Medical Society (free!)
• Opportunities to attend UMA conferences, House of Delegates, Workshops, and "Day and the Legislature"
• Group rate benefits on Micron (!) computers, Airtouch cellular/digital phones & pagers, and lots more
• Group rate health insurance & life insurance
• No-cost legal service (may you never need it) and Financial Planning (may you need it soon)

    The UMA works just as hard as the AMA (maybe harder), only on a local level. In addition to their presence on Utah's
    Capitol Hill, they are behind a number of public health efforts here, and are a key player in the negotiations between
    physicians and managed care in Utah. Perhaps the most apparent benefit to members of the UMA is the instant affiliation
    with practicing physicians. Whether it's your future attending, your child's pediatrician, or someone you've never met before,
    the chance to share a dinner table with a "real live doctor" and discuss issues of mutual interest is just about unheard of --
    except among the student members of the UMA. (Let's face it, even in the new curriculum there are no classes in the art
    of "Schmooze" -- where else are you going to learn?)

The Bottom Line

    1 year: $20 ($10 for the UMA, $10 for the SLCMS)
    2 years: $35 (Half for the UMA, Half for the SLCMS)
    3 years: $50 (ditto)
    4 years: $65 (ditto)

    Application at Bottom of Page
    *Ask your friendly UMA officer about faculty sponsorships, or find your own doc to sponsor you!

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