Clubs & Service Activities

Student Club Contacts

Fund-Raising Approval Form (approve.doc)

American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI)

The mission of the AAPI, started in 2001, is to serve as a forum to facilitate and enable Indian American physicians to excel in patient care, teaching and research, and to pursue their aspirations in professional and community affairs. Goals of this organization include fostering the identity of the AAPI within the medical community and the integration of the American and Indian cultures.This is a local chapter of the AAPI national organization.
 

Advocacy Committee

The Student Advocacy Committee is responsible for hearing, evaluating and acting on reports of abuse of medical students, including sexism, racism, sexual and racial harrassment, racial discrimination, and verbal abuse. The committee also functions in a pro-active capacity by performing student surveys and holding educational workships for students, residents, and faculty. Members of the Advocacy Committee include faculty and students who are appointed by the Dean of the Medical School. There are two student representatives from each class who are elected during their first year of medical school to a four year position on the committee.

American Medical Association -- Medical School Section (AMA-MSS)

The AMA is the primary professional organization for physicians and medical students. At the national level, the AMA sets policy for professional conduct and also advocates for physicians' and patients' interests. Here at UVA, our chapter is very active. We host a series of health policy lectures during the year. We organize several major service projects including Habitat for Humanity and the ongoing Childrens' Fitness Clinic. We lobby our legislators in Washington and Richmond, and we attend the national and state AMA meetings.

American Medical Student Association (AMSA)

AMSA is the nation’s oldest and largest independent student association. Nationally, AMSA advocates for the interest and well-being of patients, medical students, and residents. Locally, the UVA Chapter of AMSA organizes many events throughout the year, including lectures on health care, an annual event for World AIDS Advocacy, and an environmental health symposium. Our members also attend local and national AMSA conferences.

Anesthesiology Interest Group (AIG)

The Anesthesiology Interest Group serves to introduce UVA medical students to the specialty of Anesthesiology. The goal of the organization is to encourage student-faculty interaction and to educate students about caseloads, lifestyles and the working hours of anesthesiologists. The club will also address the role of physiology and pharmacology, the nature of patient-physician relationships and the opportunity to further specialize within the field. Resident physicians and the residency program coordinator will speak about various anesthesiology residency programs, tips on applying to programs, how to get your foot in the door, etiquette while interviewing, and board scores. Regular group activities will include hosting lectures and presentations by UVA staff, providing students with shadowing opportunities, organizing simulations and hands-on learning experiences and exploring research prospects for students.

Arrhythmics

The Arrhythmics are the co-ed a cappella group at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. We perform throughout the year at diverse venues from the Children's Hospital to the med school talent show and official hospital events. All singers are welcome, regardless of your skill level or previous experience. We look forward to singing with you!
 

Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association

APAMSA is devoted to meeting the unique educational and social needs and interests of Asian-American medical students. This includes efforts to foster Asian student/faculty interaction, health outreach to Asian communities in the area and communication among Asian medical students at the University of Virginia. The organization offers a forum and a vehicle through which students can voice their concerns about issues pertinent to the Asian medical community. APAMSA sponsors speakers, workshops on topics of interest, social activities and cooperates with other Asian-American student associations on joint projects.

Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S. (AMSUS)

The Old Dominion Chapter of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States is an organization for medical students that are affiliated with the Armed Forces and/or other branches of federal healthcare. The goals of the chapter are to provide all necessary support for HPSP students including pertinent information, preparation for ADTs (ATs) and the transition to active duty. This chapter also provides a forum for studying the military and the role healthcare plays in the fulfillment of the military's objectives. In addition, AMSUS Old Dominion Chapter is a source of information to the UVa community regarding medical opportunities in the Armed Forces, both as a student and as a physician.
 

Bioethics Interest Group

The Bioethics Interest Group provides a forum for medical students to meet and discuss ethical issues encountered in medicine. The meetings are informal and involve the discussion of relevant topics/cases, and often evolve according to the interests of the group. Faculty mentors attend the sessions and help to guide the discussion and provide insight when appropriate.

