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Governing Council goals

The inaugural meeting of the 2008-2009 MSS Governing Council included a strategic goal-setting session during which the GC determined the Section’s agenda and prioritized its goals for the upcoming year.

In setting our goals, we worked to ensure that our priorities can be easily implemented, will work to benefit every medical student in the country, and will set a forward-thinking agenda for the AMA and the MSS, and that our successes will be measurable and able to be communicated to our membership.

A summary of the 2008-2009 MSS goals is provided below. Refer to the 2008-2009 MSS Goals (PDF, 70KB) for detailed information, including specific deliverables for each goal. Please contact the Governing Council with any questions or comments.

Tier 1 MSS Goals

• Better organize and facilitate the membership transition from the Medical Student Section to the Resident and Fellow Section.
• Improve the MSS Web experience.
• Increase chapter involvement with State and County medical societies.
• Build chapter resources to a self-sustaining level.
• Develop and implement a national, unifying, charitable project for the uninsured.
• Improve MSS media relations and create an effective PR machine.
• Solidify MSS infrastructure for grassroots activism.
• Increase student Political Action Committee (PAC) involvement.
• Develop a core competency in medical education.
• Make the AMA greener.
• Integrate the MSS’s community service and policy/advocacy efforts.
• Focus on global health.

Tier 2 MSS Goals

• Better utilize past leaders to achieve goals.
• Increase opportunities for medical student fellowships/internships.
• Improve staff-member relations.
• Improve external relations.
• Increase chapter mentorship.
• Continue to lead AMA policy.
• Improve the organizational structure and functioning of the MSS.

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