LMSA+ Mission
What does the acronym LMSA stand for?
What is Latino Medical Student Association?
Latinx people make up about this percentage of the U.S. population.
What is 19%?
Latine patients are more likely to face this barrier when accessing care.
What is language access?
LMSA has chapters at these types of institutions.
What are undergraduate, medical school, and residency programs?
This Disney film features a young girl named Mirabel in a Colombian family.
What is Encanto?
One of LMSA’s main goals is to support these future professionals.
Who is Latine pre-medical and medical students?
Only about this percent of physicians are Latine.
What is 6%?
Latinx communities have disproportionately higher rates of this chronic condition.
What is diabetes?
LMSA began with regional groups that came together in this decade.
What is the 1980s?
This global music star will perform at the Superbowl halftime show.
Who is Bad Bunny?
LMSA is dedicated to increasing this in healthcare.
What is Latine representation?
Latinas make up about this percentage of all physicians in the U.S.
What is ~2%?
This is a type of structural determinant of health.
What is education access, environmental factors, social context, economic stability?
LMSA works to address inequities in this larger system.
What is the U.S. healthcare system?
This is the common phrase used by Latino families to encourage motivation.
What is "ponte las pilas?"
This Spanish word means “health.”
What is salud?
This public health approach calls for doctors to consider housing, food, & environment when treating patients.
What are social determinants of health?
This federal program is designed to provide health insurance for low-income families.
What is Medicaid?
LMSA hosts this annual national event to bring students together.
What is the LMSA National Conference?
This phrase is typically said in Latino households when a child gets hurt.
What is “Sana, sana, colita de rana?”
One LMSA initiative to improve representation is supporting students through these exams.
What are the MCAT and USMLE exams?
LMSA hopes to strengthen the physician workforce by increasing this.
What is diversity?
Latine patients often report lower satisfaction with care when providers don’t share this key skill.
What is cultural competency?
One policy change that changed healthcare access for many Latine families was this 2010 law.
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
This day is known as National Latino Physician Day.
What is Oct 1st?