Book Club

Like traditional book clubs, we decide as a group on a book to read and discuss. We meet over food to discuss the book and any other issues that come up. We’ve read fiction and non-fiction, books with a medical twist and totally non-medical books. You don't have to finish the book to come to the meetings so come and have some stimulating conversation with us!

The Cabell Society exists to foster and encourage interest in the exciting field of surgery. This is accomplished via lunch meetings throughout the school year with prominent faculty surgeons as speakers, resident-taught suture clinics, and an extensive shadowing program that matches students with a practicing surgeon in the subspecialty of their choice, allowing them to be in clinic and the OR.

Charlottesville Free Clinic

The Free Clinic opened in 1992 in order to provide free health care to that segment of society that was working but was still unable to purchase health insurance. The clinic is open three evenings a week and is staffed by volunteers from all medical fields. Medical students can sign-up in their first and second years to act as initial health screeners. Third and fourth year medical students may choose to see patients in collaboration with physicians.

Christian Medical Association

The Christian Medical Association at UVA exists to provide fellowship, support spiritual growth, and build authentic relationships both within the Christian community and the larger UVA medical community. Our desire is to serve and encourage both students and faculty, and promote discussion on the intersection of faith and medicine. CMA is largely student led and provides regular weekly meetings, Bible studies, and fellowship times. Other activities include an annual retreat and semi-monthly dinners with local physicians and residents.

Club MED

We are the interest group for students interested in the field of Internal Medicine. The purpose of Club Med is to foster an interest in the broad field of internal medicine and to allow the opportunity for medical students to meet and develop relationships with housestaff and attendings in the Department of Internal Medicine. The group was founded in 1993 and is sponsored by the UVA department of Internal Medicine. Students work to provide speakers on a variety of topics, to introduce medical students at all levels to the field of Internal Medicine and to host social, academic, and volunteering events to promote interactions between faculty and students.

Comida y Conversacion

Comida y Conversacion is a club committed to encouraging a facility with the Spanish language within the UVA medical school and wider health system, in order to better serve the increasing number of Spanish speaking patients in Charlottesville and beyond. To this end, we speak Spanish over lunch on a weekly basis; we show occasional Latin American and Spanish movies; and we organize several other events throughout the year.

Community Service

There are many community service opportunities available in the Charlottesville area-- check out the bulletin board outside Jordan 1-5 for some popular projects. First years are specifically responsible for putting on a haunted "Boo" house for the kids at Kluge-- tons of fun and a great excuse to dress up for Halloween! And first years organize the annual Camp Holiday Trails 5K race!

Cooking for a Cause

An opportunity for medical students to cook meals for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House, a place where the families of patients in the hospital can stay when they can't afford a hotel. Typically three or four students get together to cook dinner and are welcome to stay to eat with the families if they wish. Cooking can be done right there at the RMH or meals can be cooked at home and brought there. Club leaders will send out dates via email and students can sign up for whenever they choose.

Complementary/Alternative Medicine Group - Holistic Medicine Group

CAM/HMG seeks to expose students to forms of healing not traditionally taught in medical school. These include nutrition therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, herbs, midwifery, naturopathic medicine, homeopathy and many more. Our activities include lecture presentations and possible shadowing opportunities with local providers. Check back on our website later this summer for more information.

Dermatology Interest Group

The Dermatology Interest Group was created to introduce medical students at the University of Virginia to the field of dermatology. The club encourages interaction with residents and faculty members from the Department of Dermatology through lunch time talks and shadowing opportunities. Furthermore, students can participate in the National Melanoma Awareness Project or Sun Protection Fun, where they will teach local elementary/middle/high schools an interactive 50 minute skin cancer curriculum. The goal of the group is not only to expose students to dermatology, but to develop community awareness of skin cancer prevention.

