AMSA ORANGE GUIDE 22'
This is AMSA. A diverse group of medical students with one thing in common: a passion for representing, advocating for, listening to and bettering the lives of medical students across Australia. Click through this year’s Orange Guide to have all your questions answered about what AMSA is, what we do, how to get involved and how to stay updated. What are you waiting for?
This is AMSA. A diverse group of medical students with one thing in common: a passion for representing, advocating for, listening to and bettering the lives of medical students across Australia. Click through this year’s Orange Guide to have all your questions answered about what AMSA is, what we do, how to get involved and how to stay updated. What are you waiting for?
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SEXUAL AND<br />
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH<br />
WHAT IS IT?<br />
<strong>AMSA</strong> Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) is an <strong>AMSA</strong> Global Health initiative that aims to<br />
engage medical students on the subject of sexual and reproductive health. Our goal is to raise<br />
awareness about subjects including HIV/AIDS, STIs, reproductive rights, sex worker health, female<br />
genital mutilation and intimate partner violence. By doing so, SRH hopes to encourage medical<br />
students to be aware of sexual health issues affecting their patients and therefore be better<br />
clinicians in the future.<br />
2021 MILESTONES<br />
Our annual campaign, Sexual Health September, proved successful, with >50 people attending<br />
our Sex Worker Panel and Female Sexuality webinars and >70 people participating in our<br />
Instagram competition<br />
We saw a significant improvement in social media engagement, finishing the year with >600<br />
followers on Instagram and >1000 likes on Facebook<br />
We were able to convert an internal <strong>AMSA</strong> survey regarding abortion education in medical<br />
school curricula into a legitimate research project in collaboration with researchers from La<br />
Trobe University<br />
We set our advocacy project, the #RenamingRevolution, into motion by publishing the article<br />
"Lucy's legacy: why Sims' speculum needs a different name" in RANZCOG's O&G Magazine<br />
2022 ADVOCACY PRIORITIES<br />
Expanding the #RenamingRevolution to phase out the usage of other outdated and/or<br />
problematic SRH terminology<br />
Continuing our abortion education research<br />
Carrying out more proactive advocacy in the area of SRH with the help of our subcommittee<br />
GET INVOLVED!<br />
We would love to have you on our team! Keep an eye out for subcommittee callouts, which will<br />
be posted later in January. We have roles in areas including education, research, advocacy,<br />
publicity and projects.<br />
Attend our events and participate in our competitions! We have a lot of exciting online and inperson<br />
upskilling events planned for 2022. We will also run competitions as part of Sexual<br />
Health September with exciting prizes to be won.<br />
Follow us on social media! This is the best way to stay up to date with <strong>AMSA</strong> SRH.<br />
/<strong>AMSA</strong>SRH<br />
@youramsasrh<br />
@your<strong>AMSA</strong>SRH<br />
srh@amsa.org.au
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