OSLER NEWS
1. ***Osler elections***
As the voting for the Osler President, VP and Treasurer opened a bit late due to a technical hitch we are now pushing back the hustings for other committee positions by a week. This is to allow any unsuccessful candidates to run for a different Osler position after the results are published on Thursday (5th May).
Manifesto for bar reps, entz, welfare etc are now due in on Monday 9th August (to miriam.thake@medschool.ox.ac.uk) and hustings will be later that week. Any problems / questions please let me know.

EVENTS
2. ***Max Pemberton, Author of “Trust Me, I’m a (Junior) Doctor”***
The Oxford Forum for Medical Humanities proudly presents…
Max Pemberton, Author of “Trust Me, I’m a (Junior) Doctor”

Thursday 1st week (5th May)
Merton College, TS Eliot Lecture Theatre
Refreshments 7.00pm, Lecture 7.15pm

OFMH is pleased to host a talk by Max Pemberton, a doctor specialising in psychiatry, and a columnist for the Daily Telegraph writing weekly on news events concerning culture, social and ethical issues, the politics of health care and the NHS. He is also a columnist for Reader’s Digest and a regular contributor to the Mail On Sunday.

He has also written two books.
His first book, “Trust Me I’m a Junior Doctor”, gained wide popularity, was serialised on Radio 4 as Book of the Week and charted his touching and funny story about his 1st year of life as a junior doctor in the NHS.
His second book, “Where Does It Hurt?”, details his experiences of working in an outreach project for the homeless and people addicted to drugs.

This talk promises to provide a very entertaining, humourous, thought-provoking and fascinating insight into this speaker’s experiences in the NHS as a newly qualified junior doctor – An event not to be missed!

Please see the event page on our facebook group for updates…

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219199191428308

Hamnah Bhatti
Oxford Forum for Medical Humanities

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3. ***Two double rooms to rent from early July***

Two large double rooms to rent in a large four bedroom house in Marston from the first week of July to share with a 3rd year grad medic and a midwifery student. Modern house in excellent condition, gas cooker, etc. Large Kitchen, huge lounge and small patio.

Rent £387 pcm plus bills for each room.

Email: haynes.andyj@gmail.com

EVENTS
1. ***Stroke Awareness Morning***
For the last couple of years, about 6-8 Oxford clinical students have run a very popular and successful Stroke Awareness morning in the village of Chipping Norton (about a 20min drive from Oxford) in connection with the Chipping Norton Rotary club. We have been asked to come and run one again this year on the morning of Saturday 2nd April from around 8.45am to 12.30pm and so I need a few volunteers to come and help out. Shouldn’t be too strenuous- just giving out some leaflets, talking people through them and answering any questions. In return, you will receive free tea and biscuits, valuable CV points and, perhaps most importantly, a warm and fuzzy feeling inside from knowing you are helping out others!

If you’re interested please email emma.forman@medschool.ox.ac.uk

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2. ***Sherrington society talk***
The Sherrington Society is pleased to welcome *Dr. Carl Heneghan*, who will be speaking on Thursday, March 10th at 8:30 pm in the Magdalen College New
Rooms.

Carl Heneghan is a Reader in Evidence-Based Medicine, Director of the Centre of Evidence-Based Medicine and a General Practitioner. His research involves cardiovascular disease, self-monitoring in chronic diseases,and determining the evidence base for treatment of infections. He does considerable teaching on EBM, has written prolifically and has a number of high profile publications in the BMJ, Lancet, and Cochrane Database.
Dr. Heneghan also writes a very insightful blog called Trust the Evidence, where research findings are put to the test in the light of evidence-based medicine.

Dr Heneghan has been interested throughout his research career in thevalidity of clinical trial results. His talk will focus on the historical perspective of what has gone wrong with the publication of clinical trial results in the published literature as we know it. Using his recent work with international colleagues: *Ensuring safe and effective drugs* published in the BMJ He will focus on what Needs to change. This talk will be of interest to anyone interested in knowing what they are prescribing or are being prescribed. If you swallow a medication, you need to know how it worksfor real.

With evidence-based medicine such a core issue in today’s clinical practice, Dr. Heneghan’s talk, entitled “The crisis in medical publishing of clinical trials”, will be extremely relevant and undoubtedly a fascinating talk.

All are welcome! Drinks and nibbles will be available from 8.15pm.
We look forward to seeing you there!

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3. ***ODA presents… TIGHT AND BRIGHT!***
Monday of 8th Week, Clems, 9pm – 3am

That’s right, Lads and Lay-dies
It’s time to squeeze into those hotpants, slap on that rave paint and shimmy on down to Clems for this 8TH WEEK SPECIAL in aid of Oxford Development Abroad (ODA).

We want to see NEON LEGGINGS, GLOW STICKS,TIGHT T-SHIRTS, OUTRAGEOUS SHADES.

FEATURING
FABULOUS DJs – including our very own SINNUS RIDDIMS (Nick Sunderland). Please come and offer medic support!

FABULOUS DRINKS DEALS ALL NIGHT:
- £3 double spirit and mixer
- £2 beer
- £1.50 shots
- £5 cocktail jugs until 11pm
and our exclusive SIGNATURE COCKTAILS… now revealed!

ATLAS MOUNTAIN MULE
KAMPALA COCONUT CREAM
THE GURKHA
BROWN ELEPHANT

MUSIC FROM THE 50s, 60s and 70s from 9pm
80s SYNTHPOP AND 90s RAVE from 10.30pm
Moving on to your favourite chart numbers.

ALL FOR A WORTHY CAUSE – ticket money will support small-scale, community-initiated development projects in the developing world, in the fields of healthcare, sanitation and education.
TICKETS only £5, AVAILABLE IN ADVANCE, with queue jump all night:
BUY FIVE TICKETS, GET ONE FREE!

Pidge cheques to Charlotte Snead or email charlotte.snead@new.ox.ac.uk
See our facebook event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102717809807101 for more details.

DON’T MISS OUT. ORDER YOUR TICKETS NOW!

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4. ***The Series: Living and Dying Well***

Helend and Douglas House talk at The Series: ‘Living and Dying Well’ 7.30pm next Wednesday (8th Week)

Please join Friends of Helen and Douglas House next Wednesday (8th week) at The Series. The talk, titled Living and Dying Well will be given by a volunteer and fundraiser at Helen and Douglas House.

WHEN: 7.30pm (doors 7.15pm) on the 9th of March (Wednesday of 8th Week)

WHERE: Saskatchewan Room, Exeter College

This workshop will focus on the works of Helen & Douglas House and how they experience life and death.

