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MDA National
Whether you're in 1st year or 4th year, it's important that you have adequate medical
indemnity cover for clinical placements, electives and private clinical work. MDA National Insurance's Student
Indemnity Policy provides medical indemnity cover worldwide (excluding USA) and insures you for $1,000,000
policy limit including $500,000 towards defence costs.
RACGP
Register your free online RACGP student membership with the option to upgrade for $49 to receive your free copy of Australian Medicines Handbook CD 2008 (valued at $115) and go in the draw to win a copy of John Murtagh's General Practice 4th edition (valued at $150). Find out more about the Prevocational General Practice Placements Program (PGPPP), career advice from GPs and more.
For details visit our website.
South Australian
Department of Health
Ever wondered what it would be like to work interstate - where you can have it all? Festivals, Lifestyle, Career and a Family. Consider South Australia in your future plans.
Australian GP Training
A record number of doctors has applied for the 2009 intake of the Australian General Practice Training Program (AGPT). The number of first round applications from eligible doctors has increased by 20% this year from 609 to 733. The numbers don't lie! General practice is increasing in popularity as a vocational choice - Have you considered general practice?
AMSA American
Express Gold Card
American Express will advise AMSA of the names, and member numbers, of AMSA members who take up this offer, for entry into their database. The AMA privacy policy can be accessed at www.ama.com.au or by contacting AMSA at 02 6270 5435
Avant
Avant is proud to be a major partner of AMSA. Student membership of
Australia's largest MDO is free and is designed to meet your needs as you study.
Insurance features include $20 million professional indemnity cover, driving license defence
and cover for Good Samaritan acts worldwide. Click here to join.
Elsevier
Elsevier Australia is a dedicated publisher of textbooks for the ANZ market. We
continuously work with the most respected researchers, academics and professionals and set a high
standard for quality in medical education. To register for regular updates and view our range of Medical
text titles click here.
Health Super
Health Super can help you take superannuation from 'care factor zero' to give it a little
more lovin'! After all, you have an asset money can't buy...Time! So what are you waiting for? Visit
www.healthsuper.com.au or contact our
Superline Freecall on 1800 331 719 for all the details.
Competitions
Last Month's Winners
Oh, September. What a month. A month of months. A month for people to win books, and win they did. These books will be dispatched promptly. The winners were just regular Joes like you and I, who took a moment to drop us an email. You should try it! Go on, I dare you. As always, more entries please!
Stalky & Mo.
 Embolus is getting on the Movember Mo-Mentor bandwagon! As a special spin-off offer, we are offering a book prize to EVERY entrant who fashions his or her mo' and bodily appearance into that of Embolus' Unofficial patron, Rudyard Kipling (pictured above for your convenience). Send your entries, before November 30 to embolus@amsa.org.au.
AMSA Intern
Training Campaign
The AMSA Intern Training campaign is in full swing. We've sent letters to ministers and received replies. Now we need you. Go to amsa.org.au/intern to see what the campaign's all about. Scroll to them bottom of the page where you will find letter templates. Download the template that corresponds to your state, complete it, pop it in the mail then let us know that you've done it, at embolus@amsa.org.au. One lucky entrant will win a sweet prize.
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Intern Training Campaign
AMSA's intern training capacity campaign is about ensuring the availability and quality of education you receive in your first year after graduation. Many students have expressed concern regarding the availability of internship places as student numbers increase, so AMSA is extracting guarantees from all the states and territories regarding the provision of internships. This is an issue that affects you directly. We invite you to take part in this campaign by clicking here.
Early Streaming Policy
The pressure to produce more medical specialists in response to an Australia-wide doctor shortage has led to fast tracking of trainees into specialty training. AMSA believes that this may compromise the quality of the trainees' generalist education, that is, the acquisition of broad-based medical skills and knowledge that underpin the entirety of an individual's medical career. To this end, Council endorsed this policy on Early Streaming. We appreciate your feedback to embolus@amsa.org.au.
Shared Clinical Placements Policy
With the increase in medical schools around the country, students on rotations have begun to share clinical sites. Sharing sites can help to maximise the available clinical training resources, however sharing needs to be entered into carefully to ensure that students receive the highest quality education and that sharing is not a cause of conflict. AMSA has developed this policy on shared clinical placements. We appreciate your feedback to embolus@amsa.org.au, especially if you are currently, or have previously been, at a shared clinical site.
Blood Drive: Results Are In!
Blood Drive results are in. We are pleased to announce that the Vampire Cup in 2008 goes to ANU, who had the highest percentage of donors at 48% and the 2nd highest total number of donors. This year has been a fantastic effort by, well, 10% of you who donated blood! WOO! Every university had at least one person donate and
some universities had hundreds. Final tallies for each university can be found here. Thank you all for your
efforts this year and as Leona Lewis would say, Keep Bleeding!
The AMSA Movember Mo-mentor Competition
This year AMSA is getting involved with Movember in a big way. For
your chance to be a winner, simply get involved in the AMSA National
Mentoring Scheme and get involved with Movember. If you have not
registered for the NMS yet, e-mail mentoring@amsa.org.au to be
involved in a mentoring group next year. Proceed to the competitions section or click here to find out how you can win! NOTE: Females may also win. Read on for more details.
Convention Brisbane '09
Only 267 sleep until AMSA's 50th National Convention!* In 2009, Queensland welcomes home AMSA's largest event, and boy are the organising team excited. Convenor Liz Hayem remarked, "It's going to be just like the Apollo Moon Landing. You know - a worldwide event, except not on the moon, in Brisbane." Visit the Convention '09 website for more information, to view the first promo video and to sign up for updates.
