Membership

Potential AED members are required to fill out an application and go through an interview process with one of the officers during AED officer hours.

AED officer hours can be found here. Please contact the officer that fits your time schedule and set up an appointment. Also, please attach your form of payment to the application and put it in a sealed envelope

Membership Benefits
* Medical Student Mentors - being paired up with a medical student who
can offer quality advice and time, maybe even the chance to attend
medical classes.
* UWMC Surgical Training Suite Tour
* Pig Feet Suturing Lab
* Medical Terminology Seminar
* Interviewing Patients Seminar - taught by medical students
* Medical School Application Workshop - receive tips and advice from AED
upper classmen on how to augment your application
* $50 off on Phlebotomy Training - receive a discount on our upcoming
Phlebotomy training every AUT/WTR/SPR Quarter for being an AED member
* Quarterly raffle for stethoscopes
* CPR Training

Additionally, AED members are raffled each quarter to win stethoscopes and taught to take vital signs by a medical student. Winners will be emailed by the second week of the quarter.

Annual AED scholarships available for consideration: 

http://www.nationalaed.org/funding.cfm

Congratulations to Madeline Turner, UWSOM 2nd Year Medical Student for winning 2007 AED scholarship!

2007 AED scholarship winners: Click here

Associate Membership
This one year, renewable membership fee of $25 entitles members to all of the services provided by our organization. Associate Members will be inducted into the Chapter and given a membership certificate. Associate members are entitled to almost all the same privileges as National Members. There are no grade point or credit requirements for Associate Membership. Anyone can apply.

Click here (PDF) to download ASSOCIATE membership application

National Membership
If you're interested in a lifelong AED National Membership recognized by the official AED National Office in Virginia, please read the description from the National Office for instructions how to be entered into the permanent AED registry of lifelong members:

http://www.nationalaed.org/join.cfm

 

All AED members are encouraged to list their membership and participation in the organization on their resume and applications. All members are inducted into the chapter during spring quarter. Members also receive discounts on all AED sponsored events and from some test preparation companies.

 


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