The workshop is interactive throughout and covers the following areas, with Helen & Douglas House as the underlying theme:
- Introducing the subject of death
- How we can reflect on the lessons learnt from Helen & Douglas House guests
- Death in different cultures
- Our ideas about loss and bereavement

Ellen Jardine is running this workshop. She is a community fundraiser who also volunteers on the care team at Douglas House. This puts her in the unique position of having these two different perspectives of the organisation. She is trained in talking about death and dying, and knows how useful this can be even when just fundraising for the house as people often have many questions about the subject.

Please come along to what will be a fantastic and thought provoking evening.

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5. ***Paediatrics Careers Evening***
Monday 7th March, 7.30pm, Green-Templeton College (Barclay Room)

This Richard Doll Society academic event is unmissable for anyone interested in a career in paediatrics. Three consultants (Dr Alison Shefler, Dr Janet Craze and Dr Emma Fergusson) will share their own experiences of paediatrics (in intensive care, general/ renal medicine and psychiatry) and give advice on how to build a successful career in this exciting specialty.

Speaker information:

- Dr Alison Shefler has been a Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care at the John Radcliffe Hospital since 1997. She qualified from the University of Toronto in 1984, initially pursuing GP training before switching to Paediatrics at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. She trained in Paediatric Intensive Care at Camperdown Children’s Hospital in Sydney, Australia and at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Dr Shefler is committed to education at both undergraduate and postgraduate level as Royal College of Paediatrics Regional Advisor for the Oxford Deanery. She has led within the School of Paediatrics in Simulation training and has a strong interest in patient safety and training in non-technical skills or “human factors” as they apply to effective clinical practice
- Dr Janet Craze trained in London, Oxford and Reading and currently practices in the John Radcliffe Hospital as a general paediatrician with interests in paediatric oncology and paediatric renal medicine: most of her current work is in general paediatrics but she also runs a specialist renal clinic and has a role in child protection as the ‘Named doctor for safeguarding’ which involves teaching and offering clinical support.
- Dr Emma Ferguson is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, studying medicine at Cambridge (pre-clinical) and Oxford (clinical). She did a year of paediatrics at the Royal Free Hospital and then completed her basic psychiatry training at the Maudsley Hospital before doing specialist training in the Oxford Deanery.

For more information on this event please contact David Thomson (david.thomson@gtc.ox.ac.uk)

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6. ***Conference at GTC on Integrative Medicine***
See attached

OTHER
7. ***The Journal of Global Health is now accepting scholarly research papers and editorial piecesfor its Spring 2011 issue***
The health and survival of human populations depend on the collective efforts of scientists, public policy makers, medical practitioners, and professionals in many other fields. The dominant global health issues today will require increasingly interdisciplinary approaches to solving them. To date, there is no peer-reviewed journal that seeks to examine issues in epidemiology and global health from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Based at Columbia University, the Journal of Global Health is the first international publication of its kind that seeks to increase awareness of global health issues and propose innovative solutions to these problems through scientific research and academic dialogue. The content of the journal will engage issues that are associated with a wide range of health topics, including biotechnology, environmental health, epidemiology, infectious diseases, microfinance institutions, mHealth/eHealth, public health policy, and sustainable development. We invite the submission of all papers that address behavioral, biological, environmental, political, or socioeconomic factors that affect the health of individuals and populations and also identify ways to improve public health throughout the world.

Until March 14, 2011, we will be accepting:
-Original Academic Research Papers (2500-3500 words) – Pieces that address a specific area of global health
-News Editorials (1200 word maximum) – Opinion pieces that analyze a recent development in global health
-Field notes (2000 word maximum) – Journal-style pieces based on direct work in the field

Please turn in all submissions www.ghjournal.org/submit by March 14, 2011. If you have any questions, please contact me directly.

All the best,

Ryan Gallagher
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Global Health
Ryan.Gallagher@GHJournal.org

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8. ***Tennis Coaching***
Vicky Moffett (a finalist at Keble) is offering excellent value tennis coaching. Check out the website below for details or contact her on 07508 023 138 or vickymoffett@me.com

http://web.me.com/vickymoffett/Site/Tennis_Coaching.html

OUMPA Women’s Captain
07814 915407

1. ***Charity BAKE SALE***
Sunday 27th Feb, Oriel College Lodge.
In aid of Helen and Douglas House.
If you are in town, why not pop in and buy a cake? Or better still, donate a cake – please email joanna.pennack@oriel.ox.ac.uk if you can help.
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2. ***PEER SUPPORT DROP INS***
12-1pm Every Friday
Osler House (side rooms – follow signs!)Peer supportholds a drop-in every Friday which is open to EVERYONE. It’s a chance for you to have a chat with a friendly peer supporter about anything you’d like. No problem is too big or too small, from practical/academic questions to personal worries, and everything is confidential. If you have no idea who peer supporters are or what we do, these are also an opportunity for you to ask us!
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3. ***Would you like to be on Mastermind 2011?***
The BBC has begun its search for contestants for the 2011 series of Mastermind.

The production team will be holding open auditions in Oxford on 8th and 9th March 2011 at the Old Bank Hotel. In order to publicise the event, I would be extremely grateful if you could disseminate the attached flyerto staff and students.

Contrary to popular belief the Mastermind team is not looking for experts, it wants people who are prepared to become experts in the subjects that they love. So whether your passion is Florence + The Machine or Florence Nightingale, Michelangelo or Michael Jackson, all are welcome to apply!

This year, we would love to see some more women applying to take part in the series (after all, Mastermind’s first three champions were all women!) and to this end, please find attached some additional material.

Kind regards
Alex

EVENTS
1. ***Elective Planning Evening*** save the date

Thursday 3rd March
Lecture theatre 2, JR
Cheese and wine from 6pm

An evening to answer all the questions you have about planning your elective.
Current F1 presentations on their elective experiences and their top tips.
Presentations from Dr Bee Wee and Dr Tim Lancaster on elective funding and safety
Ideas from companies such as Work the World.
An evening not to be missed if you’re planning an elective! (more information to follow next month)

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2. ***D’arcy memorial lectures***
See attachment
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3. ***Plastic surgeons in the developing world event***

The Glasgow University Surgical Society (GUSS) is excited to inform you of our first event of 2011 taking place on Thursday 20th January at 6.30pm at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow.

