Student Leadership Opportunities

As a student, KYCOM promotes an environment for you to balance curricular expectations and extracurricular activities with your personal responsibilities. KYCOM’s orientation program introduces entering students to the career-oriented student organizations and chapters that are officially recognized by the medical school.

All students are provided membership in the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA), the student branch of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). Additionally, students are provided membership in the Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association (KOMA) and the Kentucky Medical Association (KMA). Students are provided these memberships as part of the KYCOM Advantage.


Student Organizations

  • Addiction Medicine
  • American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)
  • American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP)
  • American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOOG)
  • American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians (ACOP)
  • Anesthesiology Club
  • Cardiology Club
  • Christian Medical Association (CMA)
  • DOCare
  • Emergency Medicine Club (EM)
  • Ethics and Public Health for Physicians (EPHP)
  • Geriatrics
  • Humanity First Student Organization
  • Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association (KOMA)
  • KYCOM Athletics
  • Medical Mission
  • Medical Spanish Club
  • Muslim Student Doctor Association (MSDA)
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)
  • Radiology Club
  • Rotaract
  • Sigma Sigma Phi (SSP)
  • Student American Academy of Osteopathy (SAAO)
  • Student Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians (SAMOPS)
  • Student American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (SAOAO)
  • Student American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine
  • Student Government Association
  • Student Interest in Neurology and Psychiatry (SIGNAP)
  • Student National Medical Association
  • Student Osteopathic Internal Medical Association (SOIMA)
  • Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA)
  • Student Osteopathic Surgical Association (SOSA)
  • Wilderness Medicine

Events

KYCOM Talent Show – Video submitted