Developing and leading a sustainable organization for early career acute care surgeons: Lessons from the inaugural American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Associate Member Council. Issue 4 (1st October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dumas, Ryan P.; Bankhead, Brittany K.; Coleman, Julia R.; Dhillon, Navpreet K.; Meizoso, Jonathan P.; Bessoff, Kovi; Butler, William J.; Strickland, Matt; Dultz, Linda A.; Davis, Kimberly; Bulger, Eileen M.; Reilly, Patrick M.; Croce, Martin A.; Spain, David A.; Livingston, David H.; Brasel, Karen J.; Coimbra, Raul; Knowlton, Lisa M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of trauma and acute care surgery. Volume 93:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: e143
• Page End: e146
• Publication Date: 2022-10-01
• Subjects: Leadership -- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma -- new organization -- associate membership; Surgical intensive care -- Periodicals; Surgical emergencies -- Periodicals; Wounds and injuries -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.026
• DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003734
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2163-0755

Abstract

Abstract : In this article, the Associate Member Council of the AAST proposes a blueprint for successful implementation and development of a new organization. ABSTRACT: The associate membership of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) was established in 2019 to create a defined but incorporated entity within the larger AAST for the next generation of acute care surgeons. The Associate Member Council (AMC) was subsequently established in 2020 to provide the new AM with an elected group of leaders who would represent them within the AAST. In its inaugural year, this cohort of junior faculty and surgical trainees had developed for the AM a set of bylaws, a mission statement, a strategic vision, and a succession plan. The experience of the AAST AMC is exemplary of what can be accomplished with collaboration, mentorship, innovation, and tenacity. It has the potential to serve as a template for the creation and vitalization of future professional groups. In this piece, the AMC proposes a blueprint for the successful conception of a new organization.