Our talk is an evening dedicated to the charity Facing the World who provide Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for disfigured children from the developing world. The evening will begin at 6.30pm with the screening of the documentary “7 New Faces in 7 Days” which follows the work of the Facing the World surgical team in Vietnam. During 2009 Mr Niall Kirkpatrick and Mr Simon Eccles two of the worlds leading plastic surgeon’s from London undertook an intensive week of reconstructive surgery for some of the countries most disfigured individuals.

Following this at 7.30pm we will be joined by world leading Mr Niall Kirkpatrick who is the lead Craniofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. He is an excellent surgeon and has a wealth of experience in the reconstruction of all major craniofacial deformities and head and neck cancers. He will be speaking for us on Plastic Surgery in the Developing World and his most recent trip to Vietnam in August 2010.

During the evening we will also be raffling off textbooks courtesy of Elsevier, Oxford University Press and Wiley Blackwell in the hope of raising some money for Facing the World.

If you would like more information on Facing the World please visit http://www.facingtheworld.net/home and for a 5 minute clip of the “7 New Faces in 7 Days” documentary please see http://www.facingtheworld.net/7-faces/home

So in summary:

GUSS and Facing the World Present…

“PLASTIC SURGERY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD”

Showing the documentary “7 New Faces in 7 Days”

Then joined by Consultant Craniofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon Mr Niall Kirkpatrick

Thursday 20th January

Tea and Coffee will be served 6pm for 6.30pm – 8.30pm

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow (232-242 St Vincent Street, City Centre, G2 5RJ)

We expect this to an exciting and interesting event and it would be great to see lots of you there. Please can you reply to gusurgicalsociety@gmail.com if you would like to attend so we can get an idea of numbers.

King regards,

Tom Paterson

GUSS Education and Skills Convenor

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4. ***Review a book for the Oxford Medical School Gazette***
… and keep the book you review!
It’s simple:
you tell us which book you want to review
we give you the book
you read it and write a short review
you get to keep the book, see your name in print in the longest running student medical journal in the world, and help your fellow medics find the best books
Interested? Drop us a line at editors@omsg-online.com

5. ***Speakers of Chinese and Korean needed***
We are looking for speakers of Chinese and Korean to translate 1 Korean and 3 Chinese medical papers (published in scientific journals). We will pay £7.50 an hour for this translation. We would need to get the translation back by mid-February. If you are interested, please contact Sheila Worsley on sheila.worsley@nhsbt.nhs.uk

6. ***Topmedic- the FREE medical notes resource for medical students***
See attached poster

7. ***Professionalism questionnare***
We are researchers at Medical Schools in Wales (Cardiff), Scotland (Dundee) and England (Plymouth and Exeter Universities).
We would like to invite you to participate in an online questionnaire to assess your experiences of professionalism dilemma situations and their impact on your emotional well-being – this is the link:

http://medicine.cf.ac.uk/en/division-medical-education/medical-education-research/medical-students-professionalism-dilemmas-uk-questionnaire/

This is the biggest online survey to date on this topic and it’s your opportunity to participate and share your experiences – Yes, you can win Amazon vouchers BUT the real prize is that you now have a unique opportunity to have your say, share your experiences, develop professionalism curricular at your own and at other UK medical schools AND improve future students’ professionalism experiences.
We have received ethics approval to conduct this study from 31 of the 32 UK medical schools and permission to contact students directly at 28 schools so this study is one of the largest of its kind in the UK and from it, we should be able to determine the moral climate of UK medical Schools currently. We are keen to hear from you even if you feel you have not
experienced such a dilemma as this information will also help us. You are also invited to join our Facebook Group, as a member you will be able to access the results of the study and other news:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_177814688915151&ap=1

Thanks,
Stephanie Wells (yr 5 student) & Lynn Monrouxe (researcher) at Cardiff, Hannah Linford (yr 5 student) at Peninsula and Charlotte Rees (researcher) at Dundee.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Payment: Chance to win a £150 Amazon Gift Voucher (two winners, one at each of the two Medical Schools with the greatest proportion of students responding), PLUS one of 30 £50 Amazon Gift Vouchers (one winner at each Medical School guaranteed).
Time required: Around 10-20 minutes (depending on how many dilemma experiences you have had).
When: As soon as possible; whenever you are free but the online survey will close by the end of Feb 2011.
WHO CAN TAKE PART?
All medical students in the UK (with the exception of first and second year medical students at Durham as we don’t have permission to ask you. We also are still waiting to hear from BRISTOL, CAMBRIDGE, IMPERIAL and LEICESTER for their
permission – so sorry, you guys can’t participate either yet).
WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE?
You will be asked to complete an online questionnaire that asks about professionalism dilemmas you may have experienced and asks you to rate them in terms of how distressed they made you feel. You may opt out of questions if you wish. You also have the opportunity to give more information about a poignant dilemma should you wish to do so. The questionnaire will take approximately 10 minutes (if you have experienced none or few dilemmas) to around 20 minutes (if you have had many and are happy to tell us about them). You are able to print out a copy of your responses to the questionnaire items should you wish to do so. You might like to keep a copy of that print-out in your portfolio, to stimulate reflection and/or to discuss with your mentor or peers.
WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THE INFORMATION?
Your data will be held confidentially, and you will not be identifiable. You will be given a chance to supply an email
address/phone which will enable us to enter you into the draw. After the draw for the vouchers, your email address will be deleted, thus, all the data will become anonymous. You will be able to find a summary of the study results by the end of 2011 on [enter web address]. Should you have any questions about this study, please contact Lynn Monrouxe
monrouxelv@cardiff.ac.uk
HOW CAN YOU TAKE PART?
Simply click on this link to begin and thank you in advance for your participation:

http://medicine.cf.ac.uk/en/division-medical-education/medical-education-research/medical-students-professionalism-dilemmas-uk-questionnaire/

TO LET
8. ***Room for sublet in July:***

I have a large size furnished room for sublet for month of july. You will be living with 2 medics and a phd student. The house is large with a 6-ring hob and lovely living room. Back yard is free for bbq, bike storage and extra storage in the shed. The house is located in the middle of Windmill Road, so 10-15min walk to JR and Churchill, 5min walk to grocery, buses, and Nuffield. Rent £350 plus bills. Contact jing.ding@gtc.ox.ac.uk for more details.

9. ***SHORT-TERM LET April-May 2011***
Terraced townhouse in Headington Quarry available for 2 months in
April-May.
Lovely, fully-furnished terraced house available 01/04/11 to 31/05/11
inclusive – would suit couple or sharers.
A very well-kept privately rented house currently occupied by 2
graduate-entry medical students.
Lounge, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, 2 double bedrooms and large
garden
Rent currently £900 per month plus bills (**negotiable**)
Email Rebecca if interested: becca.e.low@gmail.com

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EVENTS
1. **Meet the Osler committee***
On the 11th November (a week on Thursday) at 5pm the Osler bar will be open and the committee will be around answering any questions that you have. This is your chance to let the Osler committee know what you think they should be doing, bring forward any problems that you have and suggest any ideas. Welfare will be providing snacks.

