Texas Medical Association Medical Student Section

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Texas Medical Association Medical Student
Section

• Leadership Training
• February 1, 2009

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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

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The Texas Medical Association Medical Student
Section

• The Basics

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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."

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The TMA-MSS and the TMA HOD
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Meetings

• Texas Medical Association
• American Medical Association

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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Chapter Programming

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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

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Recruitment

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

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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.

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Fundraising

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

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Contact Information

• Texas Medical Association
• Medical Student Section401 West 15th
  StreetAustin, Texas 78701
• www.texmed.org/students
• MSSinfo_at_texmed.org
• [phone], ext. 1443