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Olivia Sonderman - ASA Delegate to the American Medical Association's Residents and Fellows Section (RFS)
Neil Rens - ASA Alternate Delegate to the American Medical Association's Residents and Fellows Section (RFS)
In Early June we had a busy AMA meeting in Chicago with 33 resolutions and reports considered by the RFS and another 258 resolutions and reports reviewed and voted on by the broader AMA. We advocated on your behalf on a number of items pertinent to trainees and to anesthesiologists specifically. Below is a brief summary of some of those items. If you have any questions or suggestions for policy areas that deserve more attention from us, please let us know! Also, Olivia is completing her 2 year term so we will be electing a new Alternate Delegate at the ASA meeting in October. If you’re interested in learning more, please reach out!
Trainees
• Support advocacy for Fellows to have parity with Residents’ benefits and to have pay commensurate with their PGY status
• Support advocacy to protect paid sick live
• Support federal protections to ensure health insurance will cover diagnosis and treatment of infertility. Also support studying the feasibility of insurance coverage for fertility preservation
• Support trainees and recent graduates having 12 weeks of paid parental, family, and medical necessity leave in a 12 month period starting at the beginning of employment without a waiting period
• Support reforms to Step 3 and COMPLEX exams including: pass/fail, limited to one day, allowed to be taken during medical school, and if being taken during residency should not require a vacation day
• Continuing to support prohibition of non-compete covenants, including through model legislation
Public Health
• Will study the feasibility/usefulness of aggregating results from sites that test substances before people use recreationally. This could help better detect and monitor substances like xylazine
• Oppose room and board being charged to people who are incarcerated
• Support advocacy for the return of anatomical specimens where consent for permanent donation cannot be proven
• Support peace in Israel and Palestine in order to protect civilian lives and healthcare personnel
Date of last update: June 27, 2024