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2. ***Sherrington society event -2nd November***
The Sherrington Society is delighted to announce our second event of the
year, taking place on *Tuesday, November 2nd (4th week) at 8:30 pm in the New Room at Magdalen.*

We are pleased to be hosting *Professor Chris Bulstrode*, an orthopaedic surgeon and Professor of Green Templeton College. He has been deployed in Afghanistan as an army doctor, has treated the injured in Gaza after an Israeli military operation and has provided care in Haiti after the
earthquake with Doctors of the World. In addition, he has been an expedition doctor for travellers to Antarctica and Everest base camp.
Here is an interesting article about him in the Times:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5400667.ece

Given his wide and varied interests and experiences, this is sure to be a fascinating talk.

In summary
Who: Prof Chris Bulstrode
When: 8.30 pm Tuesday 2 November (4th Week)
Where: Magdalen College New Room

All are welcome. Free admission.

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3. ***Is Health a Human Right – Monday 1st November***
Is Health a Human Right? Susan Wright, director of Doctors of the World UK,
Mon 1st Nov 7.30pm, Green-Templeton College Lecture theatre

Although the principle is enshrined in numerous treaties and conventions, few of us consider health a human right. What does this mean for doctors? What about people interested in Global Health policy? What does it mean to take a Rights-based approach when providing healthcare to vulnerable populations, both overseas and here in the UK? Doctors of the World UK runs a London-based clinic, as well as providing healthcare to people in crisis throughout the world. Come for a discussion about working to ensure that health is a human right.

Susan joined Doctors of the World UK after five years in Bosnia and Herzegovina where she worked with Paddy Ashdown as Head of the Rule of Law Department at the Office of the High Representative. She studied at Howard University and Harvard University in addition to being a Fulbright Scholar. She has taught International Criminal Law and worked in Sierra Leone for the war crimes tribunal. She leads the team at Doctors of the World UK, with a particular focus on advocacy.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1416090933&v=app_2344061033#!/event.php?eid=157367284298169&index=1

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4. ***Varsity rugby***
This year, for the 129th time, Oxford will play Cambridge in the Rugby Varsity Matches (Blues and u21s) on Thursday Dec 9th. One of the oldest contests between the two Universities, it is also one of the longest running sporting events in the world. This year it is going to be held at Twickenham, and with Ticket sales going great, the crowd looks set to match the 35000 of a few years back

If people would like tickets please email me: govind.oliver@gtc.ox.ac.uk

5. ***Oxford Society for Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences presents:***
A TALK BY DR CHRISTOPHER BASS, CONSULTANT LIASON PSYCHIATRIST

Wednesday 3rd November 2010 5.00pm
Department of Psychiatry Seminar Room, Warneford Hospital
Drinks and nibbles beforehand in the department coffee room, 4.00pm

Dr Bass will be giving the following talk:

“WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU IN MEDICAL SCHOOL” or “FRONTIER PSYCHIATRY: TALES FROM THE PORTAKABIN™”

Dr Bass does lots of work in the field of functional somatic symptoms and the like. In his talk he will be touching on things like:

1. How to inform a patient that the symptoms they report are not related to any relevant organic disease
2. How to prevent iatrogenic harm in such situations
3. How to manage fabricated/ exaggerated physical symptoms

Any questions fire them this way: toby.pillinger@new.ox.ac.uk

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OSLER HOUSE NOTICES
6. ***Volunteers for Clinical School Open Day***

Volunteers are still urgently required for the open day for the preclinical students this Wednesday afternoon (3rd Nov). Students will be required from around 3pm to 5pm to show the 3rd years around the hospital (PGEC, library, osler mess, osler house etc) and then be around to answer questions in TW hall. All volunteers will get FREE TEA AND CAKE afterwards.

Please try and help out if you can- the 3rd year students always comment that it is speaking to current students that they find most useful and it is so important that we make a good impression.

Any volunteers please email carolyn.cook@medsci.ox.ac.uk

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7. ***Osler ski trip***

Osler House Ski Trip DEADLINE

Hi all,

A reminder that booking for the 2010 Osler Ski Trip closes on the 19th NOVEMBER, which isn’t very far away.

If you’ve been meaning to book but haven’t gotten around to it yet, make sure you get yourself registered so you don’t miss out. Remember, you can now invite your non-medic friends on the trip!

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OTHER
8. ***Lost debit card at Tingewick BOP***
NATIONWIDE DEBIT CARD // MR RM TURNER

& please contact me via e-mail [daniel.sommer@medschool.ox.ac.uk] to retrieve it

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9. ***Lab med textbooks for sale***
Lab Medicine textbooks for sale- all in great condition!! Email mary.jarzebowski@medschool.ox.ac.uk

LAB MEDICINE TEXTBOOKS:
Microbiology (2nd edition), Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews (ISBN 0781782155): 18.00
Clinical Chemistry (6th edition) (ISBN 9780723434559): 25.00
Robbins and Cotran Pathological Basis of Disease (7th edition), International edition- paperback (ISBN 9788181475282): 30.00

Other Textbooks:
Crash Course- Pharmacology (3rd edition, ISBN 9780723434160): 15.00

1. Alley cat
2. Oxford Entrepreneurs Speaker Event sponsored by the Royal Society of Medicine Speaker
3. Prof David Kerr “Afrox: Cancer control in Africa”, Mon 25th Oct, 7.30pm Green Templeton College
4. Osler house ski trip
5. Clinical trial

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EVENTS
1. ***Alley Cat***

Have a bike? Have Friends? Like a treasure hunt? Well if this is you
then come along to next Wednesday the 3rd of November outside Corpus
Christi College at 8pm for an alley cat.

What’s an alley cat I hear you cry? Well allow me to explain, it is a
team treasure hunt / race around Oxford at night on bikes, what else of
course! Your given a map of Oxford and a list of street a names, on
each street you find clues and these reveal the final location. First
team to the final location wins, simples!

So Grab a team together (2 people – to – what ever) or turn up on your
own and join a team on the night and come along. To the winner fame and
glory, to the loser shame!

