MSA Leadership Track Executive Summary |
Goals & Objectives
Why?
Why Now?
Who & When?
Benefits
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Experiential Learning
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Detailed Information for Applicants |
Rationale: By providing a formal opportunity for leadership development, we aim to educate our young professionals to better navigate the complex and dynamic landscape of anesthesiology, policy-making, and healthcare delivery. To bridge the gap between clinical medicine, the business that funds it, and the policy that regulates it, we must prepare our early career anesthesiologists for future careers in clinical, administrative, and executive leadership. We aim to do this by providing opportunities for formal and informal mentorship, leadership networking, experiential learning, and ASA conference participation. In doing so, we hope to cultivate skilled leaders capable of guiding the MSA, other high-functioning healthcare organizations, and the field of anesthesiology into the future. Track Summary: Track members will successfully complete a year-long consulting-type project under the guidance of the MSA. Proposed projects will be selected by the MSA based on need and urgency. The MSA will provide project mentors to serve as points of contact to assist in project completion. If applicants already have mentors they prefer working with who have intimate knowledge of a proposed project, they may co-apply as a pair. Pre-identifying mentors and co-applying will be given strong consideration when selecting candidates. Track members will present their project progress at two or more MSA meetings over the course of the year, and present their final project at the MSA Annual Meeting in May. Track members will have the opportunity to attend both the ASA Advanced, and ASA Legislative conferences and be reimbursed $1500 per conference. They will also be reimbursed $525 for successful completion of the ASA Leadership Academy. They will attend MSA Executive committee meetings, participate in mentorship of the incoming Leadership Track, and will collaborate closely with MSA leadership. |
The Track lasts approximately 1 year - from May 2025 - June 2026 Allowing for mentorship between current and incoming track members. |
Applicant Selection |
Selection:
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Selection criteria:
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Structure |
Experiential Learning; Consulting Project |
Examples of potential topics:
Addressing the current and future landscape of the anesthesia workforce in MA.
Expanding MSA membership, revenue, and financial bottom line.
Improving the advocacy influence and footprint of the MSA and its membership.
Development of a 3-5 year strategic plan for MSA based on its mission and goals.
Developing alternate / additional streams of revenue for the MSA.
Project Expectations
Participants may collaborate or work on separate projects (based on interest and need) under guidance of the MSA.
Be able to provide an in-depth analysis of the problem, its impact, and the rationale for solving it.
Utilize the MSA Executive Committee and its network to aid in completion of the project.
Provide relevant financial, social, policy, healthcare, competitive and other analyses as appropriate.
Provide proposed solutions along with methods, challenges, and financial implications relevant to those solutions.
Present project progress at two or more MSA meetings throughout the year, with the final presentation likely at the MSA Annual meeting in May, 2026.
Mentorship |
Applicants may co-apply with pre-identified mentors from their home institution or elsewhere to facilitate the mentorship process. This will be given heavy consideration when selecting candidates.
Pre-identified mentors do not necessarily need to be part of the MSA, but should be able to guide the track participants successfully through the selected project or adequately connect them to resources and others who can.
The MSA will provide two project mentors to serve as direct points of contact for the track members.
mentors will ideally be from the MSA committee with the most intimate knowledge of the project.
Mentorship commitment of approximately 2-3 hours / month over the course of the year
Year-long relationship with MSA leadership to learn fundamental components of leadership.
Understanding of the following concepts:
The President and Committee Chair roles.
Basic financial statements.
Communicating with hospital and organizational leadership.
Budgeting, forecasting, and resource management.
Team management
Funding, Conferences and Miscellaneous
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Application Due by May 1, 2025 |