Student & Resident Resources
What We Offer: You are the FUTURE, and together we are STRONGER!
OCMA/CMA offers a place for you to meet other medical students and residents, as well as practicing physicians through numerous yearly events. Nothing beats interacting with peers who face the same challenges you do each and every day - and no organization can better represent you when local pressures are making day-to-day life as a medical student/resident more challening.
Student/Resident Participation Opportunities: Councils & Committees
Many students/residents participate on CMA committees because of the opportunity to network with physicians and work in an area of interest. The time commitment varies depending on the council or committee, which usually meets two to four times per year, sometimes by conference call.
See available medical student participation opportunities.
2008-2009 UC Irvine Medical Center Resident Representative OCMA Board of Directors Member-at-large, CMA Resident and Fellow Section Governing
Alexis Lieser, M.D. alieser@uci.edu
2008-2009 OCMA/CMA/AMA Delegate Representative/OCMA Student Board Representative
Steve Marchenko: smarchen@uci.edu
2008-2009 Alternate OCMA/CMA/AMA Representative
Janelle Marshall: jkmarsha@uci.edu
Student Mentorship Opportunities
OCMA is proud to provide student mentorship opportunities with OCMA physicians across the county. We encourage students to post thier interest, and physicians to make themselves available for this important service for our future.
See available membership opportunities. OCMA Members may post interest and availablity.
What we do: OCMA/CMA in action!
OCMA/CMA champions your cause as it relates to all California medical students, doctors and patients. We are the organization responsible for representing you each and every day in front of state legislature, regulatory agencies and media on state-level reforms and regulations.
CMA and AMA Advocate for Medical Students and Residents in Higher Education Bill
CMA and AMA successfully secured a number of provisions in the higher education reauthorization bill, known as the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007. Provisions include:
• federal loan forgiveness program for physicians who serve in areas of need.
• eligible medical specialists with five or more years of graduate medical education to qualify for up to $2,000 of forgiveness annually and up to $10,000 over five years of service.
• disclosure requirements for private lenders that will improve private student loan transparency
• disclosure requirements for certain federal lenders that will make sure applicants are provided notice about terms of consolidation
• and a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study that will analyze the impact of debt on medical school graduates
OCMA/CMA urges Congress to restore Medical Student Loan Economic Hardship Deferment Program
OCMA/CMA is seeking to restore the 20/220 pathway medical student loan economic hardship deferment program that Congress eliminated last year. This program allows medical students to defer loan repayments until they are finished with their residency training.
CMA Contact: Shannon Navarra-Lujan, 800/786-4CMA or slujan@cmanet.org.