The Edgerton Society of Plastic Surgery

The Edgerton Society introduces medical students to the field of Plastic Surgery and its various subspecialties. Monthly meetings feature speakers who educate students on a broad array of topics ranging from the residency admissions process to international and academic medicine. The Society also offers many opportunities to shadow resident and attending physicians.

Emergency Medicine Interest Group

The Emergency Medicine Interest Group was organized to acquaint medical students to the field of Emergency Medicine. We will have several meetings throughout the academic year, introducing new students to the field of EM and helping students to prepare for an EM residency. In the fall, there will be a suturing workshop led by EM residents and attendings, open to all students to learn and/or perfect their suturing techniques. Students will also have the opportunity to shadow teaching residents in the ED throughout the entire academic year which is a great opportunity for first and second year students to apply what they are learning in the classroom to actual patient cases.

Family Practice Club

FMIG is an organization for students interested in learning more about Family Medicine or Primary Care. Our lunch lectures will include a Q&A panel with current residents and faculty that will address Family Medicine as a career as well as informational presentations about various Primary Care topics. We will also host Clinical Skills Workshops, which provide students with the opportunity to learn about and practice venipuncture, suturing, splinting, performing colonoscopies, and other clinical procedures. In addition to these activities, we will also have Faculty-Student lunches and a monthly dinner series at the home of a faculty member. These opportunities give students a chance to get to know the wonderful Family Medicine faculty and ask them questions in a very casual environment. We also train students to teach in the Tar Wars curriculum, which is a national program targeted at elementary school students that teaches the children about the risks of smoking and encourages them to be smoke-free. If you are interested in Family Medicine or Primary Care, if you are completely undecided about what you want to go into, or if you think any of these activities sound fun, we would love to see you at our events!

Geriatrics Club

The Geriatrics Club hopes to raise the awareness of the health problems faced by senior citizens by making UVA medical students more aware of the field of geriatrics and to provide opportunities for students to interact with geriatricians as well as senior citizens in the community. Students in the club will be able to improve their bedside diagnostic skills with the help of Dr. Mark Williams and will also be able to foster a relationship with a senior citizen in the community through weekly lunches.

Honor System

The Honor System is one of the prime examples of student self-governance at the University. Founded in 1842, the Honor System has flourished for more than 150 years as an entirely student-run system. Students do their part to support the system in a variety of ways, from serving as elected committee members, to reporting transgressions of it by their peers, to simply behaving with the integrity that has come to be expected of a Virginia student. Under the system, each student is charged with the responsibility to refrain from dishonorable conduct. Accompanying this individual commitment to abide by the Honor System is an even more demanding commitment and responsibility to ask those who violate our standard of honor to leave the University. Accepting these responsibilities is vital to the successful maintenance of our student-run Honor System. By today's standard, an honor offense is defined as an intentional act of lying, cheating or stealing which warrants permanent dismissal from the University.

HIV Outreach Program

The HIV Outreach Program serves to introduce UVA medical students to issues and policy that affect the care and lives of HIV patients. Its primary role is in education and will work with other organizations at the school and the local community to spread information and increase knowledge about both US and world HIV concerns.

International Medicine Club

The International Medicine Club, founded in the spring of 1995, brings medical students, graduate students, undergraduates, and faculty together to address the need to view medical and public health issues from a global, multicultural perspective. Goals are to highlight career opportunities in global health and to link members with resources for career planning. The club invites speakers to discuss current health issues from a multidisciplinary approach, hosts an international film series, and provides students a forum to engage in research and volunteer activities. The UVA Center for Global Health works to promote health in resource-limited settings by fostering the commitment of students, faculty, and partners from many disciplines to address the diseases of poverty. Contact: April Ballard, 434-243-6383.

Jewish Medical Students Association

JMSA hosts many different types of activities throughout the school year. We have a Shabbat dinner early in the year, opportunities to participate in the Jewish community in Charlottesville, and several other get-togethers. We also have several "bar nights" with other Jewish student groups, as well as mixers with both the Business and Law schools.

