Leadership

President — The president has the responsibility of attending meetings and serving as the class spokesperson. The deans recognize the president in this capacity and expect the president to serve as the primary link between themselves and the class. Individual and class concerns should be directed to the president. In addition, the president promotes collaboration and facilitates teamwork among the class officers. Most action happens behind the scenes in addition to assisting the VP with organizing social events. The president also has the opportunity to appoint a Student Advisory Council, which can hold up to five members plus the president. (The president may also elect to not have a SAC). Because of the dynamic nature of medical education, this group is responsible for representing their class by expressing satisfactions and concerns on issues including block organization, lecture quality, resources, and examinations. Possible constructive solutions are also discussed in these meetings. The president may also attend the quarterback meetings during block 1, and MSAC meetings. Along with the other officers, the president will help maintain the student blog (beginning after graduation of class of 2027).

Vice President — The VP is responsible for organizing class social events and be the president’s right-hand person. The M2 vice president will also work closely with the incoming M1 vice president to organize major events like End-of-Block parties, Grade Release, and A Review.

Secretary — The secretary is responsible for class announcements, taking minutes at class officer meetings, recognizing birthdays, and helping to organize intramural sports teams.

Treasurer — The treasurer is responsible for organizing the book fair the summer before M2 year. Other responsibilities include collection of class dues, setting up a bank account and ensuring adequate funds for the graduation banquet. The treasurer also carries out elections for their own class after the M1 year. This position has a 4-year term. 

**Note: Class officers will also be responsible for running the M1/M2 shop

Curriculum Board– This is a committee composed of eight faculty members and four student representatives. A student is elected from each class to serve as a non-voting member of the committee. The curriculum board meets once a month for about 1.5 hours to discuss matters concerning the curriculum (shocker). Some of the topics include, adding admissions requirements, development of policies to ensure that learning objectives are consistently covered in PBL, and evaluation of teaching through awards and recognition of educators. One member is elected from each class. 

Ethics– The ethics representative attends monthly meetings with the hospital ethics committee. At this meeting the team discusses the challenging cases that the committee was asked to be involved in over the past month. The committee also creates educational materials for the hospital when they see the same issues recurring. The ethics representative can be as involved in this process as their time and interest allow them to be from sitting back and observing to actively participating. One representative is elected from each class. 

Families Assisting Medical Students (FAMS)– The representatives serve as a link between the parents who coordinate FAMS and the students. FAMS is a wonderful group of parents that provide breakfast for us during every test week. They also do other encouraging things for us throughout the year. Two members are elected from each class. 

Graduate Professional Council (GPC)– The Graduate Professional Council is the graduate student’s equivalent of the undergraduate student government. One representative will be the go- between for your class and the graduate school. Meetings are held monthly. It is an extremely important position since the referendums passed by GPC affect the entire university, not just the School of Medicine. One member is elected from each class.  

Health and Wellness– The health and wellness representative(s) ensure that the class is remembering to take care of themselves. One of the ways in which this is done is by pairing new M- 1s with an M-2 buddy so that new students effectively adjust to the rigors of medical school. Other responsibilities include updating the magazine rack in the common area and organizing health/wellness activities. Two members are elected from each class. 

Hearing Committee– The hearing committee representatives are the first responders to any questionable academic honesty. They are the gatekeepers of all honor code violations submitted by the student body, responsible for screening and submitting serious issues to the honor council. Other duties include confidentially contacting students who might have observed a violation of the honor code. Two members are elected from each class. 

Honor Council– The Honor Council Delegates (along with the class presidents) represent their respective classes during meetings of the Council, which convene following a report from the Hearing Committee alleging the violation of the Honor Code by one or more students. The Council further investigates the alleged violation in the areas of academic and professional dishonesty and unprofessional conduct, then makes appropriate recommendations concerning appropriate actions to the Dean. Delegates are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic and professional honesty, conduct and confidentiality among their peers. One member is elected from each class. 

Medical Student Affairs Council (MSAC)– This committee oversees all of the organizations and classes within the medical school. It is kind of like “student council.” One member is elected from each class. 

MUtation– The MUtation representative(s) are responsible for helping the yearbook staff, with M4s usually running the operation. The range of commitment and responsibility varies according to your interest and what is needed, but can include taking photographs of social events, collecting photographs from classmates, writing captions and formatting yearbook pages. No yearbook experience is necessary. Up to TWO students may be elected from each class. 

Student Professionalism Committee (SPC)– One member of each class serves on the Student Professionalism Committee. This body focuses on promoting a professional environment among students and faculty. Its purpose is to monitor the trends in professionalism and if a negative atmosphere develops it is the duty of the SPC to discuss such matters and develop a plan to correct the course. Representatives actively participate in this discussion as well as provide feedback to the Dean’s office regarding policy decisions that may affect the professional attitude of the School of Medicine. Meetings are held once per block. This position has a 4-year term. 

Organization of Student Representatives (OSR)– The OSR representative has the responsibility of representing the University of Missouri School of Medicine at the regional and national meetings of the AAMC. This is the only opportunity for students to have a direct voice to the Council of Deans. On a national level, the representative has input in AMCAS (the medical school application service), ERAS (the residency application service), NRMP (the residency matching service), USMLE (the licensing examinations), and the LCME (the accreditation body for medical schools). One student is elected from each class. This position has a 4-year term. 

Committee for Student Promotion (CSP)– The CSP representative is responsible for attending a four-hour meeting once per block where discussion is based on student promotion as well as students requesting leaves of absence. The CSP representative should also be available to classmates that wish to speak about their situations. One member is elected from each class. This position has a 4-year term. 

Committee for Respect and Civility in the Learning Environment (CiRCLE) Representatives— TWO members of each class serve on the CiRCLE committee. The CiRCLE committee is led by Dr. Laine Young-Walker and Dr. Ila Durkin and works to review mistreatment reports that have been submitted by students and decide together how to appropriately respond to these issues with the aim of decreasing mistreatment within our community. The committee also has the charge of educating students, faculty, and staff on mistreatment and the ways in which it can be reported. There is a mandatory meeting for the committee the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 5:15-6:15 PM. This position has a 4-year term. 

MizzouM1GoTo Website Developer — This position will be responsible for helping oversee the MizzouM1GoTo Website and ensuring that the website remains up-to-date with relevant and recent information. Additionally, this representative will be responsible for consistently evaluating the content of the website and deciding what needs to be added, edited, or improved upon. Those elected will work alongside the president of their class along with the representatives from each class (M1s – M4s). TWO students may be elected from each class.

The following positions must be approved by the Dean and therefore may be announced a few days after the other positions are announced:

• Honor Council
• Hearing Committee
• CSP
• CiRCLE