GGSM
Greater Greensboro
Society of Medicine
What GGSM Provides for the Community and its Members
Through the efforts of a dedicated Leadership Structure, professional staff and a host of active committees, GGSM carries out its
mission. Current GGSM committees, their activities and respective charges represent the needs of its members and confirm the
value of Society membership by unifying physicians on the issues most important to medicine.
The GGSM represents its members in a meaningful and organized manner providing information and guidance necessary to meet
the challenges of medical service in our community. Our Society serves as a vehicle for the physician’s commitment and dedication to
organized medicine. Physicians joining together as an organized unit can impact and determine the future of medicine.
GGSM STANDING COMMITTEES
Bylaws
Interprets and recommends medical society policies, protocols, procedures.
Communications
Plans and implements internal and external communications and public relations’ activities
Continuing
Medical
Education
Identifies, plans, and implements educational activities and events.
NCMS House of
Delegates
Provides elected member delegates to represent the views of the local medical society within the areas most sensitive to the preservation and advancement of the members.
Community Health
Collaborates with a network of community organizations to address common issues, such as supporting smoke- free environments and access to medical resources for the community’s underserved.
Pictorial Directory
Creates and publishes an inclusive physician pictorial directory with information that helps facilitate a convenient link to all physicians’ colleagues; members and non- members.
Legislative
Coordinates local activities to help organize a key contact network for physician members to access legislators about important health-related legislation. Promotes effective communication between the GGSM and legislators through a Candidates Forum.
Mini-Internship
Conducts two-day communication experience for lay community by allowing community leaders to shadow the primary care physician and the surgeon into their respective offices and surgeries. The program fosters a positive relationship between medicine and the policy makers of the community.
Membership
Enhances membership recruitment/retention; orients and acts as liaison to new members. Assesses physicians’ needs and develops programs to assist them: • Finances and organizes annual welcoming socials to introduce new physicians to their colleagues and community • Provides guidance in area of medical record retention • Provides state and national organized medicine resources • Provides members with professional development resources
Publications
Publishes a newsletter that alerts members to activities, introduces new members, recognizes member accomplishments, highlights public health initiatives, acknowledges the senior physicians contributions to medicine and community, keeps members up to date on the happenings in medicine from all across the country. Publishes a Medical Phone and Fax Book to assist the physician, office staff and hospitals with easy access to every physician in Greensboro.
GGSM
Greater Greensboro
Society of Medicine
GGSM
What GGSM Provides for the
Community and its Members
Through the efforts of a dedicated Leadership
Structure, professional staff and a host of active
committees, GGSM carries out its mission. Current
GGSM committees, their activities and respective
charges represent the needs of its members and
confirm the value of Society membership by
unifying physicians on the issues most important to
medicine.
The GGSM represents its members in a meaningful
and organized manner providing information and
guidance necessary to meet the challenges of
medical service in our community. Our Society
serves as a vehicle for the physician’s commitment
and dedication to organized medicine. Physicians
joining together as an organized unit can impact and
determine the future of medicine.
GGSM STANDING
COMMITTEES
Bylaws
Interprets and recommends medical society policies, protocols, procedures.
Communications
Plans and implements internal and external communications and public relations’ activities
Continuing
Medical
Education
Identifies, plans, and implements educational activities and events.
NCMS House of
Delegates
Provides elected member delegates to represent the views of the local medical society within the areas most sensitive to the preservation and advancement of the members.
Community Health
Collaborates with a network of community organizations to address common issues, such as supporting smoke- free environments and access to medical resources for the community’s underserved.
Pictorial Directory
Creates and publishes an inclusive physician pictorial directory with information that helps facilitate a convenient link to all physicians’ colleagues; members and non-members.
Legislative
Coordinates local activities to help organize a key contact network for physician members to access legislators about important health-related legislation. Promotes effective communication between the GGSM and legislators through a Candidates Forum.
Mini-Internship
Conducts two-day communication experience for lay community by allowing community leaders to shadow the primary care physician and the surgeon into their respective offices and surgeries. The program fosters a positive relationship between medicine and the policy makers of the community.
Membership
Enhances membership recruitment/retention; orients and acts as liaison to new members. Assesses physicians’ needs and develops programs to assist them: • Finances and organizes annual welcoming socials to introduce new physicians to their colleagues and community • Provides guidance in area of medical record retention • Provides state and national organized medicine resources • Provides members with professional development resources
Publications
Publishes a newsletter that alerts members to activities, introduces new members, recognizes member accomplishments, highlights public health initiatives, acknowledges the senior physicians contributions to medicine and community, keeps members up to date on the happenings in medicine from all across the country. Publishes a Medical Phone and Fax Book to assist the physician, office staff and hospitals with easy access to every physician in Greensboro.
