The American Medical Student Association at American River College Pre-med Chapter was chartered in February 2002. AMSA ARC is one of only five pre-medical chapters at the community college level in Region 10 that is recognized and charted by National AMSA. During the past 8 years AMSA ARC has been active in the local Sacramento region in promoting awareness about the medicine and community service.

AMSA ARC has co-coordinated two Health Fairs for the Native American community at the annual UC Davis POW WOW. AMSA ARC is also active in tutoring in reading, math, and science to elementary school children at Deterding Elementary School in Carmichael. Lastly AMSA ARC has done community projects with the Habitat for Humanity Sacramento chapter in the past year. On September 13, 2003 AMSA ARC hosted the first pre-medical conference ever held at a community college.

Our Mission Statement

• To provide an environment that supports the creative ideas of physicians-in-training.
• To promote, encourage, and maintain a cohesive relationship with the students and non-student organizations of American River College.
• To serve as a forum for discussion on health issues and develop a policy agenda for physicians-in-training.
• To recruit minorities and underrepresented groups/individuals and introduce them to a career in medicine.
• Volunteer and provide services to ARC and local communities in the region.
• To affect change in the medical education process and to make it more responsive to the needs of students and society.
• To maintain the status of an independent organization.
• To maintain a primary identity as an organization for physicians-in-training.
• To promote and maintain programs that enhance the quality of healthcare in the community.
• To be financially independent and maintain a stable financial base.
• To continue developing healthcare leadership.
• To seek, develop, and provide membership services to physicians-in-training.
• To increase knowledge of health information among members and the public.
• To periodically re-evaluate the above purposes and ensure that they are carried out in a proper fashion.

Faculty Advisors

The advisors of the AMSA ARC Premedical Chapter are non-voting members of the executive committee. They are sincerely committed to the welfare of the chapter. The advisors are also members of the ARC faculty. At present, the following persons hold the mentioned position:

• Manuel Ruedas, Academic Counseling
• Dianne Meador, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry

Club Meetings

General Membership Meetings are held every Friday (10:00 AM - 11:30 AM) in classroom number 325, in the Technical Education building at the main campus of American River College.

Governing Documents

Download the AMSA ARC Constitution (PDF format, 120 kB).