E-mail me if your interested:josh.moorhouse@ccc.ox.ac.uk
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2. ***Oxford Entrepreneurs Speaker Event sponsored by the Royal Society of Medicine Speaker***

Dr Oliver Bernath
Consultant Neurologist, Managing Director IHP Partners and Serial Entrepreneur

“Entrepreneurship in Healthcare and emerging opportunities in the new NHS”

Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, Said Business School, Oxford

1st November (next Monday)

Please be seated at 6:45pm for 7pm start

Post-speech reception with refreshments (food, alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks)

Admission FREE.

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3. ***Prof David Kerr “Afrox: Cancer control in Africa”, Mon 25th Oct, 7.30pm Green Templeton College***

“By 2020 there are expected to be 16 million new cases of cancer every year, 70% of which will be in developing countries.” – Africa Oxford Cancer Foundation
Professor Kerr CBE, is an Oxford Professor of Cancer medicine who has received international awards for his work on cancer research & treatment development and is now a key advisor to the government. He is internationally known as co-founder of cancer research centre collaborations between Oxford, Africa and India, where cancer is the second leading cause of death.

Professor Kerr has recently been appointed chief scientist of SIDRA, an $8 billion dollar Medical research development in Qatar.
He will be discussing the growing and under-recognised problem of cancer in Africa, bringing his extensive knowledge and expertise of all aspects of global healthcare research & development.
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SPORTS AND SOCS

4. ***Osler House Ski Trip 2010 – Now Open to Non-Medics***

Booking for the Osler House Ski Trip is now open to all, so if you have friends/girlfriends/boyfriends that are wanting a snowy entry into 2011, give them the instructions below.

Pictures of the giveaway prizes will be going on the facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=503797444&v=app_2344061033#!/event.php?eid=128070860577573&index=1)

Booking instructions:

To book:

1 – head to www.ski-alpine.co.uk

2 – enter our booking reference (OHSKI)

3 – sign up for a new account

4 – tick all your options/lessons/gear etc.

5 – pay your deposit

6 – sit back, relax, and feel good

Notes from me

1 – Insurance. You must have insurance. Literally. Must have. Don’t automatically assume you need to get the insurance offered on the Ski Alpine website. Many of you may be covered by your parents insurance, your own insurance policy, or you may be able to find a cheaper insurance policy for a week trip online. Ultimately, whatever you do, you need insurance (i.e. have at least a copy of the policy certificate you can bring with you). Helicopters are expensive.

2 – Stash is offered on the website as a hoody at 15 pounds a go. I’m currently working on some sponsorship to subsidise this, but it didn’t come through in time before booking went live. Thus, everyone will be getting some money from me on the trip…

3 – Free stuff. I’ve managed to lay my hands on some free gear (over a hundred quids worth) which will be raffled off to people coming on the trip. Includes a Dakine rucksack, goggles, T-shirts etc.

4 – If you have any questions at all please email me at rob.middleton@medschool.ox.ac.uk

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OTHER
5. ***Clinical trial***
Do you have low iron levels? Would you be willing to help us with a
research study to see how the body responds to an infusion of iron into
a vein?

We are looking for volunteers aged between 18-50. The study involves
five visits to the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics,
including looking at responses of the heart and breathing to low oxygen.
Volunteers will be compensated for their time up to a maximum of £300.

For further details please contact
annabel.nickol@ndm.ox.ac.uk
or david.mccartney@seh.ox.ac.uk

1. Tingewick – last call to get involved
2. Neuroethics talk, 29th October – see attachment
3. Careers day in neurosurgery, 13th November – see attachment
4. The GTC Richard Doll Medical Society and Oxford Global Health Group bring you a truly unmissable event
5. Foundation board rep wanted
6. Anonymous feedback about the medical school
7. 4th year rep wanted for JCC
8. Please fill out this urology survey asap!
9. Oxford medical school gazette – see attachment
10. Medics varsity squash

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TINGEWICK
1. ***Tingewick – last call to get involved***
Hello everyone,

We are nearly done casting the Panto! Thank you and well done to everyone who auditioned, it was so much fun meeting you all and you all did really well.

However, before we finalise the cast we wanted to make sure that there isn’t anyone who still wants to be involved in Tingewick but hasn’t gotten in touch. Remember even if you don’t want to be on stage or in the band, there’s still design, tech and backstage. If you have any doubts, feel free to email me and I’ll reassure this is the perfect antidote to LabMed boredom!

Also, if you have not received emails from me about auditions and call backs, but had signed up to them, pls also let me know ASAP!

TW Love

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EVENTS
2. ***Neuroethics talk, 29th October***
The Oxford Centre for Neuroethics is proud to host a seminar by:

Professor Wayne Hall (University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research), renowned expert in his field:

Should we consider trialling Deep Brain Stimulation as a treatment for addiction?

Friday 29 October, 17:00, Seminar Room 1, The Oxford Martin School, Broad Street, Oxford

An abstract and biography of the speaker is attached. All are welcome to the seminar, which will be followed by a dinner at Chiang Mai Kitchen. There is no need to reserve a place for the talk, but anyone interested in attending the dinner should email nicholas.iles@philosophy.ox.ac.uk.
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3. ***Careers day in neurosurgery, 13th November***
See attachment

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4. ***The GTC Richard Doll Medical Society and Oxford Global Health Group bring you a truly unmissable event***

Surgery in the developing world
Wednesday 6th October, 7pm, Green-Templeton College (main lecture theatre)

Two consultant surgeons, Miss Kokila Lakhoo and Mr Tim Goodacre, will share their experiences of working as surgeons in the developing world and discuss how this can fit in with a career in the NHS

Kokila Lakhoo- consultant paediatric surgeon in the JR and clinical lead for paediatric surgery in Oxford. Miss Lakhoo is an executive member of the international forum for the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons and has extensive experience working in the developing world, recently releasing a book called “Paediatric Surgery: a comprehensive text for Africa”. She has to date contributed chapters to 8 paediatric surgical text books and has 130 peer reviewed publications.

Tim Goodacre- consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon in the JR, current vice-president and president elect of BAPRAS (British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons). During his time as a registrar, Mr Goodacre served as the sole surgeon in a vast area of Northern Tanzania, and he remains dedicated to overseas development work and the training of reconstructive surgeons to build local capacity for the future, working closely with colleagues in Uganda and North Pakistan to improve reconstructive surgical skills through sharing knowledge and organising educational visits to these countries.

