Position Description

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest association of physicians (both MDs and DOs) and medical students in the United States. The House of Delegates (HOD) is the principal policy-making body of the AMA, comprised of representatives from member organizations. The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is the only emergency medicine society represented in the AMA-HOD. As of 2014, ACEP was apportioned 5 delegates and 5 alternate delegates as a specialty society, along with 1 delegate and 1 alternate delegate in the Resident and Fellow Section (AMA-RFS). ACEP also has an interest in maintaining a good relationship with the AMA-Medical Student Section (AMA-MSS) and therefore funds the travel of two students to represent Emergency Medicine in the MSS, appointed by the ACEP President as the MSS Delegate and Alternate Delegate.

The AMA holds two meetings each year, the Annual Meeting which is held each June in Chicago, and the Interim Meeting which is held each November in a rotating location. The AMA-MSS portion of the meetings are Thursday through Saturday morning. The AMA-HOD convenes on the Saturday that the AMA-MSS meetings end and adjourns the following Wednesday. The ACEP Delegation meets twice during the AMA-HOD, on Saturday morning and on Monday morning. At a minimum, students would need to be available to attend the AMA-MSS meeting, and prepare a report to present to the ACEP Delegation that Saturday. Airfare, four hotel nights, and five days of per diem expenses are typically funded for the AMA-MSS representatives.

Application Components

The AMA-MSS position will be a one-year appointment. Preference for the primary rep selection will be given to MS3-4 students with EMRA Medical Student Council (MSC) experience. The alternate rep will be encouraged to apply for the primary rep position the following year but are not guaranteed selection. Applicants will be asked to participate in an interview session to ensure competency on current issues facing the emergency medicine specialty.

Please provide information for the following 4 sections. Responses to sections 1-3 should be no longer than one paragraph each. Brevity is appreciated.

INVOLVEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Please describe any involvement that you have had with the AMA on a local, state, regional, or national level, especially in terms of leadership positions held, meetings/events attended, resolutions introduced, testimony provided in reference committees or to the AMA House of Delegates.

EMERGENCY MEDICINE INVOLVEMENT

Please describe your interest in Emergency Medicine, including any leadership positions held, professional organization memberships, preclinical/clinical electives completed.

OTHER HEALTH POLICY/ORGANIZED MEDICINE INVOLVEMENT

If you have other experiences that you feel would make you well qualified for this position that doesn’t fit into the two categories above, please describe those as well.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Please include a copy of your CV with the rest of the application requirements.

Submitting Your Application

The application deadline is the same as Medical Student Council Applications.

Expectations for Position

1. Attend the MSS Annual Meeting and EM Section Council meeting before the AMA House of Delegates (usually in Chicago in June) and MSS Interim Meeting and EM Section Council meeting before the AMA House of Delegates (usually November, sites TBD).
   1. For the MSS meetings:
      1. Assist the MSS Section Delegates in identifying resolutions submitted to the MSS that are relevant to EM
      2. Participate in the MSS resolution review process and provide resolution authors with information regarding relevant ACEP policy
      3. When no ACEP policy is available on a resolution that will impact EM physicians, please reach out to the EM Section Council for comment
      4. Build support within the EM Section Council for MSS resolutions being considered at the HOD level (these are different from the resolutions considered at the MSS meeting)
      5. Identify EM Section Council positions on MSS resolutions
      6. Vote on extracted resolutions and provide relevant testimony during the AMA-MSS general assemblies in ways that best represent and communicate the goals of ACEP
      7. Report back to the EMRA MSC about relevant results, discussion, or decisions from the AMA-MSS and HOD assemblies
   2. For EM Section Council:
      8. Provide a brief verbal report to the EM Section Council about the highlights of the MSS meeting
      9. Participate in a Reference Committee to review resolutions ahead of the HOD and attend the virtual handbook review
2. Before each national AMA meeting, the ACEP Student Representatives to the AMA-MSS will review all resolutions being considered by the MSS; identify resolutions with a potential impact on the practice of emergency medicine; and seek input on those resolutions from ACEP Leadership, the EMRA Board, and the EMRA Medical Student Council.