Leeds Medical Students Representatives Council

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Weekly Meeting (14/09/2023)

MSRC

International Welcome Event

  • Will be held on Tuesday 26th September 4:30-5:30pm

  • Form has been circulated to year 1 through Josie Mellor

  • MSRC Committee will help direct people from the conference auditorium to the room in Worsley 

Freshers Fair

  • Venue will most likely be Function in LUU

  • 17 societies have booked stalls so far

MUMS 

  • Questionnaire has been circulated 

  • MUMS reps have started to organise families 

  • Currently working on organising venues for the first event after intro week

Merch

  • Planning on doing hoodies, fleeces, sweatshirts, tote bags and beanies

  • Aiming to open the merch store in the first or second week of October

Strikes Meetings & Communication

  • Primary care placement is still going ahead as normal 

  • Secondary care placement will not go ahead 

  • The school wants student feedback on the strike guidance - e.g. are there issues getting dops done?

  • The guidance states that the University doesn’t support fifth years stepping in and working

  • If you want to support the strikes, it’s best to check what the BMA is saying

General Updates & AOB

  • Shenaz Ahmed will be working closely with the BMA reps, EDI reps and other members of the MSRC committee going forward on EDI related projects in the school of medicine

  • Third year reps have gotten the issue of lack of scrubs sorted, students are now entitled to an extra set of scrubs for placement

  • Fourth year reps raised the issue of confusion among students on what comes under electives and will be getting in contact with staff for clarity on this

  • Fourth year reps raised the issue of some students who intercalated at external universities missing the clinical skills catchup sessions due to having external email addresses - intercalating rep will look further into resolving this issue

  • It has been raised that there was a lack of clarity on the clinical reporting tool during intro weeks - this will be followed up with the relevant staff members

  • Some people in fifth year still haven’t heard from certain hospitals about their placements starting next week - individuals should email their placement lead or Laura Fishwick (head of the placement team) to chase this up.