{"id":15680,"date":"2016-06-27T18:26:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T08:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/?p=15680"},"modified":"2016-06-27T18:26:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T08:26:42","slug":"amsa-council-1-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/amsa-council-1-report\/","title":{"rendered":"AMSA Council 1 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15685\" src=\"http:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AMSA-Council-1-Post-Image.jpg\" alt=\"AMSA Council 1 Post Image\" width=\"1300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AMSA-Council-1-Post-Image.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AMSA-Council-1-Post-Image-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AMSA-Council-1-Post-Image-768x177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AMSA-Council-1-Post-Image-1024x236.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AMSA-Council-1-Post-Image-700x162.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In April, GUMS sent five representatives to AMSA Council 1. \u00a0AMSA Council is held three times a year, and is where representatives from every med school in Australia meet to discuss policy and the management of AMSA itself.<\/p>\n<p>Held in Sydney over three days, Council discussed policies on internships, tobacco free campuses, marriage equality and medical school admissions. Additionally, a proposal for discussion was brought to council by the Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand. This aimed to create inherent requirements for entry into medical school. Examples of these included having the physical ability to insert a cannula, and perform CPR. Council gained a perspective on the full repercussions of such a document when Dinesh Palipana (fourth year at Griffith) and Paddy Owens (Immediate Past president at GUMS) spoke of how this would essentially preclude physically disabled people from studying, let alone practicing, medicine. Their presentation was very well received by councillors.<\/p>\n<p>Most people don\u2019t know that any member of AMSA can attend Council. Council isn\u2019t just about policy \u2013 the AMSA exec give reports and there are always inspirational council guests. Perhaps the best thing about Council, though, is the people you meet. Some of them are almost superhumanly well-qualified. If you\u2019re interested in contributing to AMSA in the future, I\u2019d definitely recommend coming to Council 3, which will be held in Sydney in September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the GUMS@AMSA Facebook group to stay updated: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/778352792242767\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-referer-safe=\"1\" data-referer-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/778352792242767\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/778352792242767\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Policies:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Marriage Equality Policy<\/strong> \u2013 supporting marriage equality for its beneficial health effects. Griffith voted for, policy was passed.<br \/>\n<strong>Tobacco Free Campus Policy<\/strong> \u2013 advocating for banning smoking on university campuses. Griffith voted against, as we believed having designated smoking areas is a better option. Policy passed.<br \/>\n<strong>Medical Schools Admission Policy<\/strong> \u2013 a merger of a number of policies, with a variety of positions. Griffith voted for, policy passed.<br \/>\n<strong>Vaccinations Policy<\/strong> \u2013 called for no jab no pay (welfare) policy. Griffith voted for, policy passed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April, GUMS sent five representatives to AMSA Council 1. \u00a0AMSA Council is held three times a year, and is where representatives from every med school in Australia meet to discuss policy and the management of AMSA itself. Held in Sydney over three days, Council discussed policies on internships, tobacco free campuses, marriage equality and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amsa","category-featured-on-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15680"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15688,"href":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15680\/revisions\/15688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gums.org.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}