APSA Standing
Committees: These committees
are made up of APSA members and the
appointments are made by the Executive
Council. If you are interested in
getting involved,
click here to apply to be on a committee.
Annual Meeting
Committee
The Annual
Meeting Committee is responsible for the
planning and execution of APSA's Annual
Meeting including arranging speakers,
planning sessions, fundraising, and
running the meeting. There are several
objectives that guide the Annual Meeting
Committee which include the exposure of
future physician-scientists to the wide
breadth of research fields, clinical
specialties, and career paths one can
pursue, the establishment of peer and
top-down formal and informal mentoring
opportunities provided through APSA and
ASCI, as well as career development
sessions to address training and career
issues such as balancing life and work,
balancing clinical responsibilities with
research; and deciding to pursuit basic
science, translational, or clinical
research.
Finance Committee
The Finance
Committee is charged with maintaining
the finances of the organization, and
soliciting funds and donations to
support APSA as an organization and its
projects. The committee will also work
closely with the Annual Meeting
Committee to set and meet its financial
obligations regarding APSA’s Annual
Meeting.
Membership Committee
The mission of the APSA
Membership Committee is two-fold. First,
the committee will be responsible for
the recruitment of new members and
Institutional Representatives into the
organization. Second, the committee will
be responsible for the long-term
retention of members and smooth
transitions of Institutional
Representatives from year to year.
In order to achieve its
goals, the APSA Membership Committee
will work on the following issues in
2006-7:
* Recruiting more
Institutional Representatives
* Working with the Public
Relations Committee to create
recruitment materials
* Confirming a secure and
user-friendly pay system that can
seamlessly interface with the APSA
website
* Rolling out the
membership recruiting campaign at the
April 2007 APSA national meeting
Policy
Committee
The Policy
Committee leads APSA by making
recommendations based upon feedback,
collected surveys, and literature to the
leadership and the board of directors as
to the future directions of APSA. This
committee is critical in ensuring that
APSA addresses the current needs and
issues of its membership. A second but
equally important role this committee
will play is making recommendations on
behalf of APSA. They will work closely
with other organizations with common
interests by providing a voice to future
physician-scientists.
Public Relations
Committee
The Public
Relations Committee has several
responsibilities including the
maintenance of APSA’s website, the
publication of APSA’s electronic
newsletters, and the representation of
APSA at other conferences / meetings, to
the leadership of other organizations,
and to the public. This committee works
closely with the Student Doctor Network
continuing to moderate and further the
value of the co-hosted discussion forums
about 1) Physician-scientist Training
Programs (MD, MD-PhD, DO, DO-PhD) 2)
Research Residencies and 3) Biomedical
Research (MS/PhD).
