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News
18 Nov 2008
2009 Indigenous Peoples' Scholarship
Applications for the 2009 Indigenous People's Scholarship are now open. The scholarship is aimed at increasing the number of Indigenous Doctors in Australia. Applicants for this scholarship must be aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Please read more to find out how to apply.
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10 Nov 2008
Media Release: Tasmania Fails Local Graduates, Community
Tasmanian medical graduates are being forced interstate to find work due to a shortage of local intern training places, the Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) said today.
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05 Nov 2008
Pathology Update 2009
March 2009 will see pathologists from around the globe converge on Sydney, Australia for the XXV Congress of the World Association of Societies of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (WASPaLM) hosted by The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia annual scientific meeting Pathology Update 2009.
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05 Nov 2008
Media Release: GP Training Step a Must for Future Workforce
The launch of 197 new GP training places over the next two years is a positive step towards securing the future of the general practice in Australia, the Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) said today.
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02 Nov 2008
AMSA Intern Campaign: Special Update
The AMSA Intern Training Campaign is in full swing. Nearly all of the state health ministers have responded to our requests for information, with the exception of Queensland and SA. If you hail from either of these states, we need your help to spur the ministers into action. The Intern Training Campaign page, amsa.org.au/intern details what you can do. All other states, check out what your ministers have said regarding intern training and sit tight, we'll have more action coming for you very soon.
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02 Nov 2008
Embolus October '08: The Frighteningly Special Edition
To commemorate the favourite holiday of rubber mask manufacturers worldwide, this Edition of Embolus tastes distinctly like neighbourhood-donated candy. You will find inside all the latest AMSA news including: Blood Drive Winners, policy updates, GHC and Convention updates, a special feature about the newly elected 2009 AMSA Executive from NSW and competitions that you'll be scrambling to enter, faster than a ghostly child can say, "Trick or Treat". Take me to Embolus October '08: The Frighteningly Special Edition.
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02 Nov 2008
Movember Mo-Mentor: Grow, Facial Hair, Grow
We're two days in to Movember. We trust that you have retired your razors and are currently experiencing Day 2: The Itch. That's a good sign, if you are. Girls, we hope you are fastidiously collecting your boyfriends/brothers/husbands/fathers beard clippings to build your own excellent mo in the coming weeks. If you haven't already signed up for the AMSA Mentoring scheme, go here to do so. You'll then be in the running for some great prizes from AMSA.
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28 Oct 2008
AMSA Policy Updates
AMSA Council regularly passes Policy on issues that concern you, our membership. Policy discussion at October Council centred upon two issues - Early Streaming and Shared Clinical Placements. To read the now-endorsed policy, click here.
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28 Oct 2008
Blood Drive Results Are In!
It's better than the deed, better than the memory, it's the moment of ANTICIPATION as we tell you that Blood Drive results are in and you've got to click on the Read More button to find out who won! Ahhh... suspense... Thanks to everyone who donated this year and as Leona Lewis would say, Keep Bleeding. Keep, Keep Bleeding.
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26 Oct 2008
AMSA: In the News
It's the season for acquiring an intern job. Unfortunately for 30-odd international graduates from Queensland Medical Schools, the jobs this year are in short supply. And it's a drought that looks set to continue for years to come. Even more concerningly, as the number of medical graduates continues to increase, domestic graduates may find it increasingly difficult to come by an intern job. AMSA has lobbied state and federal governments to commit to guaranteeing domestic and international graduates intern jobs, and high-quality medical training whilst in these jobs, into the future. This article, published in the Sun Herald today, represents part of this lobbying work, and provides a great overview of the issues facing future medical graduates. Find out how AMSA is working on this issue here.
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26 Oct 2008
AMSA Councillor Wins RDAA Student of the Year
Our congratulations go to Mr Andrew Webster, a medical student from UWA and 2008 AMSA Councillor, who last night was the joint recipient of the Rural Doctors' Association of Australia Medical Student of the Year award. Andrew received these accolades as a result of his commitment to rural medicine. He is off to work with Cambridge University on a joint research program with the University of WA, investigating factors which contribute to poorer survival rates for rural cancer patients compared with their urban counterparts.
