The University of Toledo

SNMA

The Student National Medical Association (SNMA) is the nation’s oldest and largest organization representing the needs and concerns of underrepresented minority students. Founded in 1964, the SNMA has over 160 chapters nation wide and the membership includes over 5,000 medical students, premedical students, physicians and allied health professions students. SNMA seeks to bridge the health disparities gap through recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students (URM). SNMA also has a strong community service and mentoring initiative by providing mentoring, health care education, science awareness and academic enrichment activities to students at the elementary, junior high, high school and college level. SNMA seeks to expand the resources available to URM students interested in the health professions. The University of Toledo College of Medicine SNMA chapter is committed to achieving these goals.

To learn more about the Student National Medical Association, please visit the national organization at www.snma.org.

Congratulations to SNMA!  On April 23 at the 2007 Student Involvement Awards Ceremony, SNMA received several awards from the Office of Student Life:

• UT COM SNMA received Outstanding Student Organization of the Year
• Dr. Patricia Hogue was awarded Outstanding Faculty Advisor of the Year
• Verne Rochford received the Outstanding Community Service Award for the SNMA Canned Food Drive she organized last winter.

 

SNMA members with UT-COM faculty and staff.

 

Upcoming Events

Check back for updates!

Past Events

• Martin Luther King Jr. Food Drive
• AIDS Gala/Walk
• Diversity Dinner

SNMA in the News

The Sojourner's Truth – April 11, 2007 (requires Adobe Reader)
The Sojourner's Truth – December 20, 2006

 

Research
Peer Reviewed Research Publications
Recruitment of Underrepresented Minority Students to Medical School: Minority
Medical Student Organizations, An Untapped Resource, Journal of the National
Medical Association, Sept. 2007; 99(9): 1000-1009

History of Toledo SNMA
The University of Toledo Chapter of the Student National Medical Association was
revived in 2005.  A proposal was written by President Emeritus, Bernice B.
Rumala, to revive the SNMA chapter in five areas:

1)      Recruitment
2)      Retention
3)      Educational Pipeline Programs
4)      Community Initiatives
5)      On Campus Educational Seminars

The detailed information on the proposal and updates can be found in the
following link: Toledo Student National Medical Association 2005 Revitalization Proposal.

The Toledo SNMA initiatives are growing strong and have been incorporated as a
national benchmark in the University of Toledo College of Medicine LCME
diversity documentation.

Links

SNMA Region 5
SNMA National Website
Premed of Color Community
AspiringDocs.org by the AAMC
Johns Hopkins University Visiting 4th Year Clerkship in Internal Medicine
Harvard Medical School Visiting Clerkship Program

 

Officers for 2011-2012

	Co-Presidents Kwabena Osei and Ebtisam Alumin Osman
	Vice President Ivo Besong
	Secretary
	Treasurer
	Recruitment Representative Nkeiruka Mkparu
	Minority Association of Pre-medical Students (MAPS) Liaison Darwin McKnight
	Faculty Advisor Patricia Hogue, Ph.D.