National Committee 2011-12
The Medsin National Committee comprises students from across the UK who help facilitate the functioning of the network. They are elected annually by the Medsin network at the Spring General Assembly. If you would like to get in touch with any of them, see below for more information about each of them and their individual contact details.
- Contact the whole committee at committee@medsin.org
The National Committee meets at least four times a year, as well as at Medsin's Conferences and General Assemblies. You can read the minutes from the meetings below, as well as the dates for upcoming meetings. If you have any issues you want raised on the agenda, just email Ben KW at least a week before the meeting.
National Coordinators : Dan Knights and Felicity Jones
Hello! We are Felicity and Dan, and we are the joint National Coordinators of Medsin-UK. It's our job to support and facilitate the network as we grow and develop into true a force to be reckoned within the world of global health!
Our role has two main parts to it: we are responsible for coordinating and chairing the National Committee and facilitating the developent of short- and long-term strategies for the network internally; and it's also our job to represent Medsin-UK to our many external partners (both nationally and internationally), acting as the official spokesperson.
As national coordinators, we are also trustees of the Charity Medsin-UK, and along with our fantastic Board of Trustees [Link to BoT page?] we oversee the specific responsibilities and obligations of the charity.
We are here to support any activity or work within the network, and are really happy to be contacted about anything within Medsin, to discuss our relationships with externals, or to advise about the charity status of Medsin. Feel free to contact us on nationalcoordinator@medsin.org at any time!
Vice-Coordinator - Jonny Meldrum
Activities Director - S-J Lang
Hi everybody, my name is Sarah-Jane and I am the Activities Director this year, responsible for encouraging collaboration amongst all the Activities and Medsin. I am really excited about what we can achieve together and so this year my main aims are to:
Build on and encourage the development of links and partnerships amongst the Activities and Medsin at both a national and local level.
Raising awareness of the Medsin Activities and how to get involved at the local Medsin level.
Support old and new Activities which wish to become affiliated to Medsin.
If you have any questions about Activities, how to find the right Activity for you to get involved with or how to become an Affiliated Medsin Activity, then please do drop me an email at activities@medsin.org
Global Health Education Director - Mike Kalmus-Eliasz
Hi everyone, my name is Mike and I am Medsin's new Global Health Education Director, responsible for promoting global health education nationally and supporting branches in developing it at a local level. I am eagerly anticipating the year ahead, where I aim to:
-Develop medsin's in house global health education and work towards formal accreditation of this -Support branches developing global health education in their universities -Promoting ethical electives -Develop our speakers database. -Organise a series of online global health seminars for the network
If you have any questions about global health education or would like to contribute to our GHE national working group email me at ghe@medsin.org.
Policy and Advocacy Director - Anya Gopfert
Hi everyone, my name is Anya and I am the incoming Policy and Advocacy Director this year. I am very much looking forward to the challenges the next year will bring and look forward to working with many of you.
My main aims for the year include -Expanding existing Medsin Policy and it's use as an advocacy tool -Working on links and partnerships on a national and international level and extending these for benefit of the Medsin National Network -Working closely with regional and local Advocacy and Campaign officers -Providing training on meeting MPs and how to raise issues with them, as well as other effective lobbying bodies
If you have any questions at all about policy, advocacy or campaigning within Medsin, please drop me an email on policies@medsin.org
Secretary - Ben Kerr Winter
Hey, I’m Ben KW. Most of you will know me for putting the newsletter together, but I also do lots of Medsin’s admin behind the scenes. Part of my role is to organise the agendas and take minutes at National Committee meetings and General Assemblies. If you want to raise something at these then let me know! I’m also the first port of call for people who have questions for Medsin, and can put you in touch with the right people if you are not sure who to contact, just drop me an email at secretary@medsin.org.
Send me your Medsin events and achievements, and anything else you want to share in the newsletter!
Treasurer - Shermayne Ng
I’m Shermayne, the newly elected treasurer of Medsin UK. I will be responsible for any matters finance-related, including assisting local branches with their accounts, so feel free to contact me at treasurer@medsin.org should you have any queries!
Communication Director - Laura-Jayne Hughes
Hello there! I’m LJ and I am the Communications Director of Medsin for the year 2011-2012. My job is to promote smooth communication throughout the Medsin network- both internally and externally. My main responsibilities include publicising and advertising Medsin activities and facilitating adequate correspondence between branches and the national committee. This year promises to be an exciting one for Medsin and I hope to spruce up communications through extensive emaulage, social networking, promotion videos and lots of other fun things! If ever in a communicative dilemma, need a nifty poster or a point in some sort of direction with advertising, don’t hesitate to drop me a line at communications@medsin.org
Training Director - Sara Naraghi
Hi my name is Sara and I'm this years National Training Director! I'm really excited about Training and getting Medsiners across the UK excited about it too!
This year I plan to focus on several areas. I want to find out what skills and individuals and branches need for this academic year in particular, and to get as many training sessions focusing on these areas run throughout the year. Key to this is establishing Regional Trainer roles and establishing a Training network. I will be working alongside the different Medsin Activities, the Advocacy Director and Education Director to provide a full training programme and share skills throughout the network. Lastly, with the Education Director I'll be working on getting Training accredited - giving Medsiners certificates or e-portfolio points for all their attended training sessions!
Still not sure what training is about? Looking for training in areas such as time management? Want help for your branch budgeting? Want to be a Regional Trainer? Do get in touch with me at training@medsin.org.
National Exchange Officers - Ben Warner and Leon Cohen
We are Ben and Leon, together we'll be helping coordinate bilateral exchanges between medical students from the UK and other member countries of the IFMSA. These are opportunities to undertake a clinical placement abroad, with the aim of incorporating a global health element to this experience. As exchanges are bilateral, we would love to see this model of reciprocity extended to electives - as such, we are working closely with Mike on the Ethical Electives aspect of Medsin's work in Global Health Education.
If Exchanges are already happening at your university, there should be a Local Exchange Officer who you can contact to find out the local arrangements - but feel free to drop us an email if you have any questions about how these work. If you're interested in setting up Exchanges, we'd love to hear from you!
Webmaster
We are currently looking for a new webmaster to take care of Medsin's online presence. If you know your stuff and want to get involved, email nationalcoordinator@medsin.org
The National Committee is ably supported by a number of additional national roles. You can contact them at the addresses below:
- Alumni Director - Yize Wan
- Magazine Editor
A list of previous national committees can be found here
You can read the minutes of the National Committee meetings from previous years below:
Last updated on Friday 23 December 2011 at 23:37.
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