2010 LMSA Conference
26th Annual LMSA-West Regional Conference: Welcoming Change – Bridging Gaps for Latinos through Improvements in Health Policy
Friday April 9 - Saturday April 10, 2010
The LMSA-West Chapter at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine is honored to be hosting the 26th Annual LMSA-West Regional Conference.
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Our annual regional conference enables LMSA chapters to convene and assemble experts in a wide range of disciplines from around the country to conduct seminars on Latino issues and skills development for high school, undergraduate, and medical students, and a variety of healthcare professionals. It will be held on the University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine campus from April 9-10, 2010. LMSA recognizes that in order to eliminate the health disparities that plague Latinos, we must set the foundation for change by cultivating the future leaders of our community. To achieve this goal, LMSA created the annual regional conference in order to foster discourse, analysis, and systematic action on issues critical to recruiting and retaining Latinos in the health professions and to increase awareness of healthcare discrepancies in the Latino community. Through this regional conference, we will promote greater access to health, advance cultural competency in medicine, establish and create long standing mentoring relationships, as well as advocate for novel approaches to community health and the elimination of needless health disparities
The mission of Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) West is to promote the development of Latino students through education, volunteerism, and professional networking opportunities that foster diversity, higher education, and the improved health of the Latino community.
The 26th Annual LMSA Regional Conference aims to promote:
§ The recruitment, retention, and academic advancement of future Latino healthcare professionals.
§ Improving the delivery of health care services to Latinos and medically underserved populations.
§ Developing a network of Latino students and healthcare professionals through which mentorship, consultation, and exchange of ideas about the path to medical careers can take place.
§ Fostering Latino students' research, community service, and academic interests that will lead to the improvement of healthcare for underserved communities.
Day One will primarily target high school and pre-health audiences and will provide various workshops and seminars for these students, such as: leadership development, applying to medical school, successful interviewing, personal statement writing, health care careers panels, and MCAT strategies, just to name a few. Representative from numerous undergraduate and medical institutions will attend the college and medical/professional school exhibitor fair where they will showcase their schools and speak with students on a one-to-one basis. Day Two of the conference will focus on critical issues in health care, community health, career development, leadership in medicine, and health policy. Seminars will address medical career planning, residency options and training programs, community health issues, health care access proposals, and much more. Moreover, we will host a residency fair for medical students featuring primary care, surgical, and specialty care residency training programs from around the country.
In conclusion, the annual Graduation Banquet will be held at The Palace Hotel in downtown San Francisco, celebrating the achievements and graduation of medical students about to embark on their next phase of training within residency.
We invite you to join us in our mission to expand the educational pipeline for disadvantaged Latino students and advance healthcare for Latinos and medically underserved populations or participate as a pre-health student to take advantage of the resources LMSA has to offer you in your path to becoming a successful health professional.
The 26th Annual LMSA-West Regional Conference is sponsored by The California HealthCare Foundation.
The California HealthCare Foundation is committed to improving the way health care is delivered and financed in California. By promoting innovations in care and broader access to information, our goal is to ensure that all Californians can get the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford.
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