AMSA at USYD

22/05/2025

Want to improve your quality of care for your future patients?
Keen to go beyond the 101s of q***r health taught at uni?
Rego for Q***r Con now!

👉 bit.ly/q***rcon25
📆 When? 20-22 June
📍 Where? Naarm/Melbourne — see post for venues!
🩺 Who? All medical students, whether you’re q***r or an ally!
🪩 Why? To learn about LGBTQIA+ health and connect with likeminded peers 🌈

19/05/2025

23/04/2025

VAMPIRE CUP LEADERBOARD (END OF WEEK 2)

Well done all year groups across SUMS!! We are currently placed in the Top 7 at the end of Week 2 of the Vampire Cup, and trailing closely behind ANU in blood donations.

Central Clinical School has the highest donation rates accounting for over 40% of all SUMS donations. Northern, Nepean, Concord, Westmead, and Rural Clinical Schools – now it’s your turn!!

Just a reminder to please fill in the form for the inter-clinical school competition when you donate. Currently only 26% of our donors are filling in the form, which means those donations are counting towards your Clinical School – but the rest are not!

Link to the form here https://forms.gle/1nADk5rarvJ8bAAKA

If you have not donated during this competition period, we would highly recommend booking in a whole blood, plasma, or platelets donation when you can!

Keep up the amazing work!

22/04/2025

VAMPIRE CUP LEADERBOARD (END OF WEEK 2)

Well done all year groups across SUMS!! We are currently placed in the Top 7 at the end of Week 2 of the Vampire Cup, and trailing closely behind ANU in blood donations.

Central Clinical School has the highest donation rates accounting for over 40% of all SUMS donations. Northern, Nepean, Concord, Westmead, and Rural Clinical Schools – now it's your turn!!

Just a reminder to please fill in the form for the inter-clinical school competition when you donate. Currently only 26% of our donors are filling in the form, which means those donations are counting towards your Clinical School – but the rest are not!

Link to the form here https://forms.gle/1nADk5rarvJ8bAAKA

If you have not donated during this competition period, we would highly recommend booking in a whole blood, plasma, or platelets donation when you can!

Keep up the amazing work!

13/04/2025

CONVENTION EARLY BIRD TICKETS CLOSING TONIGHT 11:59PM!

Early bird tickets to National Convention close tonight 11:59pm! After midnight tonight, National Convention tickets will return to general prices – so here's your final chance to get in early if you are interested to attend between 2-6 July.

An update from your reps:

Tickets are currently on the trajectory to sell out before the end of registration date in mid-May, so if you are interested in general registration, we would highly recommend that you purchase your ticket soon before they sell out.

We have also finalised USYD's attendance policy for Convention per Prof. Stuart Lane for all year groups, please find it attached below. Link to the messenger group chat for the USYD delegation https://m.me/j/AbbwldCeCWYmwiVT/ for any attendees that have yet to join, we will be organising all logistics here for our USYD delegation. Thanks!

30/03/2025

Vampire Cup is AMSA's national blood drive and is running from 7th April - 2nd June 2025. During this time, you can donate blood at any donor centre in Australia to bring USYD's Vampire Cup team to victory!!

There are two aspects of competition in the Vampire Cup: the SUMS inter-clinical competition, and the Australian inter-uni competition.

Follow the event here! https://www.facebook.com/share/15AEvYPVQx/

If you can't donate, you can get friends, family, or co-workers to donate on your behalf.

How to donate:

(1) Go to www.lifeblood.com.au

(2) Sign-up to the UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY MEDICAL SOCIETY (SUMS) team

(3) Book an appointment

(4) Post a pic when you're donating and tag .usyd on Instagram

(5) Fill out the Inter-Clinical cup form (https://forms.gle/PnpMJKMczwAdCikp7) for your donation to count towards your clinical school

20/10/2024

🍊AMSA HAPPENINGS🍊
📰National Publications Team Callouts
If you're passionate about writing, editing, and bringing stories to life, we want to hear from you. Join us in shaping compelling narratives!
Apply here: https://forms.gle/5BgWD1pZTaHBiY4W7

📢Groups & Initiative Callouts
Passionate about leadership and community impact? We're looking for driven and organized individuals to serve as the Chairs for our Initiative and Representative Groups! Step up, make a difference, and help shape the future of AMSA.
All you have to do is book in an interview to get involved!
Applications close in November 2024.
Booking link: https://linktr.ee/chairs2025

🌟AMSA Award Nominations
These are open for nominations to any AMSA member and academic staff, and include 2 individual awards, 4 medical society awards and the option to nominate someone for an honorary life membership.
The Awards up for nomination include:
🍊Individual Awards🍊
AMSA National Teaching Award
AMSA National Student Award
🍊MedSoc Nominations🍊
AMSA Best Academic Event Award
AMSA Best Social Event Award
AMSA Best Wellbeing Initiative Award
AMSA Best Rural Health Initiative Award
🍊AMSA Honorary Life Member (must be graduating this year)🍊
Nomination Form can be found here: https://forms.gle/j3T6xxWqYjzjTYVq5
Please consider nominating those you believe are worthy, and give much needed credit to our members. Nomination close on Thursday the 24th of October!