Kluge Rehabilitation Center (KEEN)

This club was organized to work with children (5-14) who are patients at the Kluge Rehabilitation Center. KEEN stands for Kids Enjoy Exercise Now; so if you like to play games and bring smiles to faces this is for you!

Madison House

Each week over 3,000 University of Virginia students volunteer their time and energy to better the community and themselves. Volunteers serve as tutors, construction workers, day care supporters, patient service representatives, role models, and peer counselors.

Medical Economics and Policy

We bring in speakers to educate us on a variety of topics including:

• The use of medical technology in making care more efficient and effective
• The basis, differences, incentives, and roles of HMOs, PPOs, etc.
• How to negotiate with insurance companies
• Different models of physician compensation
• Medicare reimbursement (and why so many doctors are upset with it)
• How to set up your own practice (e.g. space, infrastructure, employees, etc.)
• Medical malpractice concerns with respect to insurance costs and legal issues

Medical School Football League (MFL)

The MFL, founded in 2005, is a student and faculty co-rec, two-hand touch football league open to players of all skill levels. The league exists as an escape from the rigors of classwork into the world of highly entertaining, competitive football, meant to bring classmates together and foster a sense of community within the UVA SOM. The league begins in the fall and runs through the spring, ending with the Claude Moore Health Sciences Bowl in February.

Medical Students for Responsible Medicine

We plan to discuss current and emerging topics in medical education, patient care, and ethical research which have been largely ignored in the curricula. Particularly important among these are preventive medicine, nutrition, exercise, and stress reduction. Through video presentations, workshops, seminars, and community outreach activities, medical students can broaden their training to pursue excellence, compassion, and integrity in medicine.

MERCI Project International

MERCI Project International is affiliated with the MERCI Project at the University of Virginia's Hospital. Students and faculty meet to discuss issues of international medical care that are pertinent to today's world and evaluate possible avenues of action. Reusable medical supplies are gathered and then distributed world-wide.

National Network of Latin American Medical Students (NNLAMS)

The University of Virginia Chapter of the National Network of Latin American Medical Students UVASOM-NNLAMS is devoted to meeting the unique interests and needs of Latin American medical students. This includes efforts to promote student-faculty interaction, community service, health outreach to the surrounding community, and communication among Latin American medical students at the University of Virginia. UVA-NNLAMS collaborates with other student associations to promote the recruitment and retention of Latino medical students and to educate medical students on Latino health issues. Furthermore, students can voice their concerns about issues pertinent to the Latino medical community through UVA-NNLAMS.

Neurosurgery Interest Group

The Neurosurgery Interest Group aims to provide medical students with early exposure to the dynamic field of neurosurgery. The organization hosts monthly lectures given by various members of the UVA faculty, designed to give students a sampling of the many subspecialties and the exciting new technological advances in the field. Presentations include surgery video clips, instrument demonstrations, and work with bone models. Residents play an active role in the organization, and are eager to answer questions about their training. Meetings are a great way to find shadowing and research opportunities with members of the department. The Neurosurgery Interest Group will also hold a suture and knot tying clinic. We look forward to meeting you.

Obstetrics and Gynecology Club

Interested in Women's Health, Endocrinology, Surgery or Oncology? Then you might be interested in Ob/Gyn; the field is broader than you might think so take a minute to check out the Ob/Gyn club. The main goal of the Ob/gyn club is to promote various Women's Health issues and encourage interest in the area of Obstetrics and Gynecology, including such fields as Reproductive Endocrinology and Reproductive Oncology. Some of the programs we plan to sponsor including STD awareness programs for the undergraduate UVA students, a Resident Mentoring program, and informational panels. Any questions? Email one of the club coordinators.

Operation SMILE

Operation Smile works closely with the Department of Surgery to provide plastic surgery to indigent patients, both here and abroad.

