This article originally appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the Ontario Medical Review magazine.
This year’s President’s Tour has seen a change from previous years. We pivoted from in person to online, making OMA history and expanded the outreach into two phases: Phase 1: OMA Leadership Tour focusing on Leader-to-Leader engagement, and Phase 2: More like the traditional OMA President’s Tour focusing on Leader-to-Member engagement. We renewed the focus to include greater access to OMA Leadership – CEO and Board Chair — and extended the timeline from September to January allowing for evolving contemporary topic updates. Further, the OMA President’s Tour adapted to the virtual world with innovative ways of engaging informally with the new “President’s Lounge” – a virtual space to meet for casual conversations – and are evaluating the results with a post-meeting survey to gauge member satisfaction.
Here are some of the numbers from the OMA President’s Tour thus far:
Phase 1:
Phase 2:
Results:
Fiscal concerns:
Practice concerns:
Health system concerns:
OMA-centred concerns: