1st General Meeting – Public Meeting Minutes

Overview

CSUEB Pre-Med APAMSA held its first General Meeting on Tuesday, September 7th, 2021, at 7 PM (Pacific) via Zoom. The following Student Governance Team Members were in attendance:

• Lester Andrew Uy
  Chapter Founder & President

• Keshlee Roy
  Advocacy and Diversity Co-Director

• Astrid Suen, MMedSc
  Advocacy and Diversity Co-Director

• Elizabeth Cho
  Health Affairs Co-Director

• Kelly Ouyang
  Health Affairs Co-Director

• Patrick Ancheta
  Medical Student Consultant
  Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine (MS2)

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Meeting Agenda

At the meeting, we discussed the following topics:

An Overview of CSUEB Pre-Med APAMSA

• Lester Andrew Uy presented what APAMSA’s mission is within both the National and CSUEB contexts.

• He further expanded on varying degrees on how to get involved in APAMSA: ranging from being a General Member to participating within our Leadership Team.

• Lastly, he outlined what current events are planned for the semester.

Programmatic Overview of Fall 2021 Semester

September

• Director and Officer Student Governance Applications

• MCAT Test Prep Resources

• National Big/Lil Pairing

• Volunteering Resources

October

• General Meeting Topics:
  Addressing Racism as an Obstacle to Health Inequity; &
  Impact of COVID-19 on AAPI communities

• APAMSA Regional Conference (Region VIII Northwest)

• Chapter-wide Buddy Program

• OHSU x CSUEB Medical Student Panel

November

• Culture Night (in lieu of November General Meeting).

December

• No events planned due to Final Exams and Winter Break.

Survey

• Elizabeth Cho distributed a Survey to gauge what the community would be interested in seeing APAMSA doing.

• Topics included: Health Issues in the Asian Pacific American Community, Cultural Similarities and Differences between American and Asian medical practices, Stop AAPI Hate Movement & Asian Pacific American representation in medicine, Professional Development (Resume, Cover Letter, Interview Prep), and MCAT Test Preparation Discussion.

Informal Q&As

• Kelly Ouyang and Keshlee Roy hosted an Informal Question and Answer Session.

• Separate rooms were created for PHAP Academic Enhancers (AE), Career-Changers (CC), and PHAP/APAMSA-related discussions.

• Our Medical Student Consultant, Patrick Ancheta, MS2, was available to answer any questions from the perspective of a PHAP alumnus and current medical student.