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The AMA(SA) Inc has always had a
close interest in the welfare and interests of medical students.
The AMA(SA) has a close relationship
with AMSS, FMSS
and AMSA. With representatives from
both medical schools on the AMA(SA) Branch Council, the
AMA(SA) ensures that the views and issues affecting current
medical students are heard. Your current student representatives
to the AMA(SA) Branch are
Rick Fielke (Adelaide University)
and Shehnarz Salindera (Flinders University).
Nationally, the AMA has been lobbying
hard to ensure that the new crop of medical students have
somewhere to train when they complete their degrees. This
is an issue which needs to be resolved now – not in
five years’ time.
At a state level, the AMA(SA) continues
to be deeply concerned - and vocal - about the lack of quarantined
teaching time for both junior doctors and medical students.
This problem has been raised with the AMA(SA) by every level
of the medical profession, from senior specialist ranks
through to junior doctors and medical students.
Put simply, senior consultants in
our public hospital system lack the time to adequately train,
mentor and supervise medical students and junior doctors,
as their time is occupied by their clinical load. Responding
to case-load demands may be a needful thing for the health
system in the short-term, due to medical workforce shortages.
But there is no end to the ‘short-term’ in sight!
Over the longer term, it leads to a degradation of the medical
capabilities of the health system.
The resourcing of the public hospital
system is inadequate to allow staff specialists to fulfil
the other important parts of their job descriptions –
such as teaching and research. Public hospitals are not
being adequately resourced for functions beyond that of
meeting immediate patient demands, and despite the best
efforts of many consultants who devote their own time after
hours to teaching and mentoring medical students, a lack
of quarantined teaching time, in which quality interactions
can occur between teacher and student, will ultimately lead
to system failure.
Put simply, the failure to properly
teach the next generation is a failure of safety and quality
in the health system.
The AMA(SA) regards the situation
as dire, and we are seeking to work with South Australian
medical schools to make strong representations to all levels
of government to fix it.
Please contact the AMA(SA) with any
issues that concern you. Contact by email dit@amasa.org.au



STUDENT BENEFITS
The AMA(SA) supports medical students
practically by providing:
* AMA American Express Card (applications
through AMSA)
* 10 editions of the AMA(SA) monthly
publication, medicSA
*
Elective Grants available to third year Flinders University
medical students and fifth year University of Adelaide medical
students (conditions apply)
* Sponsorship to AMSA
* Sponsorship to the Medical Student
Societies
* Student medal/prizes
* Addressing the constant issues
confronting the medical profession and its trainees
* AMA(SA)
Mentor scheme


STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
Australian Medical Students Association
www.amsa.org.au
Adelaide Medical Students Society
www.amss.org.au
Flinders Medical Students Society
http://som.flinders.edu.au/FUSA/FMSS/


STUDENT MEDALS
AMA(SA) Student Medals are awarded
each year to one member from each Medical School. Past recipients
of the medals are:
2007 AMA(SA) Student Medals
Arjun Venkataraman
from Adelaide University
Steven Moylan from
Flinders University
2006 AMA(SA) Student Medals
Dan Hubik from Adelaide
University
Phil Stagg from
Flinders University
2005 AMA(SA) Student Medals
Zoe Wainer
from Flinders University
Heidi Beadnall from
Adelaide University
2004 AMA(SA) Student Medals
Jessica Roediger and
Marcus Dreosti from Flinders University
Andrew Fah and Andrew
Perry from Adelaide University
2003 AMA(SA) Student Medals
Emily White from
Adelaide University
Kathi Nyberg from
Flinders University
The AMA(SA) congratulates these new
interns and wishes them every success for their future careers.


AMA(SA) STUDENT ELECTIVE GRANTS
Grants of $500 each are awarded to
six South Australian medical students each year. The grant
assists students in covering the cost of undertaking electives
in either a developing country or a remote or rural Australian
location. MedicSA features articles from all the winners
on their experiences. Applications are accepted each year
with the closing date being August 31st. Past winners are
listed below.
AMA(SA) 2007 Student Elective Grant Winners
| NAME |
ELECTIVE
COUNTRY |
Caroline
Pearce |
Timber
Creek, NT |
Laura
Condon |
The
People's Hospital, China |
Kristina Martinson |
Siddhi
Memorial Hospital, Nepal |
Samuel McGuinness |
San Francisco Hospital,
Ecuador |
Nicole Sleeman |
Indian Mother & Child,
Calcutta |
Nigel Lambert |
Wewak General Hospital,
PNG |
AMA(SA) 2006 Student Elective Grant Winners
| NAME |
UNIVERSITY |
ELECTIVE
COUNTRY |
Ruth
Lim |
Adelaide |
Kumi
Hospital, UGANDA |
Daniel
Yeoh |
Adelaide |
Mbingo
Hospital, CAMEROON |
Kydia Scott |
Adelaide |
Kimberley
Health Service, WA |
Nicholas Russell |
Adelaide |
Gorkha Hospital, NEPAL |
Phil Stagg |
Flinders |
Port Moresby, PNG |
Bronwyn Turner |
Flinders |
Groote Shuur Hospital,
CAPETOWN |
AMA(SA) 2005 Student Elective Grant Winners
| NAME |
UNIVERSITY |
ELECTIVE
COUNTRY |
Jan-Paul
Kwasik |
Adelaide |
Vellore
Christian Medical College, INDIA |
Kristen
Bruck |
Adelaide |
Chikankata
Health Services, ZAMBIA |
Anthony Pisaniello |
Adelaide |
Alice
Springs Hospital |
Sujitha Thavapalachandran |
Flinders |
Vellore Christian Medical
College,INDIA |
Nicholas Russell |
Flinders |
Mae Tao Clinic, THAILAND |
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