Anthony Lott, MD Class of 2014Behind Katz 1-090

Purpose: Information and Accountability

Roles and Responsibilities• Ambiguous and amorphous• Student liaison and voice• Connector• Advocate

• MSA Executive•Well functioning team

• MSA Council• Voice of students

• Step back and see context

Meetings & Committees

Core Meetings• MSA Executive Meetings:• Weekly meetings• Bring up issues over the week• Action items: assign tasks and duties• Forum for ideas, advice

• MSA-UME Meetings:• Monthly meeting with Dr. Stobart• President and VP Internal• President + Class Reps + Curriculum

Reps + Professionalism Reps• Bilateral exchange of issues• “Keep a pulse on students”

Faculty Meetings• MD/DDS Student Reps and Deans Meeting• Bi-monthly meeting• Chair• Attended by VP Internal and President + Class Reps• Forum to voice student body concerns to faculty

• Student Associations and Deans Meeting• Bi-monthly meeting• Attended by Faculty Student Associations (MLS, MD, DDS, DH)• Prior student only meeting to discuss concerns, share updates and best practices

Faculty Meetings• Undergraduate Medical Education

Committee•Monthly meeting• “Visionary” committee•MSA President, Past President, Past Past President•Associate Deans, UME Directors, UME Staff, Interested Faculty Members•Variety of issues: accreditation, admissions, eLearning, feedback

Professionalism Meetings• Student Professionalism

Committee:• Monthly meeting• President, VP Internal, Professionalism

Representatives, DDS, DH, MLS Representatives• Student initiative to improve

professionalism• Professionalism Survey + Execution of

recommendations

• Faculty Professionalism Committee:• Monthly meeting• Chair: Dr. Stuart Hamilton• Response to SPC and to accreditation

Council Meetings• MSA Council Meetings• Twice per semester• Hear from greater constituents• Constitutional revisions

• Faculty Council Meetings• Overview of faculty activities• Infrequently involves students

External Meetings• Resident Well Being Committee

• Bi-monthly meetings• President + Health & Wellness Representatives• Connection to PARA and Residents• Well-being updates, foresight on our future

• CFMS: Presidents Round Table• Bi-annual meetings• Presidents of all medical student societies across Canada• Pertinent issues affecting medical schools, often with great overlap• Sharing of best practices: accreditation, Dean search

• Council of Faculty Associations (COFA)• VP External and President• Monthly meeting• Issues affecting greater student body: tuition

Projects

Projects• Dean search and selection• Survey distributed, report to be

written by end of November• Constitution review• Accreditation 2014• Recruitment of students,

development of student survey, early surveys (Dec 2011)

• Website• External branding update from

2008

Projects• Interfaculty Student

Association Meetings• Student Curriculum

Committee• AMA: Young Leaders in

Health Promotion• Community health initiative,

student and resident pairing• Interprovincial Projects with

U of C• RPAP, PAC

Questions