Ophthalmology Interest Group

The Ophthalmology Interest Group, initiated in 2005, serves to introduce University of Virginia medical students to the surgical specialty of Ophthalmology and the visual sciences. The goal of the organization is to allow students to gain exposure to various topics in the specialty and to initiate interaction between faculty and students. Our activities include helping students to find shadowing opportunities with faculty, hosting a panel of resident and attending physicians from the department, sponsoring presentations of subspecialties and particular clinical areas of Ophthalmology, and searching for potential research opportunities for students.

Orthopaedic Club

The Orthopaedics Club is an interest group with the goal of offering students a chance to learn more about the field of orthopaedics and its various sub-specialties through presentations and direct interaction with faculty. It is also intended for students seeking to learn more about the workings of the musculoskeletal system, often underemphasized in medical school. Meetings are held once or twice a semester with faculty who are invited to share relevant cases, research, and insight from their practices. A panel of rising interns and residents is assembled in the spring to answer questions and to help guide interested students. Our shadowing program allows students to follow an orthopod and staff through the clinics and OR and is designed to facilitate interaction between the attending physician and student.

Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Interest Group (ENT)

Are you interested in surgery AND diagnostics? Do you enjoy working with your hands, but also enjoy seeing patients in clinic? Then Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery may be the subspecialty for you! The purpose of this group is to let students know what Otolaryngology is all about. We will hold meetings throughout the school year where doctors in the department will share about their careers, residency programs, and research opportunities. In addition, meetings allow networking opportunities and foster shadowing and mentoring between faculty and students.

Pediatrics Club

This club was founded in 1994 by a group of students interested in the field of Pediatrics. The club works closely with the UVa Pediatrics Department in order to sponsor speakers and events designed to introduce first- and second-year students to clinical issues in Pediatrics.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Club

The field of Physical Medicine and Rehab ( a.k.a. physiatry) focuses on musculoskeletal disease as well as rehabilitation from traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, burn injury and stroke. Within the field of PM&R doctors can specialize in any of these areas as well as Sports Medicine, Pediatric Rehab, and Pain Management. The Club hosts several lectures per year on various aspects of Physical Medicine and also provides volunteer opportunities on the medical team for local races.

Project S.M.I.L.E.

"Students Making It a Little Easier" is an organization sponsored by the American Cancer Society, which matches medical students ("Big Buddies") with pediatric hematology/oncology patients ("little buddies"). Big buddies accompany little buddies to oncology clinic appointments, to planned organizational functions, and in general, provide emotional support to the patient and to the family of the patient.

Psychiatry Club

The American Psychiatry Association sponsors this club which meets monthly to discuss current psychiatric topics of interest. They also have a number of guest speakers and usually open these meetings to any interested students.

qMD

qMD is a club that serves as a resource for LGBT issues in medicine and for queer students and their allies. qMD can be contacted at UVA_SOM_qMD@virginia.edu.

Radiation Oncology Group

The purpose of this group is to give students early exposure to the field by meeting with faculty, enabling research opportunities, answering questions and providing resources and/or contacts. Feel free to get in touch with one of the contacts with any questions you have before the first event.

RIG (Radiology Interest Group)

The Radiology Interest Group has been formed to promote and support students that may have an interest in pursuing radiology. We usually host one or two meetings a semester concerning various topics in radiology, including interventional radiology and just introducing students to radiology in general. All are welcome.

St. Luke's Catholic Medical Society

Saint Luke, the patron saint of physicians wrote the Gospel of Luke, which emphasized ministering to the poor, opening God’s kingdom to all, respecting life, and conveying God’s mercy to everyone. Accordingly, St. Luke’s society is an organization of faith-based healthcare workers whose mission is to carry out the healing and spiritual ministry of Saint Luke. Our goal as an organization is to provide a forum for spiritual discussion, and to offer guidance and support to our patients and fellow healthcare workers. Throughout the year we sponsor guest lecturers, brown-bag-lunches, and the Annual White Coat Mass to promote the spiritual growth of our members.

