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  • Home
  • Headquarters
    • Contact
    • MSMA President
    • Leadership
    • MSMA Constitution Bylaws
    • MSMA Policies
    • Events
  • Advocacy
    • Physician of the Day
    • White Coat Day
    • Action
    • Marijuana Law
    • BigWins
    • Patient Advocacy
    • Collaborative Practice
    • MMPAC
    • AMA
  • Membership
    • Engage
    • Login
    • Join/Renew
    • Membership Types
    • Membership Dues Categories
    • Leadership Opportunities
    • Recruitment Tools
    • Women Physicians Section
    • Young Physicians Section
    • Residents
    • Students
    • Student Mentorship
    • Local and Specialty Societies
    • Endorsed Partners and Vendors
  • Communications
    • Missouri Medicine
    • Progress Notes
    • COVID >
      • COVID Resources
      • COVID Vaccine
      • COVID Education
    • Marijuana Education Resources
    • Opioid Education Resources
    • Guide To Controlled Substances
    • Guide to Medical Records
    • Guide to Closing a Medical Practice
    • Council Meeting Highlights
  • Annual Convention
  • CME Education
    • CME Providers
    • CME Handbook
  • Practice Management
    • Eprescribe
    • Practice Management Updates
    • Theft Scam Prevention
    • Emergency Response
  • Public Health Resources
  • Alliance
  • MSM Foundation
  • Missouri Physicians Health Program
  • MSMA Insurance Agency

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Contact Shantel Dooling or call 573-691-4513

​Being an MSMA resident/fellow member means:
  • Connecting with the Missouri community of physicians, residents, and medical students
  • Accessing important information and publications, including Missouri Medicine, Progress Notes, and Legislative Report
  • Choosing to participate in MSMA Annual Convention and White Coat Day at the Missouri State Capitol
  • Serving as a “Physician of the Day” at the Missouri State Capitol
  • Taking advantage of leadership opportunities
  • Expressing your voice in the Missouri House of Medicine
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From time to time, licensure agencies have proposed a requirement that residents train for three years before getting their license. MSMA defends the status quo, which allows residents to receive state licensure after one year of residency training.  This enables those physicians to work and pay off student debt two years earlier than they could otherwise. Read about MSMA's most recent success in the Missouri General Assembly here.
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Welcome to the MSMA Resident & Fellow Section
Resident members shall be limited to those members of the Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) serving a full-time postgraduate training program. The RFS may send six Delegates elected by the Section each year to the MSMA House of Delegates during MSMA Annual Convention. Such resident Delegates shall enjoy all rights and privileges of all other Delegates.
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RFS Governing Council
The RFS currently has a governing council consisting of five members. Elections are conducted in the Spring. The RFS also has a number of positions available for AMA-RFS Delegate and Alternate Delegate at AMA Annual and Interim Meetings. These positions are open to all RFS Members who are interested in representing the section on the national stage.
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​RFS Governing Council Duties
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Chair
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nces Mei Hardin, MD
University of Missouri, Columbia
Otolaryngology
Hardinf@health.missouri.edu
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Vice Chair & Vice Councilor
Brette Harding, MD
University of Missouri, Columbia
Otolaryngology
Hardingbc@health.missouri.edu
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MSMA Councilor
Jared Lammert, MD
University of Missouri, Columbia
Emergency Medicine
lammertja@health.missouri.edu
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​MSMA Alt. Delegate
Anup Bhattacharya, MD
Mallinckrodt Inst. of Radiology
Washington University

Diagnostic Radiology
anup.bhattacharya@wustl.edu
RFS Delegate & Policy Chair
Christina Kratschmer, MD

christinakratschmer@gmail.com
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OBJECTIVES
  • Enhance the presence and influence of residents and fellows within MSMA
  • Grow awareness of, interest in, and engagement with MSMA among residents/fellows and physician peers
  • Clarify the structure of the RFS and its contribution to the overarching mission of MSMA via a sustainable, effective model for current and future resident engagement in organized medicine

RESOLUTION IDEAS
Resolution ideas are welcome. If you’ve never written a resolution and need some direction in drafting policy, please reach out to any of the RFS Governing Council members.
 
WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW
Word of mouth and grassroots recruitment are essential to the growth and development of organized medicine. 
  • Join MSMA FREE as a resident member and encourage your peers to do the same.
  • Connect with other MSMA member and non-member physicians, residents, and medical students.
  • Let young physicians know their membership dues are discounted in their first, second, and third years of practice.
  • Sign up to receive MSMA text alerts here to quickly connect with legislators when it matters most.
  • Invite an MSMA lobbyist to present, virtually or at your preferred location, about organized medicine. Email heidi@msma.org.
  • Communicate support for MSMA as THE physician advocacy organization representing the best interests of physicians and patients.
  • Keep your colleagues updated by sharing MSMA news, particularly when urgent issues arise and mass support is needed.
  • Talk with residents and fellows about their knowledge and interest in policy change.
  • Email incoming interns to reach out and establish relationships with them.
  • Listen to residents and fellows who express concerns about healthcare issues, patient access, documentation issues, etc.
  • Ask your colleagues if they’ve ever thought about taking action. Remind them how policy creation is a way to enact change.
  • Find out when your local society has events.
  • Invite colleagues to join you in networking to better understand their role in organized medicine.
  • When you see a fellow member, ask them if they work with residents/fellows and offer to help them, too, connect with MSMA.
  • Ask your peers to refer residents/fellows to you for more information.
  • Follow MSMA on social media, and use your own social media platforms to promote organized medicine. 
Sincerely,
MSMA RFS Governing Council
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