Get Involved

There are multiple ways to get involved with the OMSA. Please continue reading for more information on how you can get involved!

Be a Member of the OMSA Council

As a Chair or Portfolio Director: Elections for Chair/Co-chair and Director positions happen in May of each year. Please check the elections page during election season for more information!
As a Medical School VP External: Elections for school VP Externals are done internally at each school, typically in September. Contact your current school VP External for more information.

Be on an OMSA Committee

OMSA has seven committees that are recruiting students for a variety of roles related to education, governance, advocacy, communications, wellness, bilingualism, and northern & rural medicine. Medical students from all years and any amount of experience are encouraged to apply as this is a great opportunity to get involved on a provincial level and meet students from across the province. You’ll find more detailed information on the committees and available positions on this page below, as well as in the applications themselves. The respective application form links are available under each subheading below. Submissions will close on September 17, 2018 at 11:59 pm (EDT). If you have any questions, please contact the Director of Finance and Internal Affairs at information_officer@omsa.ca.

Communications Committee

Chair: OMSA Director of Communications (communications@omsa.ca)

Committee Description:

The Communications Committee works to engage Ontario medical students with the events, services, and advocacy done by the OMSA, and engage medical students in provincial health care issues and medical student advocacy. We will work together to develop promotional campaigns (ex. Ontario Medical Student of the Month, contests), communicate on social media, and maintain and strengthen the website/blog, among other communications projects. Our committee is open to all students with any level of experience. If you have experience in communications (e.g. graphic design, video) please let us know. This committee is a great way to engage with all of the work OMSA does, and all are encouraged to apply!

Please click here for descriptions of each of the working groups, and details about the available positions and their roles.

Application Form: Click Here!

Education Committee

Chair: OMSA Director of Education (education@omsa.ca)

Committee Description:

The OMSA Education Committee addresses OMSA's work in the educational domain including interventions to improve medical education in Ontario and representation of OMSA to educational organizations in the province. The committee comprises 8 working groups: Policy, Health Human Resources (HHR), the Medical Student Education Research Grant (MSERG), the Medical Education Research Conference, Educational Services, Mentorship, Mental Health and Program Evaluation. All committee positions have a one-year term. Junior Chairs may be encouraged to return for a second term as Senior Chair, pending review of the previous year’s work.

Please click here for descriptions of each of the working groups, and details about the available positions and their roles.

Application Form: Click Here!

Governance Committee

Chair: OMSA Director of Finance and Internal Affairs (information_officer@omsa.ca)

Committee Description:

OMSA has been the voice of medical students and a vehicle to advocate for change within the province. One of the foundational principles of OMSA is to achieve organizational excellence, through careful strategic thinking, long-term financial planning, and overview & evaluation of the organization and its various committees as a whole. To this end, the OMSA Governance Committee has been created to maintain the integrity of the organization.

Please click here for descriptions of each of the working groups, and details about the available positions and their roles.

Application Form: Click Here!

Ontario Political Advocacy Committee (OPAC)

Chair: OMSA Director of Representation (representation@omsa.ca)

Committee Description:

The Ontario Political Advocacy Committee is the political advocacy and parliamentary engagement body of OMSA. Our goal is to engage in the provincial decision-making process to advocate for health policies, systems and care delivery models that will benefit both Ontario medical students and the people we serve. Our vision is to represent our peers and future patients as a responsive and respected voice in Ontario’s health and public policy community.

Please click here for descriptions of each of the working groups, and details about the available positions and their roles.

Application Form: Click Here!

Wellness Committee

Chair: OMSA Director of Services (services@omsa.ca)

Committee Description:

The OMSA Wellness Committee supports medical student wellness through three main objectives:

To educate and motivate medical students in pursuit of a healthier lifestyle, in part by centralizing wellness resources for students
Development & implementation of local and provincial wellness initiatives, including the annual Wellness Retreat
Collaboration with other professional organizations in supporting medical student wellness to empower students to develop and participate in wellness activities at their local schools and group events

Local Officer Position Application:

Please click here for details about the Local Officer positions and their roles.

Application Form: Click Here!

Other Committee Positions Application:

Please click here for descriptions of each of the working groups, and details about the available positions and their roles.

Application Form: Click Here!

Bilingualism Committee

Chair: OMSA Director of Communications (communications@omsa.ca)

Committee Description:

The Bilingualism Committee is responsible for three specific initiatives:

Website Translation: Translate all active information pages and important supporting documents such as OMSA’s Constitution on OMSA’s new website to French, and work alongside OMSA’s communication team and website editors to have the translations implemented on the website;
Social Media: Translate all social media posts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, as sent by the Director of Communications
Branding: Work alongside the rest of OMSA Council and the Communications team to have the bilingual OMSA name implemented into the logo.

Please click here for descriptions of each of the working groups, and details about the available positions and their roles.

Application Form: Click Here!

Northern Ontario and Rural Medicine Committee (NORM)

Chair: Josée Malette, NOSM (jomalette@nosm.ca)

Committee Description:

The NORM Committee has three primary aims:

To facilitate engagement in OMSA initiatives for students currently training at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine as well as students placed at rural satellite campuses of other schools
To create/support advocacy initiatives and campaigns that address the gaps in accessibility and provision of healthcare to rural and Northern Ontario with a special focus on Indigenous communities
To create/support opportunities for Southern Ontario medical students to train in the North, be it through observerships, electives, workshops, or conferences.

These aims will be pursued by four working groups that together constitute the NORM committee. Each working group will be led by a senior chair and supported by a junior chair. Composition, leadership, and action of these working groups will be the responsibility of these chairs under guidance and collaboration with the rest of the NORM committee. The junior chair would then occupy the senior chair position in the following year, pending a review of their work, to ensure continuity and institutional memory. This is an inclusive environment and we look forward to receiving your applications!

Please click here for descriptions of each of the working groups, and details about the available positions and their roles.

Application Form: Click Here!

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