Advocacy in Medicine (AIM) is the only student-member directed workgroup at The New York Academy of Medicine. Composed of health professional students within the tri-state area, AIM's mission is to provide a space for humanistic, patient-centered, and progressive social justice advocacy within the medical sphere. In line with this mission, we aim to provide students with the appropriate skills and network to engage in advocacy work in a meaningful way.
AIM’s work includes hosting an annual conference, organized in partnership with the Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, designed to provide skills to integrate advocacy and humanism into all areas of healthcare practice, bring together healthcare advocates and trainees from across the New York area, and create a sustainable student alliance to organize future healthcare professionals to bring about change.
This year's conference will be held virtually on October 10th and submission for abstracts is now open. The submission deadline is September 22nd. Submission instructions are available in the Call for Abstracts.
Questions? Reach out to aim@nyam.org.