Significant Others Group

This group is comprised of medical students and their spouses or significant others. We gather a few times each year, usually over dinner. These gatherings provide an opportunity to get to know students in similar life situations. The events are open to all, including children. Gatherings are advertised via your school e-mail, if you would like to assist in the planning of events please contact Andrea or Eric (ekc2z@virginia.edu). We look forward to meeting you this year.

Sloane Society

The Sloane Society was started in 1999 and is partly funded and supported by the Humanities in Medicine program. Activities range from lectures on bioethical issues to film viewings and play readings.

Spinal Chords

Founded in 1979, this a cappella singing group is made up of first- and second-year men and brings "music and mirth" to the hospital and the community-at-large. The "Chords" practice twice weekly a repertoire that ranges from barbershop favorites to current hits and everything else that won't land them in jail! They enjoy tremendous popularity for their performances in class, on the wards, and throughout the state. In addition, the "Chords" raise funds for the Children's Medical Center which are presented each May during the CMC telethon. Membership is open to all male members of the first and second-year class. Auditions are held each fall as the older chords are "retired" to the wards. Enthusiasm more than talent is the major requirement.

Student Advocacy Committee

The Student Advocacy Committee is responsible for hearing, evaluating, and acting on reports of abuse of medical students. Reports include sexism, racism, sexual and racial harassment, racial discrimination, verbal abuse, or other types of unprofessional or offensive behavior directed at students. The Committee has two goals: To investigate complaints and negotiate solutions and to improve the professional climate for learning.

Student Medical Education Committee (SMEC)

SMEC is the the student run curriculum advisory group. We are a subcommittee of the Mulholland Society. SMEC discusses all aspects of the medical curriculum at UVA and makes specific recommendations to faculty members and education Deans. SMEC is your voice for improving the curriculum at UVA. First year students can join student advisory committees (SACs) for individual courses, such as Biochemistry and Anatomy. We will be in touch with you during the next several weeks about how to become involved. If you ever have questions or suggestions about the curriculum do not hesitate to contact any SMEC member.

Student National Medical Association (SNMA)

Founded in 1964 at Meharry Medical College in Nashville TN, and Howard University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., the Student National Medical Assoication (SNMA) is the oldest and largest minority student organization addressing national minority/underserved health concerns. SNMA has grown to over 6000 members at 142 academic centers and universities across the country. Our mission is to address community and societal health issues that affect underserved America and to increase minority representation in health professional fields. Through our signature MAPS, HPREP, and YSEP programs SNMA members work with youths from elementary school to college introducing them to science and serving as mentors. In this way, SNMA strengthens the educational pipeline that leads from elementary school to medical school.

Students Interested in Neurology (SIGN)

The Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN) is a national organization sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). The goal of SIGN is to introduce medical students to the field of Neurology and its subspecialties. Activities include lunch meetings with faculty Q&A panels and lectures, shadowing and research opportunities, and national conferences.

Student Physicians for Social Responsibility (SPRS)

SPRS is a national student group organized under Physicians for Social Responsibility. Physicians for Social Responsibility has long worked to alert the public to pervasive global health threats created over the past century by human actions. The group's agenda includes addressing environmental health issues, violence prevention, and nuclear disarmanment. For more information, please visit the website: http://www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=spsr_homepage

Tennis Club

We have a range of players from those who've never played before to some college tennis pros. It's a great way to get exercise, improve your game, and to get know other people.

Unite for Sight

Unite for Sight is a service organization, that aims to end preventable forms of blindness and help those with decreased vision. We do vision screenings locally, provide educational sessions to people of all ages, and collect unused or old eyeglasses to give
to those who do not have access or cannot afford proper eyewear.

