{"id":126,"date":"2005-10-08T08:41:32","date_gmt":"2005-10-08T15:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2005-10-08T08:41:32","modified_gmt":"2005-10-08T15:41:32","slug":"alpha-omega-alpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/2005\/10\/08\/alpha-omega-alpha\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Omega Alpha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) is the only national honor medical society in the world.&nbsp; Its <em>raison d&#8217;etre<\/em> can be expressed in a phrase: to recognize and perpetuate excellence in the medical profession.&nbsp; As stated in the society&#8217;s constitution, <em>&quot;Alpha Omega Alpha is organized for educational purposes exclusively and not for profit, and its aims shall be the promotion of scholarship and research in medical schools, the encouragement of a high standard of character and conduct among medical students and graduates, and the recognition of high attainment in medical science, practice, and related fields.&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Election to AOA is a distinction that accompanies a physician throughout his or her career.&nbsp; Especially for the younger physician, the society provides a forum for the exchange of ideas as well as a source of valuable contacts.&nbsp; Members can be elected as students, house officers, alumni, or faculty of an affiliated institution, or by virtue of distinguished achievement in any field related to medicine, on an honorary basis.&nbsp; Students are elected into membership based on scholastic achievement, personal integrity, ability to work well with their peers, and promise for significant contributions to the medical profession.&nbsp; No more than 15% of each class can be chosen for membership.<\/p>\n<p>I just got word yesterday that I am part of that &quot;no more than 15%&quot; of my class.&nbsp; Apparently this is a big deal to residency programs and is looked upon very favorably.&nbsp; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) is the only national honor medical society in the world.&nbsp; Its raison d&#8217;etre can be expressed in a phrase: to recognize and perpetuate excellence in the medical profession.&nbsp; As stated in the society&#8217;s constitution, &quot;Alpha Omega &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/2005\/10\/08\/alpha-omega-alpha\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medschool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jillcook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}