10/08/2024

🍊AMSA OPPORTUNITIES🍊
📃 Council 3 Policy Authors
Fancy yourself to be a health advocate in the making or what to gain some experience in the space? Sign up to help review and write a policy for AMSA to use in their advocacy for medical students and the broader healthcare system
Applications close Sunday 11th August!!
https://forms.gle/W4xPT1NZ83YJXhba9

🌍Global Health Conference Partial Regos (20th-23rd September)
Come enjoy the full schedule or what you're interested in getting out of GHC with their newly released partial registrations! Come hear from some incredible professionals in the Global Health space, and afterwards party with friends new and old at some killer socials!
Full Rego $359
Partials - social, academic, weekend, Saturday or Sunday
$159-$289
🎟️https://amsa.org.au/calendar/global-health-conference-2024/

🔬MedEd Research Crash Course (31st August)
Over one weekend, you will learn to navigate the entire research process—from selecting projects to publishing work—through keynote speeches, seminars, and workshops. Whether you’re a beginner or have prior experience, this course has something for everyone!
🔗 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧:
💻 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐔𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰: https://forms.gle/DgARCqynWGs98AtC6
🎟𝐈𝐧-𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 : https://amsa.org.au/calendar/research-crash-course/

🏳️‍🌈 AMSA Q***r LGBTQIASB+ medical education & experiences survey
The aims of this survey are to capture details on the quality and quantity of Q***r education provided at medical schools across Australia, and to compile information from medical students on experienced and witnessed events pertaining to LGBTQIASB+ people's health and wellbeing.
https://researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_e9fRwLJUDBfPNd4?fbclid=IwY2xjawEjuWFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHb6GZVwGYox6VIl8j8GNT6kCfMT4-KPJXoHdQ8v0WrXZ-ghHWma-WC_eeg_aem_jxTrr592bWZoSr2X_ToxxA

07/05/2024

29/04/2024

🍊ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITY🍊

Here's the chance for you to have your voice written into one of the upcoming policies AMSA is reviewing!

There is no experience necessary, a passion and interest in policy and advocacy is a perfect place to start. Don't worry, you'll be part of a team guided by a policy mentor who just loves all things policy!

If you're slightly interested, I'd say give it a shot. You'll at least meet some great people.

⚖️ Policy Author Applications close in 1 week! Do not miss out on the chance to provide your voice on the issues affecting Australian medical students, including…

🍊Funding of Medical Programs
🍊Clinical Placement Attendance and Compliance
🍊International Students
🍊Medical Student Wellbeing
🍊Vocational Training Pathways
🍊Blood Donation
🍊Vaccinations

Apply today to join a team of driven students from across the nation, 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 in a collaborative and supportive environment. 𝗡𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱!

Read the position description here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sx5l24rEgT_vFQgLPVCSe8JnB6Z8RdU7HJTqTc15TH8/edit?usp=sharing

Apply through this link: https://forms.gle/b4utuJqbLEWLKJQU7

24/04/2024

💰IMPROVING PAID STUDENT PLACEMENTS💰

Do you want paid student positions at EVERY hospital?
Have a consistent structured program across Australia?

Well AMSA needs to hear from you 🫵

For anyone who’s completed AiMs over the last couple of years or has heard about the program, take 5 minutes to fill in the survey so AMSA can go to Canberra with evidence that you want these programs to STAY!

https://monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1GiQK5b8vuhGmKq

🏥 Have you been in a paid medical student position from 1st January 2022? 🩺 Or have you heard of them at your uni?

🤔 Have an opinion regarding the future of paid medical student positions? Do you think they should continue or not continue? Have a strong opinion regarding paid clinical placements? 💰

Have your say in a leading research that will report directly to the Federal Government and the Australian Medical Association, led by the Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA).

We are calling for paid medical student positions to the government but we need your evaluation! 🍊 Click here >>>> https://monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1GiQK5b8vuhGmKq

22/04/2024

📢 EARLYBIRD PRICE ENDS TONIGHT📢

If you haven’t snapped up the discounted price for National Convention already, tonight’s the night!
Your chance for:
🤝 Med friends from across Australia
🩺 Exclusive access to world renowned speakers. Including the founder of Geeky Medics Dr Lewis Potter
🥂 5 massive themed social nights to let your hair down
🩸 Huge National Emergency Medical Challenge (EMC) competing against all other medical schools in simulated disasters

AND MUCH MUCH MORE!

Contact Patrick Petterson with any questions or further evidence to why Convention is a MUST DO part of your med school journey.

🌟ONLY ONE DAY LEFT OF EARLY BIRD PRICES🌟

Early Bird Prices will be closing at 11:59pm on April 22nd before general rego prices open.

Don’t miss out on your chance to get your tickets to con at a reduced price!

Visit this link to buy your rego🎟: https://amsa.org.au/calendar/amsa-national-convention-melbourne/