TMA-MSS Leadership Training

1. Leadership Opportunities in TMA/AMA TMA-MSS Leadership Training January 31, 2015

2. Tips for Applying • Keep an updated version of your CV, especially with TMA and AMA leadership involvement • Take advantage of opportunities to network at state and national meetings • Apply for every position possible. Sometimes you won’t get a position, but many times it’ll pay off!

3. Acronym Soup AMA-MSS June and November TMA-MSS Winter (Jan), TexMed (May) and Fall (Sept) AMA HOD (Physicians) June and November

4. Three Tiers of Opportunity Local Regional National

5. Local Opportunities Local Regional National Chapter County State

6. Local Opportunities Local Regional National Chapter • Chapter Officers

7. Local Opportunities Local Regional National County County Medical Society -Student Member

8. Local Opportunities Local Regional National State Executive Council (TMA-MSS) for 2014-2015 -Chair: Raghuveer Puttagunta -Vice Chair: Rachel Solnick -Reporter: Chris Prompuntagorn -TMA Del. Co-Leaders: Matthew L. Edwards and Courtney Kauffman -AMA Del. Co-Leaders: Romero Santiago and Mohammad A Yousef -Special Appointee to TMA-BOT (2014): David Savage -AMA Alt Delegate (2014): Kristin Harrington -AMA Region Delegates: Romero Santiago and Jared Bell

9. Local Opportunities Local Regional National State TMA Boards, Councils & Committees Boards: -TMA Board of Trustees -TMA Foundation Board -Texas Medicine Editorial Board -TEXPAC Board of Directors Councils: -Constitution and Bylaws -Health Care Quality -Health Promotion -Health Service Organizations -Legislation -Medical Education -Practice Management Services -Science & Public Health -Socioeconomics Committees: -Blood and Tissue Usage -Cancer -Child and Adolescent Health -Continuing Education -EMS and Trauma -Infectious Diseases -Maternal and Perinatal Health -Medical Home and Primary Care -Membership -Patient-Physician Advocacy -Physician Distribution and Health Care Access -Physician Health and Wellness -Rural Health -TEXPAC Candidate Evaluation Committee -TEXPAC Executive Committee

10. Quiz Time! • What are the three “Local” levels of involvement for students? • What’s the EASIEST way to get involved – often no application required? • When are apps due for the TMA-MSS EC and Councils, Committees, and Boards?

11. Region 3 Opportunities Local Regional National • AMA-MSS is divided into 7 Geographic Regions • Our region has several elected officers… • Chair • Vice Chair • Membership chair • Secretary/Treasurer • Community Service Chair • Legislative Chair • Region Delegates 2015 Region Meeting Dallas, TX March 27-28

12. Quiz Time! • How many Region positions are available? • When and where is the Region 3 meeting? • What do you have to do to run for leadership position at this meeting?

13. AMA National Opportunities Local Regional National Convention Comm Standing Comm Special Appts AMA Councils Governing Council AMA BOT Specialty Societies

14. AMA National Opportunities Local Regional National Convention Committees • Credentials • Rules • Reference • Parliamentary Procedures • House Coordinating • Hospitality • Convention Logistics and Resources • Community Service

15. AMA National Opportunities Local Regional National • Community Service • Committee on Long Range Planning • Committee on Medical Education • Committee on Public Health • House Coordinating Committee • Membership Recruitment and Retention Committee • Committee on Legislation and Advocacy • Minority Issues Committee • Committee on Scientific Issues • Committee on International Health and Policy • Committee on Medical Ethics • AMPAC Student Advisory Board Standing Committees

16. AMA National Opportunities Local Regional National Special Appointments • NBME Advisory Committee for Medical School Programs • National Resident Matching Program Liaison • AMPAC Board of Directors • AMA Minority Affairs Consortium Governing Council • AMA Women Physicians Congress Governing Council • Liaison Committee on Medical Education • AMA Foundation Board of Directors • Advisory Committee on GLBT Issues • AMA Initiative to Transform Medical Education

17. AMA National Opportunities Local Regional National AMA HOD Councils 1. Constitution and Bylaws (CC & B) 2. Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) 3.Legislation (COL) 4. Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD) 5. Medical Education (CME) 6. Medical Service (CMS) 7. Science and Public Health (CSPH)

18. AMA National Opportunities Local Regional National Governing Council • Chair • Vice Chair • MSS Delegate • MSS Alternate Delegate • At-Large Officer • Speaker • Vice-Speaker • Chair-Elect • Medical Student Trustee

19. AMA National Opportunities Local Regional National BOT Student Member

20. AMA National Opportunities Local Regional National http://bit.ly/l7Bgu6 Specialty Societies

21. Quiz Time! • When do you apply for convention committees? • How long is a convention committee appointment? • When do you apply for standing committees? • When do you do apply for special appointments and AMA HOD councils? • How long does a standing committee, appointment, or council position last?

22. Getting Started • Get involved locally at your county meetings • Continue attending state and national meetings • Stay for the AMA House of Delegates if possible in June & November • Learn the issues: Webpage = www.ama-assn.org/go/mss • Network and find mentors • Apply with persistence

23. Questions – Please Contact Us • Google: TMA-MSS Executive Council • Raghuveer Puttagunta – rputtagu@bcm.edu • Karen Kollar – karen.kollar@texmed.org