New Zealand Medical Students' Association

Conference 2010 planning well under way

James — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:14:17 +0000

The annual NZMSA medical student conference is this year entitled “Conference 2010: Outside the Box”, and planning is well under way.

The aim of Conference is to give students a platform to network and learn outside of the conventional areas of medicine. Conference 2010 will focus on the extraordinary aspects of medicine that push the limits and extend the frontiers.

Conference 2010 is being held in Queenstown from May 21st to May 23rd. This will be the first time the conference has been held outside a major city, and away from a medical school.

The Conference Convener, Sylvia Ross, and her team are happy to hear from students with any queries or suggestions for Conference 2010.

For further information, visit the Conference 2010 website: http://conference.nzmsa.org.nz.

South Canterbury added to VBS

liz — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:08:58 +0000

The ministry of health has added South Canterbury (Timaru hospital) to the list of hard to staff regions so junior doctors who choose to work there will qualify for the voluntary bonding scheme - a bonus of $30,000 after three years of work. Registrations for this year’s intake will close on Friday April 30th. For more information on included locations, terms and conditions visit www.moh.govt.nz/bonding The NZMSA would like to congratulate the Government on its continued efforts to train and retain more junior doctors in hard to staff areas.

New Research Published on the wellbeing of medical students in Australia and New Zealand

liz — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:04:34 +0000

“This is a really important area that we are determined to improve,” says Liz Carr, President of the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMSA). “The wellbeing of students – our future doctors – ultimately impacts on the wellbeing of the patients they care for.”

“Many stressors that doctors face commence in medical school. Consequently this is where coping strategies develop as well. You can’t be confident in caring for patients if you have not looked after your own health and wellbeing,” says Dr William Perry, one of the study’s authors.

Painting the picture: Australasian medical student views on wellbeing teaching and support services

James M Hillis, William R G Perry, Emily Y Carroll, Belinda A Hibble, Marion J Davies and Justin Yousef.

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (4): 188-190.

http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/192_04_150210/hil10480_fm.html

Check out the article and our media release (under “media”)

The new NZMSJ executive for 2010

liz — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:59:43 +0000

We would like to wish Benson Chen and his team all the best for the coming year. The NZMSJ are an independent national group that publish student research and articles. They do a consistantly excellent job publishing a journal to be proud of.

The NZMSJ team for 2010 are:

Chair
Benson Chen (5th year, Auckland)

Head of Academic Board
William Ha (BMedSci (Hons), Christchurch)

Head of Features Board
Mariam Parwaiz (4th year, Christchurch)

Head of Finance and Advertorial Board
Andrew Robertson (4th year, Wellington)

Design and Production
Ashleigh Brown (3rd year, Dunedin)

“The journal is a student-led initiative. We publish original research articles, literature reviews, features articles, book reviews and conference reports. Submissions from medical students, other health professionals, and student organisations are invited. The NZMSJ is read by students at all four medical schools - no other student publication is read by all medical students across New Zealand.”

For any inquiries regarding publishing articles or obtaining advertising space, please don’t hesitate to contact the NZMSJ team. Free space to student organisations is offered in the journal by negotiation.

Congratulations to Dr John Adams

liz — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:14:06 +0000

The NZMSA would like to congratulate Dr John Adams, the Dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine, who has recently been elected as Chair of the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ). He is a passionate supporter of medical education and has done a huge amount for medical training across the country.

We would also like to thank Dr John Campbell for all of the work he has put into the MCNZ in building a better practice environment for us in the future, and developing the New Zealand health system for the challenges of this century

Congratulations to Divya Dhar

liz — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:08:57 +0000

NZMSA would like to proudly congratulate our 2009 Vice President on being awarded the Young New Zealander of the Year. Div has been a great contributer to NZMSA during most of her years at medical school and was one of our longest standing elected representatives. Divya worked on projects such as the voluntary bonding scheme, the national consultation workshop, and NZMSA’s partnership with the Global Poverty Project. Not only did she give huge amounts of her free time to NZMSA, she always had a few other projects going on as well.

Well done Div, and thanks for all your help at NZMSA!

To find out more, click the link below.

http://www.nzawards.org.nz/YoungNewZealanderoftheYear/tabid/27941/Default.aspx

Professor Peter Black

liz — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:30:12 +0000

It was with disbelief and great sadness that members of the New Zealand Medical Students’ Association received the news of the untimely and tragic loss of Professor Peter Black.

Professor Black’s awards, achievements & advances in respiratory research are tribute to the great clinician & researcher he was. But the respect & love that he earned from his students are testament to the passion he exuded for his work when teaching.

From being the education representative in the Auckland University Medical Students’ Association when he attended medical school, to lecturing and teaching students, Professor Black was keenly involved in medical student education. His wit and charm will be dearly missed, both in the lecture theatre & in the staff-student debates.

Peter Black has been, and will continue to be, an inspiration to the students at the Auckland Medical School.

The NZMSA, and in particular the students of the Auckland Medical School, wish to pass our sincere condolences to Professor Black’s wife & daughter. Our thoughts are with you through this difficult time.

Auckland 5/6th December NZMSA Executive Meeting

kerry — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:45:11 +0000

This weekend (5th/6th of December) the NZMSA Executive is holding it’s final Face to Face meeting for 2009 at the Auckland Medical School. Any medical students in the area are welcome to sit in on this meeting and learn about recent developments. If you wish to do this contact president@nzmsa.org.nz.

Past President of NZMSA Scholarship Recipient

will — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:28:42 +0000

Anna Dare, the 2008 NZMSA President and recent graduate from the Auckland School of Medicine, has just been announced as one of the 2009 Woolf Fisher Scholarship recipients. She will head to Cambridge at the end of 2010 to take up a PhD in mitochondrial dysfunction and therapeutics in kidney transplantation.

Congratulations. The NZMSA wish her the very best in her endeavours.

Otago Medical Student Recipient of Rhodes Scholarship

will — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:37:24 +0000

University of Otago medical graduate Dr Thomas Hills has recently been announced as one of the 2009 Rhodes Scholarship recipients. Dr Hills has just completed his MBChB at the Wellington School of Medicine and is about to return to his home town New Plymouth to commence a house officer placement at Taranaki Base Hospital.

He will travel to Oxford late next year to commence an MSc in Integrated Immunology that he hopes will lead to an DPhil programme. The NZMSA would like to congratulate Dr Hills and wish him the very best in his endeavours.

. He will travel to Oxford late next year to complete an MSc