Amsa: Australian Medical Students' Association

#CALLOUT: The AMSA Mental Health Project is looking for a new national coordinator and team!
The AMSA Mental Health Project aims to improve medical student well-being through action at a ‘grass roots’ level, as well as affecting change at a university and external advocacy level. Initiatives include Humans of Medicine Campaign, Blue Week, publications like Keeping You Grass Greener and GP Database.
Callouts open Monday 6th aug - Friday 17th Aug
... For more information visit: https://www.amsa.org.au/…/amsamental-he alth-project-callout… Apply here: https://amsaorgau.wufoo.com/forms/r5f323y 0vjj3ev/
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#CALLOUT: Hang tight because we have got some big announcements coming up. These next few weeks will be jam packed with openings and opportunities to join your passion project and dream team within AMSA. To help you plan your applications and choose what you'd like to do (all of them) we've got this handy timeline of what's to come.
Keep your eyes peeled for AMSA Mental Health Project callouts coming out tonight!

#DonateLifeWeek
Today marks the end of DonateLife Week for 2018 and if you haven’t already, please consider your donation decision and register that decision here (it only takes 1 minute): www.donatelife.gov.au/amsa
This week many AMSA students have registered to #donatelife and had the chat with their families. When your Donor Registry card arrives in the mail, make sure you show it to your family so they know your decision. The final decision to donate is always up to your ...family and 90% of families agree to donation when their loved one has registered their decision.
As medical students, we are in the privileged position of witnessing the impact of organ donation from all sides. From the remarkably generous donors and their families to those patients fighting to survive on the waiting list and to those who are living their second chance at life.
So please #donatelife to help #endthewait and #makeitcount today: www.donatelife.gov.au/amsa
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#CALLOUT: VAMPIRE CUP COORDINATOR 2019 CALLOUTS EXTENDED - NOW OPEN TILL AUGUST 8
AMSA is excited to open applications for our 2019 Vampire Cup National Coordinator and Deputy Coordinators! These roles represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to be the leader of a very rewarding, community-minded initiative, and build on the fantastic culture of competition we have seen between our 22 participating universities.
Applications close August 8th ... For position descriptions and how to apply, visit https://www.amsa.org.au/…/vampire-cup-n ational-coordinators…
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#CALLOUT: REMINDER 2019 Vampire Cup Coordinator and Deputy applications close tomorrow!
AMSA is excited to open applications for our 2019 Vampire Cup National Coordinator and Deputy Coordinators! These roles represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to be the leader of a very rewarding, community-minded initiative, and build on the fantastic culture of competition we have seen between our 22 participating universities.
Applications close August 5th ... For position descriptions and how to apply, visit https://www.amsa.org.au/…/vampire-cup-n ational-coordinators…
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CALL-OUT: Reminder that applications for the 2019 AMSA National Executive are now open until Friday 10th August! If you want to play a role in shaping and running AMSA next year, we want you! APPLY HERE: https:amsa.org.au/exec-2019-callouts

This is the story of how my dad was a victim of the organ donation shortage. We as medical students and members of the community keep hearing about how important it is to become an organ donor. We keep being told the waiting list is long, there are not enough organs and that people die waiting for the organ that never comes.
Well, this became my dad’s reality. My dad was the most incredible father, husband, brother and son who always worked hard and looked after his family. H...e ran every day, ate all the right foods, never smoked and rarely drank alcohol. Everything was fine until one day our lives changed forever. He was given the diagnosis of a rare lung condition which soon lead to COPD, poor lung function and full time home oxygen. He was only 56. We were told the only option left was a double lung transplant. Without this my dad would die. We waited two years, and although his quality of life was poor, he was lucky enough to eventually get that call. The call that said, “we have a match and you need to come in for the transplant straight away”. That call at 1am was the happiest moment in our lives.
However, unfortunately the match was not perfect and he soon experienced organ rejection. The happiest time in our life soon turned out to be the scariest. Dad was told that unless he had another double lung transplant within the next 6-12 months that he would die. He went back on the list and waited. We watched my dad get sicker and sicker by the day. We waited for that phone call, however it never came. The doctor said that there was a shortage of lungs, and although dad was at the top of the list all we could do was wait. A few months later dad died waiting for the lungs that never came.
Dad died in April last year, and it still hurts so much to know that his death could have been avoided. That if there were more donors and therefore more lungs available, my dad would still be with us today. My dad won’t ever see me graduate from medical school, get married or have kids all because there was a shortage of lungs. He died from something that didn’t have to kill him. That’s the part that hurts me the most. My dad wasn’t the only one. There were many more men, women and children who died waiting for lungs too.
The DonateLife week campaign is so important to help save people like my dad. You never know when someone you love will need the gift of life. I hope my story gives you some perspective about the gravity of this shortage and the effect it can have on a family’s life. I never thought this would happen to my family, however the organ shortage took my dad away from us.
Nadine Sexton, 3rd year medical student, The University of Notre Dame Sydney
To help #endthewait for those like Nadine’s father, register your decision now: www.donatelife.gov.au/amsa
#donatelife #makeitcount
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AMSA ACADEMY MID-WEEK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away an Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine to celebrate our new All Kinds of Minds adolescent mental health course. TO ENTER DRAW: 1. Sign-up for our online course (if you haven't already): https://moodle.amsa.org.au 2. Tag 2 friends in this post before Sunday!

