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Healthy AMA

Pursuing our vision and mission and achieving the goals under the three Key Result Areas requires a healthy, vibrant and sustainable AMA.  It encompasses effective governance, an engaged workforce, prudent resource management, effective relationships and knowledge driven decision making.

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Governance

  • Implement recommendations from the Transparency Working Group report and Governance Oversight Group (GOG) report adopted in April 2024. 
  • Support sections in carrying out their roles by enhancing member engagement, tools, and resources.  This includes creating a standard code of conduct for sections.  
  • Expand the orientation programs for AMA physician leaders (section executives, committee chairs, Board, etc.) to provide learning opportunities and to strengthen governance. 

Workforce

  • Undertake a process to assess employee engagement and identify improvement opportunities for prioritization and implementation. 
  • Develop and implement a management training program that supports manager’s continuous improvement of their skills and competencies. 
  • Review and realign organizational structures to better support member needs. 

Financial

  • Develop a balanced budget to sustain the organization and make appropriate use of AMA reserves. 
  • Steward program funding in accordance with the grant agreements.

Relationships

  • Optimize relationship with the CMA and the Provincial and Territorial Medical Associations (PTMAs) towards activities that benefit the collective provincial and national memberships. 
  • Improve connections with key stakeholders in other health professions in Alberta to enable development of team-based care.
  • Develop and optimize relationships with leadership in the four provincial health agencies and the key service delivery organizations.

Knowledge 

  • Continue the multi-year project of modernizing our member information systems.
  • Develop a strategy to collect additional member information need to support business priorities, improve member services and transparency (e.g., diversity demographics, practice arrangements).
  • Review existing reporting, business processes and business intelligence capabilities and identify opportunities to optimise information creation and use for decision making.