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19 Oct 2008
Council Welcomes 2009 Executive
Each year at October Council, teams bid to run the AMSA Executive the following year. This council saw two teams step up to the plate: AdFab, a formidable team of 13 students from Adelaide University and Flinders, and a New South Wales team, headed by Miss Tiffany Fulde, a present AMSA Councillor and UNSW student. Both teams presented fabulous bids, but unfortunately there could only be one winner. We are pleased to announce that the team from New South Wales will be leading AMSA in 2009!
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18 Oct 2008
October Council is Upon Us!
October Council will take place in Brisbane from Saturday 18 October to Monday 20 October. AMSA Representatives and Presidents from 19 medical schools, observers, and guests will join the AMSA Executive to discuss AMSA policy, corporate governance, new directions for the organisation, and GHC and Convention '09, as well as electing the new Executive for 2009. Watch this space for the outcomes of October Council.
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14 Oct 2008
AMSA: Curing a Sick System
Check out this feature published in The Australian today. It gives a brilliant summary of AMSA's concerns about the future of medical training in light of increased student numbers, and challenges the government to give us answers on how we will guarantee quality training from medical student, to intern, to resident, to specialty training. The article can be accessed here.
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14 Oct 2008
Five Days 'Til Council
AMSA Council will meet for the third and final time this year, in Brisbane on October 18-20. Councillors will discuss early streaming, event registration, intern training capacity, shared hospital policy and much more over the three days. The 2009 Executive will also be elected over this weekend. Stay tuned for more details.
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10 Oct 2008
AMSA/NRHSN Indigenous Health Essay Prizes & Rural Elective Bursaries - Winners
AMSA and the NRHSN are pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 AMSA NRHSN Indigenous Health Essay Prizes and Rural Elective Bursaries. 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 later this year and next year! Read more for winner details.
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06 Oct 2008
AMSA Convention '09 Video Now Available Online
When your motivation to continue being a medical student wanes, in the face of upcoming exams and days spent chained to your Robbin's, you need a reprieve, even if only for a few minutes. We've got one for you. It's the 2009 AMSA Convention Promotional Video! Put your excited-pants on and get ready to Shake It Up in 2009. Click here to go to the Convention '09 website, or read more to view the video.
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30 Sep 2008
Embolus September '08 - The Strangely Familiar Edition
This Edition will imbue you with a warm, pie-scented feeling of déjà vu. It will also inform you of AMSA's latest happenings, enable you to use your imagination, airline economics knowledge or previous rural experiences to win a prize, help you get to know the AMSA Secretary a little better, and assist you on your way to end-of-year exam greatness*. It is available for free right here, all courtesy of your favourite Medical Students' Association.
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25 Sep 2008
Media Release: Millennium Development Goals Teaching Needed for Global Health
The Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) today called for greater emphasis on teaching of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in all Australian medical schools.
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24 Sep 2008
Media Release: AMSA: C'mon Kevin, Let's Get to 0.7
The Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) today urged the Federal Government to fulfill its pledge to contribute 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) to global development.
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23 Sep 2008
Choices Research Project
What you think, how you make decisions, what sort of doctor you want to be, how you want to live your life is important - it helps medical educators and medical workforce planners to better understand how we train tomorrow’s doctors and build a sustainable workforce. Career Choices for Australian Medical Students is a cohort study that will examine what and how medical students and new graduates make career plans and choices. Click here to register or here to read more.
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23 Sep 2008
Indigenous Literacy Project
The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) is an initiative that works in consultation with remote indigenous communities to purchase literary resources. As part of our ongoing commitment to indigenous Australians, the Sydney University Medical Society Bookshop has committed to the project. Read more to find out how you can contribute!
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