2024 EXECUTIVE ELECTIONS


Invitation for Expression of Interest

The South Zone Medical Staff Association invites expressions of interest (EOI) for the following Executive positions:

Each position is an elected 2-year term with a maximum of 2 consecutive terms. Remuneration and administrative support are provided. To be eligible for office, you must be an SZMSA member. To verify membership, contact Adrienne Wanhill at the SZMSA administrative office zmsaadmin@albertadoctors.org or 403-205-2093.

 Deadline to submit: Wednesday, October 23, at 11:59 p.m.

 The election will take place at the AGM on November 4, 2024. Only members attending the meeting may vote. Instructions for voting will be provided at the meeting. The voting method shall be by plurality. 

 

WHAT ARE ZONE MEDICAL STAFF ASSOCIATIONS?

All physicians practising within each zone are eligible to become members of their local ZMSA. Physicians do not have to have an appointment with Alberta Health Services (AHS).

ZMSAs are the voice of the physicians. We are physician representation for the AHS Bylaws and Rules as per section 2.12 of the Bylaws. The purpose of the ZMSAs is “to facilitate the engagement and participation of the Zone Medical Staff in Practitioner-related matters, and the fulfilment of the responsibilities and duties of Practitioners pursuant to these Bylaws and the Rules”. There are five ZMSAs in Alberta, one for each zone.

ZMSAs are equitably funded and supported (financial, in-kind and central administrative support) by the AMA and AHS, but remain independent of either organization. ZMSAs are truly grass roots organizations that exist to represent all physicians. Each ZMSA has an executive committee – who are either elected or appointed – committed to ensuring local physician issues are acknowledged.

ZMSAs are actively involved in:

  • Gathering advice from zone physicians and advocating on local and zone issues.

  • Meetings with Zone Medical Directors.

  • Council of Zone Leaders, the primary function of which is to be a venue for the AMA and ZMSAs Presidents to discuss and consider common issues and developments on a provincial and zonal basis, where zonal leaders can share issues and concerns, and from which the AMA may identify common themes the association can advance on behalf of members.

  • Bylaws-mandated AHS committees, both zone and provincial.

  • A joint AMA-AHS Provincial Liaison Forum.

  • Leading the local Zonal Advisory Forum (ZAF), designed to provide the ZMSA, the AMA and AHS with a collective perspective from practising physicians about local and provincial issues.

ZMSAs and the AHS Medical Staff Bylaws and Rules

The Bylaws and Rules govern the relationship between us and AHS. It is written in the Bylaws that “AHS and the Medical Staff jointly contribute to an effective medical organization structure through the development, implementation and amendment of Bylaws and Rules governing the creation, organization and operation of the Medical Staff”. The ZMSAs have been and continue to be your representation for input and the physician voice for the Bylaws and Rules.