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Title: Texas Medical Association Medical Student Section


1
Texas Medical Association Medical Student
Section
  • Leadership Training
  • February 1, 2009

2
Welcome and Introductions
  • TMA-MSS Executive Council Members
  • TMA Staff
  • Sylvia Salazar, Director, Membership Development
  • Christina Shepherd, Medical Student Section
    Coordinator
  • New Chapter Officers
  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • Texas AM
  • TCOM
  • Texas Tech
  • UT Houston
  • UTMB
  • UT San Antonio
  • UT Southwestern

3
The Texas Medical Association Medical Student
Section
  • The Basics

4
The Texas Medical Association
  • Texas Medical Association was organized by 35
    physicians in 1853 to serve the people of Texas
    in matters of medical care, prevention and cure
    of disease, and the improvement of public health.
  • Today, there are over 44,000 physician and
    medical student members, TMA's mission statement
    continues in the same direction "Improve the
    health of all Texans."

5
The Medical Student Section
  • Created in the late 1970s
  • Provides TMA with the student perspective and
    allows medical students a voice in forming TMA
    policy
  • Executive Council
  • 27 Boards, Councils and Committees
  • Board of Trustees (Voting Member)
  • Texas Delegation to the AMA
  • Over 4,600 student members from all 8 Texas
    medical school campuses

6
TMA-MSS Policies and Procedures
  • Operating Procedures are the rules that govern
    the section. They include
  • History of the TMA-MSS
  • Select text from the TMA constitution and bylaws
    pertaining to the MSS
  • Explanation of the organization of the MSS
    including how officials are elected
  • Description of the purpose and composition of TMA
    Task Forces
  • Guidelines on how Business Meetings should be
    conducted
  • Explanation of the TMA-MSS role in the AMA-MSS
  • TMA-MSS
  • Financial Policies

7
The MSS Executive Council
  • Composed of
  • Chair
  • Vice Chair
  • Reporter
  • TMA Delegate Co-Leaders (2)
  • AMA Delegate Co-Leaders (2)
  • Immediate Past Chair
  • Board of Trustees Student Member
  • AMA Region III Delegates (2)
  • AMA Alternate Delegate, TX Delegation
  • Region III Chair (if from Texas)
  • Govern the MSS
  • 5 Voting Members
  • No more than two voting members from one school
  • Elected by ballot at Winter Conference
  • Must have attended at least one section meeting
    to be eligible for candidacy
  • Candidates for TMA and AMA Delegate Co-Leaders
    must have attended at least one TMA or AMA
    meeting caucus, respectively
  • Positions begin immediately after TEXMED

8
TMA-MSS Chapters
  • Composed of students from all 8 medical schools
    in Texas
  • Some schools receive additional funding and
    voting privileges because they have satellite
    campuses
  • The number of votes each school receives in the
    MSS is dependent on its population census

9
The TMA-MSS and the TMA HOD
10
Meetings
  • Texas Medical Association
  • American Medical Association

11
TMA Meetings
  • There are three TMA meetings annually and the
    TMA-MSS meets during each
  • TMA Winter Conference (January 30-31, 2009,
    Austin)
  • TEXMED (May 1-2, 2009, Austin)
  • TMA Fall Conference (September 4-5, 2009, Austin)

12
AMA Meetings
  • There are 2 AMA Meetings annually and the AMA-MSS
    meets during each. Texas sends a student
    delegation, comprised of TMA-MSS Delegates and
    members to each AMA-MSS meeting
  • AMA Annual Conference (June 11-13, 2009, Chicago)
  • AMA Interim Conference (November 5-7, 2009,
    Houston)

13
Regional Meetings
  • The AMA-MSS is divided into 7 regions.
  • Texas falls into AMA-MSS Region III, which also
    consists of
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Oklahoma
  • Kansas
  • Arkansas
  • Region III meetings usually occur in advance of
    the AMA Interim conference, usually in October

14
Lobby Days
  • State (Austin, TX)
  • During each legislative session, TEXPAC hosts
    First Tuesdays an opportunity for physicians to
    educate and lobby state policymakers on important
    health care issues
  • TEXPAC hosts a Tuesday in April designed
    specifically for medical students/residents and
    their concerns
  • National (Washington, D.C)
  • In conjunction with the National Advocacy
    Conference in March of each year

15
How Do I Keep Track of All These Meetings?
  • Texas Student Doctor monthly e-newsletter
  • News, Meetings, Announcements, Leadership
    Opportunities and more
  • TMA-MSS Coordinator
  • Grand Rounds
  • Chapter Presidents

16
Chapter Programming

17
Chapter Meetings
  • Legislative Topics
  • State and National Policymakers
  • Medical Liability
  • Medical Economics
  • Economics of Health Care Lecture Series (AM)
  • Managed Care/HMOs
  • Patient Safety
  • Stem Cell Research
  • Ongoing Legislation
  • Health Insurance Crisis
  • Social/Professional Issues
  • Personalized Medicine
  • CV Writing Workshop
  • Prescription Writing Workshop
  • How to Deal with Medical Student Stress
  • Alcohol and Addiction in medical school
  • Domestic Violence
  • Anti-Tobacco Campaign
  • Cultural Humility in Medicine (UT Houston)
  • Public Health
  • Cancer Prevention, Screening and Detection
  • POEP Physician Oncology Education Program

18
Recruitment
  • Orientation Week Mixer
  • Co-hosted with County Medical Society
  • Student Organization Fair

19
Two More Funding Sources
  • TMA Brown Bag Lunch Series
  • TMA will find your chapter a speaker, send him to
    your school and pay for your chapters lunch
    meeting on a legislative topic of your choice
  • One per semester
  • Contact Christina Shepherd
  • TMA/AMA Chapter Involvement Grants
  • Chapters are eligible to receive up to 1,000 per
    academic year for their chapters activities,
    with a maximum of 250 or 500 available for each
    event, depending on the type of event. 
  • Grant awards generally range from 150 to 500
    per event, so we encourage you to organize
    several projects throughout the year. Please
    remember that funding is not guaranteed each
    event will be evaluated on an individual basis.

20
Fundraising
  • Antenna Balls
  • Used Book Sale
  • Gross Anatomy Supplies
  • Car Wash
  • Texas Medicine Pullovers

21
Contact Information
  • Texas Medical Association
  • Medical Student Section401 West 15th
    StreetAustin, Texas 78701
  • www.texmed.org/students
  • MSSinfo_at_texmed.org
  • (800) 880-1300, ext. 1443
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