Medical Student Ethics Conference

Eleventh Annual Medical School Ethics Conference

April 17, 2027

Is Medicine Still a Calling?

The Annual Medical Student Ethics Conference (AMSEC) is a national conference to address ethical issues that arise in medical education. The conference will be held in person at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City on April 17, 2027.

Eligibility

To submit an abstract the author must be enrolled in an accredited medical college. Abstracts co-authored with faculty or residents will not be considered.

Submission Requirements

All submissions should include two Word documents: a 350-word abstract with title and no identifying information and a cover page with the following information:

1) abstract title;
2) author name;
3) author affiliation; and
4) email address.

Email your submissions to [email protected].

We prohibit the use of AI to draft your abstract, create the arguments presented in the abstract, or present AI generated content as original research. You may use AI for copy-editing purposes or to identify relevant supporting literature. Please keep in mind that as an author you take full responsibility for the content of your abstract and the accuracy of the information contained within it. AI may not be listed as an author.

AMSEC 2027 Call for Artwork

The 11th Annual Medical Student Ethics Conference will feature an art show on the conference theme “Is Medicine Still a Calling?”. We invite submissions related to the conference theme and to any other topic tackling ethical issues in medical education. The art show will be curated in collaboration with the Albany Medical College Humanities and Medicine student association. The art show will be conducted in person during the AMSEC conference on April 17, 2027.

To submit an artwork, the author must be enrolled in an accredited medical college.

Submission Requirements

We welcome submissions of paintings, drawings, photographs, or other visual art. We will accept up to five images from each artist. All submissions should include two documents: a title page and the artwork submitted as a PDF, JPEG, PNG, or GIF.

The title page should include:

• author name;
• artwork title;
• artwork medium, size, year;
• artist statement about artwork (100 words or less)
• author affiliation; and
• email address

The artwork image file should be named after the submitting artist’s name.

Both files should be uploaded to Dropbox.

The deadline for submission is December 15, 2026.