The University of Melbourne Medical Students' Society

2012 AMSA Rural and Indigenous Health Elective Bursaries

UMMSS Tech — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:29:08 +0000

AMSA has opened applications for the 2012 AMSA Rural and Indigenous Health Elective Bursaries, ranging from between $250 and $1000!

If you are undertaking your elective in a Rural Health setting, or at an Indigenous health provider, you may be eligible to receive this bursary.

Please see the attached documents for more information and conditions of application. CLOSING DATE 22 JUNE 2012.

For more information, email your AMSA Rep Michelle Kim at ua.gro.ssmmunull@asma

Indigenous Elective Bursary

Rural Elective Bursary

UPDATE #2, MAY: AMSA News

UMMSS Tech — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:04:27 +0000

The Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) is pleased to open applications for members of the Australian delegation to attend the 62nd August General Assembly of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA). The Meeting will be held in Mumbai, India. For information on how to apply, please see the attached document “IFMSA August Meeting”

AMSA invites interested students to apply for pre-GHC training workshops: “Think Global” and “Training New Trainers”. These two programs are separate events but will both be in Cairns just prior to the Global Health Conference (GHC). Applications are open now. See the attached documents for application information. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in Global Health!

If you have any questions regarding the above AMSA updates, please feel free to contact AMSA Representative Michelle Kim at ua.gro.ssmmunull@asma, or alternatively, the contact person in the relevant documents attached.

Careers Night #1, 8th May 2012

UMMSS Tech — Sun, 06 May 2012 06:48:49 +0000

Tuesday 8th May 2012
Sunderland Theatre
6pm

Exams may be looming, but keep an eye on the big picture. Don’t miss the first UMMSS Careers Night for 2012. Come along to hear from a range of inspiring consultants talk about their specialties, and how they got to where they are now.

Talks will start at 6:30, but come by at 6:00 for some free refreshments and sponsor freebies! Speakers include:

Dr. Antony Tobin, ICU Physician from St. Vincent’s, will talk all things critical care.

Dr Harin Karunajeewa, ID Physician & Researcher from the Western, is set to infect you with the research bug.

A/Prof Winita Hardikar, Paediatric Gastroenterologist at RCH, will amaze you talking about her work with young transplant recipients.

A/Prof Peter Mitchell, Neurointerventional Radiologist at RMH, will show you what’s involved in his sub-sub-speciality.

Dr Kenneth Yap, Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Alfred Hospital, will talk about his day job across the river, and of course the role of functional imaging.

Don’t miss these speakers, and more (watch this space for updates on speakers!)

The AMSA Interns and Residents Guide 2012

UMMSS Tech — Sun, 06 May 2012 06:46:32 +0000

Final year students click here to download your free copy of this useful guide by AMSA.

UMMSS Email Down

UMMSS Tech — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:55:49 +0000

Due to a DNS server error on UMMSS’ hosting provider, our emails have been down today. Our hosts are working on getting it back up – but in the meantime we will be unreachable by our @ummss.org.au email addresses, many apologies!

If you need to contact any one of us urgently, doing a search by name into your student email google mail should come up with our student email addresses, or contact ua.ude.bleminu.tnedutsnull@nahckr (Tech Officer) to be put through to whoever you require!

Apologies again for the inconvenience.