AMSA Academy is back with our Week 2 online course: All Kinds of Minds! Geared towards understanding mental illness in young people, this course will aim to equip you the tools identify and support those with mental illness in the adolescent period.
Sign up for free with your university email address: https://moodle.amsa.org.au
Like our fb page: https://www.facebook.com/AMSAacademy

English Language Test requirements for final year medical students: Congratulations to all our final year students nearing graduation! For everyone starting your medical internships next year, did you know that if you didn’t complete at least two years of secondary school taught solely in English in a recognised country, then you might need to complete an English language test – even if you’ve studied medicine in Australia? Save yourself any surprises at graduation and check the English language skills standard to ensure you are eligible for registration.
http://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Registrati on-Standards.aspx

Applications for the 2019 AMSA National Executive are now open until Friday 10th August! If you want to play a role in shaping and running AMSA next year, we want you! APPLY HERE: https:amsa.org.au/exec-2019-callouts

Would you like a FREE online subscription to Australian Prescriber? It's easy. Just go to nps.org.au/australian-prescriber and provide a few details. Australian Prescriber is a bi-monthly online journal published by NPS MedicineWise. It offers independent, critical commentary on drugs and therapeutics. Reviews and articles are written to help health professionals make informed choices when prescribing. Students have found the articles particularly useful when studying for exams.

This week AMSA is turning purple to support DonateLife Week! Each year thousands of Australians wait for a life-saving organ transplant. Unfortunately only 50% will receive that transplant each year. This week we will be sharing a story from one of our medical students and the devastating reality of these statistics. Currently, 2 in 3 of us are willing to donate if the time comes but only 1 in 3 are registered on the Australian Organ Donor Register.
Registering your decision... is simple. All it takes is your medicare card and 1 minute of your time.
If you would like to give the gift of life then register today: www.donatelife.gov.au/amsa
#donatelife #endthewait #makeitcount
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Three weeks to go! Start putting together your piece for AMSA's biannual magazine Panacea. This issue’s theme is “Finding Your Voice”, let Panacea be a platform for your voice.
To get an idea of what Panacea is, read the previous issue here: https://www.amsa.org.au/blog/panacea-volu me-52-issue-1
... Submissions due August 19th Fill out this google form to submit: https://goo.gl/forms/qEqHq3xqOtAMQrYk2 Have questions? Want to write something but not sure what? Get in touch at pdo@amsa.org.au
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This week AMSA is turning purple to support DonateLife Week!

AMSA ACADEMY's TGIF GIVEAWAYS! moodle.amsa.org.au < link now active! 1. First 25 signups (with uni email address) get 1 month access codes to AMBOSS (https://www.amboss.com/us/) 2. Five pairs of crazy socks up for grabs - to enter, just like our page @ https://www.facebook.com/AMSAacademy/ AND tag 2 friends in this post (before Sunday midnight)
... Week 1's online course - Medical Minds - covers on mental health and wellbeing tailored to medical students. The first two modules being released are ‘Prevention and Coping’, and ‘Thriving over Surviving’. You could potentially save a colleague or even yourself.
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#CALLOUT: Fascinated about what AMSA does and pride yourself on your speedy typing? Applications are now open for AMSA Council Scribe. If you are interested in learning more, why not have a read about the position? (https://amsa.co/2Nxsoqu). Council Three will be held in Melbourne 21st to 23rd of September. If you have any questions, feel free to message Ash at nc@amsa.org.au

AMSA ACADEMY LAUNCH WEEK 1: Medical Minds is AMSA’s course on mental health and wellbeing tailored to medical students. The first two modules being released are ‘Prevention and Coping’, and ‘Thriving over Surviving’. You could potentially save a colleague or even yourself.
Sign-up for free with your university email from Friday 27th: moodle.amsa.org.au Like our fb page: https://www.facebook.com/AMSAacademy/

#CALLOUT: 2019 Vampire Cup Coordinators!
AMSA is excited to open applications for our 2019 Vampire Cup National Coordinator and Deputy Coordinators! These roles represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to be the leader of a very rewarding, community-minded initiative, and build on the fantastic culture of competition we have seen between our 22 participating universities.
Applications close August 5th ... For position descriptions and how to apply, visit https://www.amsa.org.au/…/vampire-cup-n ational-coordinators…
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AMSA ACADEMY LAUNCH: After a long hiatus, we* are back! In the next 4 weeks, we're dropping 4 brand new online courses and running 4 prize giveaway competitions, all to celebrate the 4 week countdown til Global Health Conference.
*AMSA Academy is an online learning platform that aims to extend students beyond the curriculum, offering succinct, learn-at-your-own-pace online modules, with expert speaker presentations, interactive quizzes and exciting prizes - all for free. Broa...den your knowledge (and your portfolio/CV) and realise your true potential as a future medical professional, within the comforts of your home.
Stay posted for our midweek launch of Medical Minds - our brand new student/doctor mental wellbeing online course. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/AMSAacademy/
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Keen for some intelligent debate? Look elsewhere, this regime is overrun by totalitarianistic censorship and will shut down any thoughts or ideas that go against the establishment line. Furthermore this 'peak body' has been hijacked by administrators for personal agenda, such as getting out of their rural bonded scheme.

Keen for some intelligent debate? Look elsewhere, this regime is overrun by totalitarianistic censorship and will shut down any thoughts or ideas that go against the establishment line. Furthermore this 'peak body' has been hijacked by administrators for personal agenda, such as getting out of their rural bonded scheme.

Keen for some intelligent debate? Look elsewhere, this regime is overrun by totalitarianistic censorship and will shut down any thoughts or ideas that go against the establishment line. Furthermore this 'peak body' has been hijacked by administrators for personal agenda, such as getting out of their rural bonded scheme.

Keen for some intelligent debate? Look elsewhere, this regime is overrun by totalitarianistic censorship and will shut down any thoughts or ideas that go against the establishment line. Furthermore this 'peak body' has been hijacked by administrators for personal agenda, such as getting out of their rural bonded scheme.