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MESSAGES FROM THE ACADEMIC REP
5. ***FOUNDATION BOARD STUDENT REP WANTED***
The Foundation Board, which oversees the foundation programme in the Oxford deanery, is meeting on Thursday December 2nd at 2.30 – 4.30 p.m. for the FS Board meeting. Dr Lancaster has asked me to identify a Student Rep who would like to attend this meeting and be the voice of the medical students. Ideally the representative should be from 5th or 6th year, but any keen 4th years are also welcome to get back to me. If you would like this position or have any queries, please email me on dharshika.srikantharajah@medschool.ox.ac.uk.

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6. ***ANONYMOUS FEEDBACK***
If anybody would like to feedback on / complain about / give suggestions about ANY aspect of the Medical School course (from exam questions and OSCE stations to DGH accommodation or placements), please drop me an email on dharshika.srikantharajah@medschool.ox.ac.uk, or if you would like your comments to be ANONYMOUS, please leave a message in my pigeon hole in Osler House. The next Joint Consultative Committee meeting is on October 12th – this is a student-led meeting which is attended by Dr Lancaster, Dr Frith, and Mrs McNally (to name a few) and is an excellent opportunity for me to raise any issues that you may have. The other JCC reps that you can get in touch with are: Abeer Ghuman, Daniel Sommer, Tom Abbot, Asli Kalin, Tanya Deb, Amun Sachdev, Kai Nei and Beverley Yu.

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7. ***4th YEAR REPS WANTED FOR JCC***
An email should have already been sent around, but just a reminder to the 4th years: I am looking for 4 new JCC representatives for the next academic year. The next meeting is Tuesday 12th October, 12 noon in the Conference Room at the JR (Level 3). If you would like to be a representative please email me on dharshika.srikantharajah@medschool.ox.ac.uk by end of Thursday 7th Oct.

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OTHER
8. ***Please fill out this urology survey asap!***
Here is the link for this ‘Survey on undergraduate
Urology education in the UK’:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DRQ9BCD

Thank you for your help and cooperation,

Aswin

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9. ***Oxford medical school gazette***
Final reminder of opportunity to get research published. Deadline on Monday!

Chance to get research published extended. Deadline on Monday!

The Oxford Medical School Gazette is currently introducing a peer review section. This will include research from UK medical students, with all papers being fully peer reviewed by a specialist in the relevant field. We hope that this will be an excellent opportunity for students to have their work published in a fully peer reviewed journal, and are therefore encouraging submission of your research. The research may be in any area: laboratory-based, clinical or audit-related. Our only stipulations are that:
1. The research must not have been published in any other journal.
2. The research must have been carried out when the author(s) were medical students.
3. The research must have been completed after 1 July 2009.
4. The research paper must be edited and formatted to comply with the attached guidelines, most notably being under 1500 words.
5. Effort should be made to relate the research as clearly as possible to clinical medicine.
6. The deadline for submission has been extended to 5pm on Monday 4th October.
Please contact us [gazette@medschool.ox.ac.uk] if you are unsure whether your work meets these criteria or if you have any further questions.
The peer review section will include approximately three 1500-word research papers from UK medical students. However, we intend to give a reasonable weighting to Oxford research as this is, after all, the Oxford Medical School Gazette. We hope this will encourage as many of you as possible to get involved.
The specifics of how our peer review process will function are included in the attached pdf file. We look forward to your responses.
The Editors
Oxford Medical School Gazette

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10. ***Medics varsity squash***
Hello everyone,

Im in charge of organising the varsity squash this year. We are scheduled to play 10:30am on Sat 9th Oct, but the courts havent yet been booked so this is very flexible.

Email me (eugene.ong@new.ox.ac.uk) if you’re interested in competing against the tabs: we are hoping to field 6 men and 6 women.

Please give an indication of your level of play.

Depending on the response I may run trials over the weekend.

Thanks,
Eugene

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HAPPENINGS AND EVENTS
1. ***Mess party!!***
Are you a girl student just wishing that someone would buy you champagne instead of a plastic cup of Osler cocktail? Are you a guy wanting the thrill of a romance with a cougar of a registrar?

Or are you neither of these?

If any of these apply to you, then this is an invitation not to be missed!

The doctors of the JR mess cordially invite you all to join us on our latest mess party! We’ve just been paid, we’ll have spent the whole week saving lives, and there’ll be that Friday feeling in the air.
So get involved!
Party starts at All Bar One at 9pm – VIP area, bar tab (with NHS card). Then moves on to a ***MYSTERY VENUE*** (“mystery” because we’ve been too lazy to book it properly…) where there’ll be bargain entry and drinks with NHS card and, of course, champagne and cougars.

See you there!
Lots of love,
Rachel, Georgie & Adam (JR Mess Entz)
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SPORTS AND SOCIETIES

2. ***The Oxford Society for Medicine is looking to recruit:***

-two 4th year reps
-one graduate rep
-one IT rep

to join the committee and help to organise and run speaker events.

OSM is one of the most prominent student-run societies in the medical school that has been running for three years and aims to encompass both the pre-clinical and clinical medical students. The society aims to promote debate on important medical issues ranging from politics, careers, ethics and cutting-edge science. The OSM holds events 3-4 times a term by inviting guests, many of which are world renowned leaders in their respective fields. Past events have included: a debate about organ transplantation, the Editor of The Lancet on healthcare in Gaza, a career in public health, the GB athletics team coach, medical entrepreneurship and MP Evan Harris.

Please send a description, no more than 250 words on:

- Which position you are applying for?
- Why are you applying for this position?
- What skills/experience do you have that will make you ideal for that position?
- Which potential guest speakers do you think OSM should invite in the next year?

Please send this paragraph to: osmcommittee@googlemail.com by Sunday 3rd October. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an informal interview. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute greatly to the medical community in Oxford as well as to gain MTAS and CV points!

We look forward to hearing from you!
OSM

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3. ***Table tennis***
CALLING ALL 4th YEARS!! (and anyone else who didnt reply last time) – TABLE TENNIS
Interested in table tennis varsity? and/ or taking part in a table tennis ladder? Im currently setting up a ladder, with the hope of using it to pick the varsity team, so if you are interested please email joanna.pennack@oriel.ox.ac.uk
and let me know, would be great to have you!
Please email in the next few days so I can get the ladder up and running
Jo xx
PS girls especially wanted!

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OTHER NOTICES

4. ***CW Radiology prize***
We would like to draw your attention to the launch of the Chowdhury-Wilson Radiology Prize.
This is a new medical student essay prize competition organised by the British Institute of Radiology (www.bir.org.uk) in association with Wiley-Blackwell.
The competition is now open and details are attached herewith for the attention of medical students that may wish to enter.

