Year: 2008
Resolution Number: 46
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): Laura R. Chromy, UM; Courtland K. Keteyian, UM; Alvin B. Coda, MSU; Christine Brooks, MSU; Kristin M. Ophaug, WSU
Sponsor: Laura R. Chromy
On behalf of: Medical Student Section
Committee: E (Science & Education Affairs)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS pursue immediate debt relief for medical students at the statewide level by advocating for tuition freezes upon matriculation at state medical schools, pursuing scholarship and loan repayment options for students who stay to train and practice in the state, and continue to advocate at the state and national level for medical student debt relief; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to pursue long-term solutions to the student debt crisis by hiring an economic consulting firm to analyze the feasibility of novel solutions1 including; 1) competency-based curriculums that shorten the length of undergraduate education and medical school, 2) work-study opportunities, 3) paid rotating internships for fourth-year students who have passed initial licensing exams and have the training equivalents of mid-level providers, 4) financial investment funds that match parental savings, 5) relief for dual degrees not covered by the National Institute of Health, 6) pursuit of government Medicare funding for undergraduate medical education funding, and 7) implementing international medical student tuition models, among other viable options.
RESOLVED: That MSMS pursue immediate debt relief for medical students at the statewide level by advocating for tuition freezes upon matriculation at state medical schools, pursuing scholarship and loan repayment options for students who stay to train and practice in the state, and continue to advocate at the state and national level for medical student debt relief; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to pursue long-term solutions to the student debt crisis by hiring an economic consulting firm to analyze the feasibility of novel solutions1 including; 1) competency-based curriculums that shorten the length of undergraduate education and medical school, 2) work-study opportunities, 3) paid rotating internships for fourth-year students who have passed initial licensing exams and have the training equivalents of mid-level providers, 4) financial investment funds that match parental savings, 5) relief for dual degrees not covered by the National Institute of Health, 6) pursuit of government Medicare funding for undergraduate medical education funding, and 7) implementing international medical student tuition models, among other viable options.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Michigan Medical Student Debt Crisis