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MSMS Board of Directors Application
Please respond concisely using specific examples from your experience. If a question does not apply to your background, you may indicate “not applicable.”
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Name
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Email Address
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Phone Number
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Business Name/Practice
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Title
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Practice-Specific Experience & Perspective (Choose all that apply)
Employed/Multihospital/System Setting - involvement in system-level decisions, leadership roles or strategic relationships
Private Practice - business management, financial accountability, operations, or payer strategy
Academic Medicine - teaching, research, mentoring or engagement with trainees/early-career physicians
Public Health/Community - population health, community-based care, rural/urban health challenges
Not Applicable
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Please describe your experience in any of the above areas and how it would inform your contribution to the Board.
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How has this experience given you insight into the challenges facing physicians today?
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Governance & Board Effectiveness
Describe any experience you have serving on boards or committees. What attributes contribute to being an active, constructive board member?
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Organizational Change & Strategic Decision Making Under Pressure
How do you approach these situations? Describe a time when you helped make a significant strategic decision in an organization facing financial pressure, declining revenue or major disruption. What was your role, what options were considered and what was the outcome?
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Financial Understanding & Business Experience
Describe your experience with financial oversight or business decision-making. Have you been involved in budgeting, evaluating sustainability, managing a practice/business, revenue growth, profitability or addressing financial challenges?
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Membership Value, Growth & Engagement
Membership organizations must continuously demonstrate value. What experience have you had with membership organizations (aside from MSMS)? How did those organizations demonstrate value to their members?
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Innovation & Future of Medicine
Have you ever been in a leadership position in which you introduced new technology or innovative practices? If so, expand on this experience. How do you see these shaping the future of physician organizations?
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Advocacy & Policy Perspective
What experience do you have with healthcare advocacy, public policy or working with governmental or regulatory bodies? How should an organization evaluate the effectiveness of advocacy efforts?
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Contribution & Unique Perspective
What do you see as your most valuable contribution to the MSMS Board should you be elected?
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Mission & Vision
What do you see as the mission of MSMS? What is your vision for how that can best be achieved?
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Fiduciary Responsibility
MSMS Board of Directors duties include a Duty of Loyalty. To make decisions based exclusively on what the person believes to be in the best interests of MSMS. No director should vote or take a position on an MSMS issue based on personal interests or on the interests of another organization. If elected, will you be able to fulfill this duty?
Yes
No