With kind regards,

The British Institute of Radiology Trainee Committee.
www.bir.org.uk

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5. ***Oxford Vaccine Group***
Dear Student,

Oxford Vaccine Group, part of the University of Oxford, is currently
recruiting volunteers for a study entitled *A study to learn how
Meningococcal B recombinant and MenACWY Conjugate vaccines affect the
lodging of certain bacteria (germs) in the throat of young adults*.

If you are aged 18 to 24 yrs old and are in good health then you may be
eligible to take part in the study. We will provide compensation for
your time and inconvenience over the 12 month study period. If you would
like further information of what the study would involve, please read
the Study Information Booklet that is attached to this e-mail or visit
www.studentvaccine.co.uk which includes details of what to do next.

We look forward to hearing from you

The Study Team
Oxford Vaccine Group

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6. ***The following notices are from the Royal College of Surgeons***

Tuesday 5 October, 7pm

Story of London: Surgical Futures
Find out what the future holds for patients undergoing surgery in the
next decade. Three experts in their field will present the cutting edge
research that they are doing to solve some of the most common health
issues that will affect us as we age: stroke, cancer and osteoarthritis
BBC Science correspondent, Richard Hollingham will chair this event and
provide you with the opportunity to ask the surgeons where they see the
nation’s wellbeing in the years to come.

The Hunterian Museum will be open on the night for visitors from 6-7pm
There will be special public tours of the museum on Wednesday 6,
Thursday 7 and Friday 8 October at 1pm

Free event, booking essential on 020 7869 6560.
Friday 12 November, 6-9pm

Behind the Scenes at the Royal College of Surgeons
A rare late-night opening of the museum and a chance to find out about
the role of the College in modern surgical training. Enjoy a drink among
the historical specimens collected by John Hunter and other eminent
surgeons of the 18th and 19th centuries. There is an opportunity to tour
the new surgical training centre, find out about dissection at the
College and try your hand at ‘keyhole’ surgery techniques and surgical
suturing.
Entry to the museum and exhibition is free. £5 charge applies to
workshops and tour, booking essential on 020 7869 6560.
Find out more about what’s on at the museum see our website
www.hunterianmuseum.org

Please find attached a flier and application form for the next Plastic
Surgery Day for Medical Students. The event – the BAPRAS Undergraduate
Course – is on 16 October 2010, at the Royal College of Surgeons of
England.
The event is free of charge, for all medical students and has a mix of
plastic surgery presentations, careers advice and plastic surgical
skills teaching on manikins. The format is continuously evolving so
course content is different to previous years, and therefore will be of
interest to those who have previously attended this event.
To register, please email
Angela.Rausch@bapras.org.uk

Budding surgeons – go forth!
Tom

BMA MSC representative for Oxford

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7. ***Research in clinical practice***
For all doctors in training with an interest in research

Wednesday 10th November 2010 from 7 pm to 10 pm John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School presents:
a poster session showcasing your work and that of your colleagues guest attendances from Oxfords leading clinical academics
an introduction to academic training from Oxfords top trainees an ideal opportunity for those approaching job applications

register now at Oucags.ox.ac.uk
Free to Foundation Trainees

Call for papers for poster presentation
Abstracts are invited concerning: research proposals and preliminary data systematic review in summary
mini-Ground Round: cases that illustrate or inform research
clinical audits and their impact

This is an ideal opportunity to present at a regional meeting

submit abstracts of work now at Oucags.ox.ac.uk
Deadline: Sunday 10th October 2010

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8. ***Room for rent***
Room for rent in Cowley, £355/month
We have a room available from 1st October in our house in Cowley (Howard St). It’s a really nice house with broadband internet, freeview tv, washing machine etc. Bills vary but are around £40/month. To share with 3 lovely 5th year girls. The house is 15-20 mins cycle from the JR and less to the Churchill and Warneford.
For a viewing or for more information email claire.stead@medschool.ox.ac.uk

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1. ***Tingewick auditions***
Hello everyone,

This is just a quick note to say well done to everyone who has auditioned so far – you’ll be hearing from us about call backs soon!
However, if you have not yet auditioned nor put your name down for auditions, theres still time. In particular we have slots for auditions on Saturday at 12.15.

Email me anna.kaleva@medschool.ox.ac.uk

TW love

Anna

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2. ***Sports and socs notices***

1 – Medics Varsity

Medics Varsity 2010 will be taking place on the 9th and 10th October, and we’ll be battling the light blues at rugby, men’s football, women’s netball, mixed netball, men’s/women’s/mixed tennis, ultimate frisbee, table tennis, badminton, squash, hockey and cricket (maybe). We might even sort rounders/lacrosse/croquet between now and then as well. The majority of sports will be held at Lincoln Sports Grounds.

So, email the captain/president of the sport you want to be involved in, register your interest, and clear your calendar for that weekend, so we can crush the opposition – it is home ground after all!

2 – Osler House Ski Trip 2010

The ski trip is confirmed, and booking will open very soon, in the meantime, head over to the facebook event and register your interest (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=1280708605775730). I’ll be sending another email when booking open with instructions on how to go from there. Suffice to say, it’s going to be massive/righteous/gnarly/sick/rad/fresh/amazing. Get keen.

3 – Sports/Socs Funding Requests 2010/11

The time has come for sports and societies to request funding for the coming year. Captains/Presidents/Treasurers please use the attached form – print it off, fill it in, and put it in Rob Middleton or Naieya Madhvani’s Osler pigeon hole (don’t type them out and email them, we need them in hardcopy). Be aware however that the Treasurer has informed me that money is extremely tight, so funding requests need to be very well thought out and reasonable, otherwise he will turn the requests down. It is highly likely each club will receive less than they did last year, so spend wisely.

Sports/Socs Love

R&N.

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3. ***Osler hockey tournament***
Hockey tournament

EVERYONE is welcome to a medics 5ish-a-side hockey tournament, Saturday, 5.30-7pm at Iffley road astro pitch. Whether you haven’t played since school or are a uni regular – come anyway! We have spare sticks, so no excuses.
Form a team with your friends or join a mixed team on the night.

ALSO, the tournament will be followed by dinner! Location Oxford Blue

Sheila
(Osler Hockey)

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4. ***Restart***

This coming tuesday (28th September) a group of us are going to the Cheney School (next to Brookes) to teach some year 8 students basic life support, a session organised by the Osler society called Restart which arranges similar sessions for medical students throughout the year.
We really need more volunteers (from 9-10am, 10-11am and 2-3pm) so if anyone is free to help out at any of these sessions please email restart.oxford@googlemail.com – also please email if you would like to be added to the mailing list to find out about future Restart events. no experience at all is required- we’re only teaching basic life support, and the way it works is that one of us does a short intro and demonstration then we split into small groups, each teaching around 5-6 children- it’s really good fun, is a brilliant way to serve the local community and may ultimately help save a life!

thanks very much

the Restart committee

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5. ***ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH NEUROLOGISTS (ABN)***
UNDERGRADUATE PRIZE

Please see attached poster for details.