University of Virginia Chapter of Collegium Aesculapium

The Collegium Aesculapium is an international organization of Latter-Day Saint health professionals (Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, aka Mormons). Our chapter at the University of Virginia serves as a way to get to know the other Mormon medical students at the University of Virginia, while seeking opportunities to provide service to the community. This chapter also serves as forum to discuss subjects particular to LDS physicians. The group will also meet for social activities.

Tour Guides

Each year the Admissions Office utilizes fourth-year students to give tours of the medical center to prospective candidates for admission. All interested students should request to be considered for selection as a Tour Guide during the Spring of their third year. Contact the Office of Admissions for further information (434/924-5571).

Urology Interest Group

The urology club is designed to inform medical students about the field of urology, a surgical subspecialty that deals with diseases of the male and female urinary tract and the male reproductive system. Urology is subspecialized into urologic oncology, calculi, pediatrics, infertility, female urology, neurourology, and transplant. The surgical management of patients ranges from large open operations, to laparoscopic and robotic surgeries, to a variety of endoscopic procedures. Also, many patients are managed medically in the clinic. Many students do not get urologic experience on their general surgery rotation and this club can allow them the chance to see what urology has to offer earlier in medical school. We plan to host panels of faculty and residents to address topics in urology and residency application.

UVA American Medical Association Alliance (Med Wives Group)

The purpose of this group is to provide support, information, activities, and other opportunities for the significant others of medical students. We are a social group predominately made up of the wives of medical students. This group, in connection with the Significant Others Group, is a forum to build camaraderie with fellow medical school wives, fiancées, and girlfriends and to create opportunities for structured social activities and volunteer opportunities. We are affiliated with the national AMA Alliance and membership to this association is available.

UVA Med Club Soccer Tean

Our soccer team is comprised mainly of UVA medical students and residents. We play in the competitive premier division of SOCA (Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albemarle). The regular season is split up into two halves (fall and spring) and runs during the school year with games being played on the weekends. Tryouts for the team will be at the end of August.

UVa Medical Reserve Corp

The University of Virginia Medical Reserve Corps (UVAMRC) is a joint student-faculty community service and outreach project, housed in the UVa Health System. The UVAMRC works with many local, state, and national groups to supplement the local and regional medical response during a major disaster or bioterror event. The UVAMRC also initiates and develops ongoing community health projects that serve our local area. Military experience or commitment is not required; therefore, volunteer opportunities are open to all medical students with interest.

Veritas

Veritas, Latin for "truth", is the literary arts magazine for the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Supported by the Center for Humanities in Medicine, this publication serves as an outlet for medical students to showcase their creative and artistic talent. Published annually as an online magazine and now returning to print, this is a great opportunity for students with an interest in writing, visual arts or editorial work.

VMed Running Club

The VMed running club is for anyone who enjoys running or wants to start running. You don't have to be fast; people of all paces are welcome and encouraged to join. Our goals are to keep you running all through medical school, to help you improve your running if you desire, and organize weekly group runs (that will have water and Gatorade stops). If there is enough interest, we could even try to run some races as a group. Thanks for reading and keep running!

Wilderness Medical Society

The purpose of the Wilderness Medicine Society is to provide a structure and an environment to help students learn about taking care of themselves and others in a wilderness setting. Speakers and clinics this year will be geared toward helping prepare members for MedWAR, a medically oriented adventure race held at Newport News Beach, VA in the spring.
There is also a Wilderness Medicine elective for fourth year students that will be available beginning in October 2008.

Women in Medicine Club and AMWA

The Women in Medicine Club is dedicated to examining the role of women in our ever-changing profession. WIM, whose meetings and membership are open to both sexes, will hold monthly seminars and discussions on topics dealing with both women's health issues (fertility, sexual abuse, pregnancy) as well as the unique challenges facing women in the medical profession (child rearing, social dynamics, etc). In addition to monthly meetings, we will have a mentoring program with various women physicians in the Charlottesville area, a Red Dress Brunch in February, and community service opportunities in Charlottesville.

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