*267 sleeps may be incorrect. Or correct. No money back, regardless.
GHC Brisbane '09
From the 2-5th July, 2009, Brisbane will host AMSA's
Global Health Conference. The organising team is in the process of
lining up an inspiring and challenging conference, including some new
events to help you put your new knowledge to the test. Expect
inspiring speakers, exciting smaller group discussions and fun
activities to get you thinking! Visit the GHC '09 website
for more information today.
19 Years Since Berlin Wall Fell
Yes, that's right Australian Medical Students, the Berlin Wall was
torn down on the night of 9th November 1989. This historic event
paved the way for a divided Germany to become, like, friends again.
And let us not underestimate the importance and influence of 'the
Hoff' who still claims to have started the tearing down process on
that fateful night - heaven bless 'im.
Australian University Students Unite Against Poverty
Over 400 students from 26 Universities across Australia and the Asia Pacific came together in Sydney in September to discuss what role students can have in eradicating extreme poverty. A 17-strong AMSA delegation provided representation and insight into the unique contribution medical students can have in combating this complex global health challenge.
AMSA GHN Upgrades Website
The AMSA Global Health Network, an internal committee within the Association, has enhanced its website in October. With the latest global health opportunities, global health news and resources, and information about each global health group in Australia, the new website is a must-see-one-stop-shop. Check it out here.
AMSA to Streamline Membership
AMSA is excited to announce a new online portal to manage membership which will be launched shortly. The system will streamline members access to publications such as Embolus, Panacea and Vector as well as communications about the GHC, NLDS and Convention. The system will also facilitate a new registration system for AMSA events, which will use a ballot system to allocate places, overcoming some of the technical and equity issues we've experienced in the past.
Indigenous Health Essay Winners
AMSA and the NRHSN are pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 AMSA NRHSN Indigenous Health Essay Prizes and Rural Elective Bursaries, here. The applications were of an extremely high standard. Our congratulations go to all applicants for their outstanding contributions. Look out for published essays and rural elective reports in Panacea!
Letter from the Editor of Panacea
Dear everyone
Due to circumstances beyond my control (a malfunctioning external hard drive and, probably more importantly, the lack of an IQ commensurate with executive functioning), the October edition of Panacea has hit a major stumbling block and will not be delivered to universities until November.
I understand your pain, friends. I do.
I also understand that some of you will have completed your university attendance by this stage and may be feeling a vice-like sensation in the chest as you contemplate the ensuing months without this publication. The best cure for your impending feeling of doom and chest pain radiating down your left arm? Subscribe to AMSA!1 By subscribing to AMSA you are assured of never missing a Panacea again as it gets delivered right into the gaping maw of your mailbox - and all for FREE. Subscribe today and feel the pain melt away.
1Actual cure may differ. Actual cure may involve nitrates and urgent referral to coronary angiography. Please seek medical advice urgently if the described symptoms are happening to you.
A Frighteningly Special Edition Special Report
October Council brings with it the air of change, because someone usually brings a special fan that blows in our faces to remind us to change. Also because it's the time when Council votes in the new Executive. We are pleased to introduce you to Team NSW, who will be taking the reins of the AMSA Executive in 2009.
The relationship began eight months ago. Things started slowly at first, but with each meeting we grew closer. Our free time was but an endless phone call, continued over dinner, and into the night until dawn peeked over the horizon and begrudgingly, we gave in to fatigue, for just an hour or two. We became ever more committed, planning carefully for our future together. We faced seemingly insurmountable challenges but in the end, our love prevailed. And now, so many months later, we stand before you, all 12,800 Australian Medical Students, as the 2009 AMSA executive, to declare our undying devotion to AMSA.
 We, a group of passionate New South Wales medical students were united by a dream - that dream was AMSA. Though our backgrounds were diverse - undergraduate, graduate, metropolitan and rural - we shared the same goal, to connect, inform and represent each and every Australian Medical Student. We spent long nights locked in cramped meeting rooms, with naught but an extra large pack of Tim Tams and pure, unadulterated passion for the cause to sustain us. In doing so, we went from complete strangers to great friends. We came to understand one another's strengths and weaknesses and were able to appreciate the diversity and skill within our group. This allowed us determine the right candidate for each position, and resulted in the formation of a strong and experienced team.
As a team, we plan to embark on new initiatives that will strengthen AMSA in 2009. We will also consolidate past achievements, in order to establish a long-term vision for AMSA.
Importantly, we will engage our members through the introduction of a Membership Officer who will be responsible for expanding and refining member benefits and services. Improved communication will allow us to represent each and every student more effectively, particularly our international student membership. We have also identified rural and indigenous health as an area of priority this year.
With such goals to look forward to next year, we are all keen to get some AMSA action. As the 2009 AMSA executive we are ready to stand before a congregation of all Australian medical students and declare that "we do."
The team members are; Tiff Fulde (President), Cam Korb-Wells (VP-Internal), Jamie Alexander (VP-External), Geoff Collins (Treasurer), Helen Freeborn (NC), Jeff Anh and Jon Noonan (Sponsorship & Marketing), Elise Coker (PRO), Chris Mulligan (Membership), Shannon Nott (RIO), Kieran Owens (GHO), Sally Holden (Publications), Genevieve Peek (Community Liaison) and Yogeesan Sivakumaran (ICO). We wish you guys all the best in 2009! -Ed
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