Western Australian Medical Students' Society

It's been a long time coming, and now it's finally here - the inaugural WAMSS/MSAND Cocktail Party is upon us!
Set to be an amazing night filled with great people, delicious drinks and phat beats, this is one acquaintance opportunity that is not to be missed. Get into to your year reps, social reps or online for tickets quick - they are selling fast!
Don't miss out on the chance to get to know the "other side" that much better. See you there!

Date: 4th September 2010
Venue: Upstairs at The Albion
Time: 7.30 pm - 12.00 am
Theme: Cocktail
Tickets: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. Available from year reps, social reps or online

 

Go to wamss.org.au/dinner for your key to the gate...

Each year at the Medical Dinner we take the opportunity to acknowledge and thank those who have made an outstanding contribution to WAMSS and the medical student community. I am now accepting nominations for the following awards:

The Terry Ivan Quickenden Award for WAMSS Person of the Year

The Joel Carson Memorial Award for Service to WAMSS

WAMSS Honorary Life Membership

Click "read more" for the criteria...

I will also be getting in touch with the 3rd and 6th year representatives regarding thePre-Clinical and Clinical Tutors of the year, respectively. This award will be nominated by the 3rd and 6th year cohort and presented at the Medical Dinner. Start thinking about it!

Please send any nominations to me (Kaddy Noonan) at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .The deadline is Tuesday, 31st August, 6pm.

The WA Medical Student Society is proud to present....

Butler Circus Group

Have you always been interested in object manipulation?

Wanted to get into fire dancing but didn’t know where to start?

Do you want to have a go at hula hooping, poi or staff twirling?

Do you juggle or have yoyo skills?

Meet like-minded people outside Butler Community Centre every Sunday at 4PM.

WAMSS has supplied practice poi, staff and hoop for all newcomers so all you need to bring is yourself!

We hope to see you there!!

Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like more information.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hosted by the University Club, Hackett Drive 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm September 15th 2010

 

The Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils (CPMEC) is calling for nominations for the 2010 Junior Doctor of the Year Award and Clinical Educator of the Year Award.  If you would like to nominate a junior doctor or clinical educator, could you please complete the relevant attached form and forward it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by Friday 10th September 2010.
 
The WA winners will be announced by PMCWA in late September 2010, and will be entered into the running for the national award.   National winners will be announced by CPMEC at the Prevocational Medical Education Forum official dinner in Melbourne on the 9th November 2010.

 

If you're an avid reader of the West Australian you may have noticed this little article in the paper on Wednesday 4 August, page 28. This article was a direct result of the letters sent by medical students to their local MPs, part of the WAMSS campaign for international students to get intern places. Thank you to everyone who has already written a letter to their MP. Please keep writing these letters because the more people in government and in parliament who become aware of this, the more chance we have to make a diffe

There is a GPSN night on 16th September at Mary Lockett LT!

 

It will start at 6pm with pizza, sushi and drinks. Speakers will start at 6.30pm, and they will be GP specialists to talk about the huge range of options open to GPs.

There will be awesome door prizes again of a stethoscope, text books and AMA vouchers. It's the last and best event of the year and will definitely be great fun!

Did you enter medical school so you could save lives?

Do you want to prove yourself -and us- against all the med schools of Australia?

Do you ever wake up and feel you simply have an excess of blood pumping through your veins (, arteries, arterioles, capillaries and venules?)

AMSA has the challenge for you!

Donate blood, plasma or platelets at any one of the Australian Red Cross' convenient locations between July 12 and August 31st  

and enter the AMSA Blood Drive (Vampire Cup) at http://www.donateblood.com.au/Register-Individual.aspx?IDDataTreeMenu=318

 

To heat up that sizzling competitive spirit in all of us, WAMSS is taking the blood-letting a step further with the first ever Inter-Year Cup!

Each time you donate, simply drop an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to let us know (helping WAMSS to win the AMSA Vampire Cup since 2010!) and by September we'll know which year group bleeds best and biggest. It's on!

 

Questions? Comments? Please email Rob Marshall at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The LINCS sub-committee is in the process of putting the 2011 LINCS calendar together. We need SUBMISSIONS... any of your elective or volunteer work snaps would be greatly appreciated. All years are welcome to submit their photos. Photos don’t necessarily need to be from a 5^th year clinical elective.

There will be prizes for the best photo and runner up, and obviously the best twelve will be published in the calendar.

Email Kate at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your submissions. Deadline is Friday August 10th.