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6. ***Student elective program***

Dear Colleagues

Following on from our correspondence with you in July regarding our exciting opportunity for final year medical students to apply for musculoskeletal student electives sponsored by Arthritis Research UK, I am emailing to update you.

We have now awarded 3 electives under the scheme, however we still have two funding places left.

The electives we still have available are:

Lithuania February – March

India November – February

South Africa October – April (excluding December)

Madagascar November – April

The original deadline was 26th July 2010, however we have now added an additional deadline which is 29th September 2010.

The programme provides the opportunity and funding for medical students to take part in an elective between October 2010 and April 2011, although the exact timing will depend on the university.

In order to qualify students must be studying in a UK Medical School and must be willing to accept the elective opportunity if offered. Arthritis Research UK will fund flights, accommodation and subsistence costs.

For further details about applying please visit our website:

http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/arthritis_information/information_for_medical_profes/student_electives.aspx

Other schemes and resources we offer students can be seen at:

http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/home/medical_students.aspx

We would be very grateful if you would remind students of this opportunity and make them aware of the extended deadline.

Yours sincerely

Donna Lakin

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“Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Following Samir’s skillfully crafted and insightful Osler Bulletins whilst I was away, a number of people have asked me to continue his series of inspirational quotes at the end of the emails so I thought I’d start this week. If anyone has any thoughts they would like to inspire or amuse the medical school with, please send them my way…

1. Seriously – stop sticking up posters in Osler house!!
2. Tingewick auditions
3. Lost property
4. The future of academic medicine – see attachment
5. Paintballing and amateur transplants

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1. ***Seriously – stop sticking up posters in Osler house!!***
Having sent round a number of emails asking people not to stick posters up in Osler house, I confidently arrived at the BOP sure that the walls to be clear and looking beautiful. Unfortunately a few people are STILL sticking posters up – not a clever idea as I know who you are and will be hunting you down from now on…

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2. ***Tingewick auditions***
Hello 4th years and 2nd year Grad-entry medics,

We are all really excited about auditions to which most of you have signed up to!

Just in case any of you weren’t at fresher’s fair or couldn’t find the tingewick stall or haven’t realised that we think you are all super talented and can’t wait to give you some role in TW, its NOT TOO LATE!
We still have a few slots free which you can sign up for:

– On Thurs 23rd SEP 8.15pm
– on FRI 24th SEP at 6pm 1 slot only
– on FRI 24th SEP at 6.45pm
– on SAT 25th SEP at 12.15pm

If for whatever reason you cannot make any of those but still really want to be a part of TW, please get in touch with me – anna.kaleva@medschool.ox.ac.uk

Callbacks will be the week after on THUR, FRI and SAT.

At auditions next week please make sure you let us know if you are interested in

BEING PART OF THE BAND – what instrument you play

BEING PART OF THE TECH TEAM – SOUND AND LIGHTING

BEING PART OF THE DESIGN TEAM

BEING PART OF THE BACKSTAGE TEAM

Any other questions or witty comments you may have, please let me know anna.kaleva@medschool.ox.ac.uk

Tingewick Love

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3. ***Lost property***
I have gathered up a huge amount of lost property after the last BOP including phones, cardigans, sunglasses and even pants. If you think you’ve lost something send me an email and I will try to match you up with your possessions

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4. ***The future of academic medicine***
The topic of the talk is “The Future of Academic Medicine” and the speaker is Sir Mark Walport. Sir Mark has been a key figure in both medical research and academic medical training. He is currently the director of the Wellcome Trust and was the author of the Walport Report which changed the whole way academic training was organised in this country. We are therefore very pleased that he has agreed to give this talk.

Spaces at this event are unfortunately limited, so we are asking people to confirm attendance by e-mail before Sept 23rd.

The organisers of the talk are the Society of Academic Foundation Trainees (SAFT). We are a group of Academic Trainees in the first 2 years post-medical school who have come together to organise events for junior doctors interested in academic medicine/medical research. Speaking to a number of medical students, it has become clear that this information needs to get out earlier, ideally before students have to make decisions about applying for Foundation jobs, and so we are looking to publicise these talks especially amongst students in the last 3 years of their studies. We have a mailing list, so if any student wants to find out more about future events they should get in touch and we can add them. The e-mail address is a.krom@saftuk.org.

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5. ***PAINTBALLING and AMATEUR TRANSPLANTS***

The Royal Society of medicine are organising two great (and fun!) events in the near future.

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1) National London Conference – Best for the New 4th Years Medics – complement your MedEd work!

Clinical skillz – featuring the Amateur Transplants in concert!
A fun yet informative event aimed at people early in their medical degrees, but everyone is welcome. This event is an introduction for students to the RSM, to see it, use it and enjoy it. The event will end with a performance by the Amateur Transplants and a free wine reception.

Friday 29 October 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

Book at: http://www.rsm.ac.uk/students/stb01.php

More information on the Amateur Transplants

http://www.amateurtransplants.net/

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2) Medical Student Paintballing

On Saturday the 9th October we’ve organised a great deal for students – much cheaper than you’d get otherwise – plus the opportunity to meet and network with students from all over the country.

Saturday 9 October 2010

The Student Members’ Group present a fun day at Mayhem Paintballing! At one of the UK’s best sites for adrenalin-fuelled fun.

Paintball is an extreme sport. All players are equipped with the latest paintball equipment and this includes specialist paintball safety equipment. Check out the link below to see the scenarios that we will be playing for the day:

http://www.mayhem-paintball.co.uk/scenarios

Try a real 38 tonne battle tank, and two armoured personal carriers with usable mounted paintball machine guns (not forgetting a few army jeeps for good measure) all in one playing area! Or what about a speedball fix, featuring some giant hay bales for the adrenaline junky paintballers amongst you and no, your eyes aren’t deceiving you, that is a scud missile launcher in our huge missile command

Come along and play against your fellow colleagues. Everyone is welcome.

The Student Members’ Group have negotiated a fantastic package. Prices include:
All equipment
8-10 games to last the whole day
Paintballs included for each game
Lunch
There will be a free minibus to pick up and drop off to Theydon Bois on the London Central Line.

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“If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you…” Muhammad Ali