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Wed, 04 May 2011 10:45:00 +0100

Hi all, hope you enjoyed the two 4 day week ends are aren’t too depressed to be back to work! Good luck to all those with exams this week, especially the Bscers who are very nearly finished for the year!

Video of the week: http://www.raywj.com/2011/04/26/doggy-hates-wearing-shoes/

Inspirational Revision Break Video of the week: http://www.raywj.com/2011/04/27/the-most-enthusiastic-youtube-dancer/

MESSAGES:

1) GCM next Monday

2) *NEW* Clinical Teacher award

3) Grease the Musical!

4) Anatomy Quiz this Thursday

5) IFMSA

6) TBH

7) Meducation

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The next GCM will take place on Monday the 9^th May at 6.30pm in the ITU. All Clubs and Societies are required to send 2 representatives though all students are invited along. A register will be taken.

Any agenda items to me by Friday please.

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CLINICAL TEACHING AWARD

This year the school and student’s association will be awarding one special clinical teacher with a new award of recognition. If you’ve had a great experience on placement with any individual clinical teacher, please consider nominating them for the award. An email with the details will be sent from the school to your ha’s in the next couple of weeks. The award will be presented at the prestigious Rites of Passage graduation ceremony. Thinking caps on!

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GREASE Musical!

***GREASE THE MUSICAL!***

For 3 nights Laird Hall will play host to this legendary musical,
transporting you back to 1950's American high school life. Our all-singing
all-dancing (all American...) cast promise to put on a spectacular show so
this is definitely not to be missed!
*The dates*
11th, 12th, 13th May
Doors open at 7:30pm for an 8pm Start
Tickets are £4 for students and £6 non students. Student tickets can be
bought online at http://www.qmsu.org/events/6137/688/.
Tickets will also be available at the door.

There will be a fully stocked bar so come down to revel in the cheesy-ness
that is Grease! (sing-a-long optional)

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ANATOMY QUIZ THIS THURSDAY

***BL ANATOMY PUB QUIZ - £100 1st PRIZE!***
THURSDAY 5th MAY
THE SHIELD
6.30PM
Come and revise your basic anatomy and be in with a chance of winning £100
in amazon vouchers at our fabulous anatomy pub quiz! (Questions pitched
so that all from 1st-4th year can join in)
Starring as question setters and quiz masters:
**DR ADAM FEATHER
**DR LESLEY ROBSON
**DR CATHY MOLYNEUX
**DR PETER SHORTLAND
with additional questions by PROFFESSOR HAROLD ELLIS (former surgeon to
the Queen and legend!)
**1st PRIZE - £100 in amazon vouchers
**2nd PRIZE - £50 in amazon vouchers
**3rd PRIZE - £25 in amazon vouchers
**MANY MORE PRIZES!
The quiz kicks off at 7pm but turn up at 6.30pm to register your team and
get some drinks in. Cost is £1 per person and max team size is 5 people.
Don't worry if you're coming without a team, we can match you up with
people when you get there (or you could go for the big prize alone!).
After the quiz join us as we head to the pub to continue the party.

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IFMSA

Dear Students,
IFMSA - the International Federation of Medical Students Association - are looking for a committee of people to help out in the running of the exchange programme taking place this summer in London. IFMSA is a global organisation aiming to give medical students the opportunity to experience medicine, in a vast number of different cities across the world. This year Barts students are prospectively travelling all around the world to countries such as Mexico, Peru, France, Indonesia, Turkey and Sweden!
Are you interested in goin on an exchange in summer 2012?? IFMSA are searching for people who will be able to spare a few days of this summer holiday, from 25th July to 21st August 2011 to:
- organise a social programme for students
- ensure students are well settled in their halls of residence
- help students get where they need to be on the first day of their firms
The benefit of helping with the summer exchange programme is that if you are interested in going on an exchange yourself next year, you will be able to choose which country you can visit - there being 100s of countries to choose from. Please take a look! http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscopeselect.php
If you are interested in a place on this committee then please email IFMSA at leo.barts@googlemail.com.

