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Internship Allocation Process Survey
The increasing number of Victorian medical graduates is placing significant pressure the availability and allocation of internship positions. The aim of this survey is to find out what senior medical students think about the current internship allocation system in Victoria as well as some proposed changes that could be implemented in the future. The results of this survey will help guide MSCV’s representation of student views in the ongoing review and reform of the Victorian internship application and allocation process.
This survey will be emailed to you for you to complete if you are a medical student enrolled at Victorian medical school and are currently completing, or have completed, your penultimate year of medical studies.
Applications open for Chair of Council
The Medical Student Council of Victoria (MSCV) is proud to announce that applications are now open for the position of Chair of Council in 2012.
To serve as Chair is an exciting opportunity for a committed medical student to lead a team of engaged student leaders, represent Victorian medical students, run state-level advocacy campaigns and oversee major student-run events. The role requires a significant personal time commitment.
Please click here for a document containing the Chair’s position description and full application process requirements. Vision statements are to be no more than three hundred words long.
Applications are now open and must be emailed to your MedSoc President by 9pm on Monday 26th of September (details of whom can be found on the Contact tab above). Applicants must be available to attend the Council meeting on the evening of the 3rd of October in Melbourne.
Potential applicants are encouraged to contact the current Chair, James Churchill, via the Contact tab above.
Sports Day Results
Congratulations to all teams who battled it out at the recent MSCV Sports Day Dodgeball competition. After 19 hard-fought Dodgeball contests, 40 pizzas devoured and a few injuries sustained, the results are as follows:
1. Globe Trotters (Monash)
2. Deakin 2 (… Deakin)
3. Balls Deep (Deakin)
The winners went home with a ridiculously large trophy, runners up with lollipops and medals. Thanks to Pete Verbeek, Monash student, for his work in organising the event.
Thanks to all who came along to play, or spectate, and we hope to see you at an MSCV event again soon!
James Churchill
MSCV Chair
MSCV Sports Day
16 teams, one champion.
MSCV is proud to present its annual sports competition, this year taking the form of a Dodgeball tournament.
16 teams of 6 from 4 different Universities will fight it out for the trophy and the glory of their University. Click here for a map of the area and here for details for teams.
A full set of rules can be found here, however a brief summary is available on this link http://www.youtube.com/wat?ch?v=GQqkQKde_kU&feature=r?elated
Aside from the winners trophy there will also be awards for best dressed team and best cheers squad, so bust out the sewing machine and get your friends along to cheers their hearts out! All this at no cost!
There will also be some form of nourishment provided, most likely in the form of Pizzas, but that is to be determined.
After the competition has died down an afterparty will be held at Pugg Mahones, just down the road, with guaranteed entry and drinks specials of:
$6 pints of Carlton, VB and Bulmers cider and
$6.50 Cruisers
So get your team together (medical student only and must contain at least one member from each gender) to represent your University and email your team name, details and University to events@mscv.org.au , and make sure you hurry because this is only a 16 team competition, so don’t let your University miss out!!
Pete Verbeek
MSCV Sports Day Convenor
Geelong Advertiser: “New Doctors Face Intern Pain”
Click here for an article in the Geelong Advertiser, “New Doctors Face Intern Pain” from Saturday 23/7/2011, featuring comment from MSCV and the AMA on the Victorian internship shortage.
To learn more, contact your MedSoc President or the MSCV Chair, using the ‘Contact Us’ tab above.
‘MDNM’ Cocktail Party
MSCV is proud to present the 2011 ‘MDNM’ Cocktail Party, hosted by MANDUS(Vic).
First, there was M&M. Then MDM. Now, MSCV brings you the MDNM Cocktail Party!
Victorian med students band together for a night of what could be Mayhem in Melbourne! Come dressed with a hint of gangster for a night of celebration in style with medical students from around the state.
If you’re heading to the AMSA Convention in Sydney, this is the perfect place to meet fellow Conventionites and work on some Victorian pride!
The 2011 MDNM Cocktail Party is hosted for the first time by MANDUS Victoria, the University of Notre Dame Melbourne Clinical School’s Medical Students’ Society.
Date: Friday June 3, 2011
Venue: Colonial Hotel, Cnr King & Lonsdale St, Melbourne.
Time: 7:30pm-late
Dress code: Cocktail with hint of gangster.
Cost: $30 per person, which includes a $20 drink voucher and plenty of food, music and great company.
Tickets are available at http://www.trybooking.com/PPT from 9pm on Monday May 16, 2011.
Tickets are limited and will sell out fast!
To stay up to date with MSCV, find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @MSCVChair
Anita Smith
Event Convenor
MANDUS(Vic)
James Churchill
MSCV Chair, 2011
An Update on Internships in 2012 & Beyond
MSCV has received a response from the Office of the Minister for Health, in response to its letter sent in late February regarding the looming crisis of Internship capacity in Victorian public hospitals.
Please click here for the Minister’s response. Your MedSoc representatives would love to hear your feedback — their contact details may be found on the ‘Contact’ page above.
James Churchill
Chair, MSCV
Advocacy on Internship Capacity
In 2011, the major issue facing all Australian Medical Student representative bodies remains the availability of sufficient Internship positions for graduates. Many student groups, including the Australian Medical Student’s Association (AMSA), MSCV and individual Medical Student Societies have joined the Australian Medical Association, Medical Deans and Postgraduate Medical Councils in advocating for the rights of graduates to receive the training vital for ‘general’ registration and future practice in Australia.
From the training capacity perspective, data on increases in the number of Victorian Medical graduates is alarming. In 2007, two Medical Schools produced 403 graduates, including International students. This year, five Schools are predicted to produce 853! National data are equally staggering.
The ‘Medical Student Tsunami’, after breaking over Queensland and NSW in recent years, is making its way to Victoria for 2012. Whilst there is now widespread awareness and acknowledgement of these issues, there remains a significant discrepancy between the number of Internship positions in Victorian health services and the number graduates of Victorian Medical Schools.
MSCV is aware of the significant concerns of Victorian students, and has been working hard on these issues over the summer.
Today, we have released a letter to Hon David Davis, the Victorian Health Minister, outlining the concerns of Victorian Medical students. Alongside, we have released a letter to Victorian Medical students advising them on the status and progress in Internship capacity in this state. Also linked here is the AMA Medical Training Joint Statement, developed in September 2010.
MSCV will continue to post any new information as it becomes available. Contact details for MSCV and its student representatives may be found on the ‘Contact’ tab above.
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