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TEDDY BEAR HOSPITAL

Hi everyone!
Thank you to EVERYONE who has been a part of Teddy Bear Hospital this
year. Our clinics ran very smoothly and safety day was a great success.
Sadly this year has come to an end which means AGM is coming up and time
to elect a new committee. The AGM will be on the 5th MAY 2011 in the
Garrod building – ROOM and TIME tbc.
We really want to see new faces on the committee, especially from current
1st and 2nd year students so please do think about standing for a position
if you've been to a TBH clinic before and enjoyed it.
If you would like to apply for any of the positions please email the
following by 2nd May to president@teddybear-hospital.co.uk:
1)NAME
2)COURSE
3)YEAR OF COURSE
4)POSITION you want to go for and a few sentences about WHY.
All the committee positions are listed below.
NOTE: The president and vice-president positions are only open to people
who have been on the committee for at least one year. If you wish to run
for those posts in the future, you need to stand for a different committee
post now!
Dentists can only go for the positions of dental officer and dental
representatives.
POSITIONS:
President (1)
Vice-president (1)
Treasurer (1)
The treasurer is responsible for keeping control of the TBH's accounts and
signing off on all expenditure. They attend student union GCMs on behalf
of the committee and work closely with the other committee members to help
the TBH stay within budget. They are also responsible for ensuring the
valuable funding of our year 2 and 4 MBBS SSMs.
Secretaries (2):
The secretaries are primarily responsible for recruiting Teddy Bear
doctors and dentists for TBH clinics and maintaining the mailing list.
They also take the minutes at committee meetings and ensure that good
communication occurs amongst the committee.

Promotions (2):
The two promotions officers are responsible for organising TBH clinics, by
liaising with local schools and teachers to schedule dates. They work
closely with the President and Vice-President to select appropriate
schools, as well as with the secretaries to recruit TBH doctors.

Administrations (2):
The two administration officers are responsible for purchasing and
organising the equipment and supplies used at TBH clinics. They restockour
suitcase of supplies after each clinic, create the goodie bags we
distribute to the children, and purchase new supplies as required.
Social and Sponsorship Secretary (1)
The social secretary is responsible for organising social events for the
committee and for all TBH doctors. They are also responsible for
organising sponsorship of the TBH, whether financial or donations
ofsupplies we use. Furthermore, they share responsibility for promoting
TBH events with the press officer.
Press Officer (1):
The press officer is responsible for promoting TBH events, ranging from
clinics to socials to special one-off events like 2010's Safety Day. This
can be done through mailing list emails to shout-outs and other means of
promotion. They are also responsible for organising the Freshers' Fayre
promotions stall.
Dental Officer (1):
The dental officer is the voice of the dentists on the committee. The TBH
is actively trying to develop new workshops and events that revolve around
child dental health and hygiene, which relies on dental students and
dental input, the development of which is lead by the dental officer
supported with the dental reps.
Dental Representatives (2):
These two representatives liase with the Dental Officer and work together
in all the dental projects done in Teddy Bear Hospital.
Committee helpers:
We have an unspecified number of slots of committee helpers who are
unelected committee members intended to help out the committee when
required. They may be asked to help the administrations officers restock
or help the press officer promote an event, etc. The position is meant for
people who wish to be involved in the TBH without a firm commitment or
people who unfortunately miss out on a committee position but still wish
to be involved.
If you want to know anything more about any position, just email me at
president@teddybear-hospital.co.uk to ask.
Looking forward to seeing you all!

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MEDUCATION

Have you made a great teaching resource that you could share with others? Could you make a useful teaching resource, such as a narrated or animated PowerPoint, a video, or an audio podcast or perhaps something totally original? You should enter the Meducation competition for Best Teaching Resource by a Medical Student Competition.

• First Prize - £600

• Second Prize - £300

• Third Prize - £150

Also, all entries that are shortlisted for review by the judges will receive a textbook from our publications section.

Enter or find out more today at http://www.meducation.net/competitions/1

Even if you don’t have anything to offer, sign up to meducation.net for 1000’s of free exam questions, videos, presentations and more. It is a completely free social educational network for medical students. Sign up at www.meducation.net

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That’s all folks

Lorra Love

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