AMSA 2023 Embolus Publication
This Embolus publication provides a snapshot of the 2023 AMSA year and collates the monthly Embolus newsletter for everyone to read!
This Embolus publication provides a snapshot of the 2023 AMSA year and collates the monthly Embolus newsletter for everyone to read!
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NATIONAL CONVENTION<br />
Registrations for the <strong>2023</strong> <strong>AMSA</strong> National Convention open TOMORROW! Join<br />
our Facebook page to keep an eye out for the registration link.<br />
Held at the Gold Coast this year, there is a stellar academic program planned<br />
full of speakers from medicine and a variety of other fields. Additionally, we<br />
will be bringing you networking opportunities with speakers and other<br />
delegates.<br />
We also have a reinvigorated sports and wellbeing program, Gala Ball and<br />
social nights to help recharge you!<br />
<strong>AMSA</strong> ADVOCACY<br />
International Federation of Medical Students (IFMSA)<br />
IFMSA is one of the biggest student-run organisations. Its aim is to create<br />
transnational connections and engagement with medical students on highly<br />
pertinent global health issues. This year, the IFMSA held their 72nd IFMSA March<br />
Meeting General Assembly in Tallinn, Estonia which ran from March 1st to March<br />
7th. It was attended and represented by several <strong>AMSA</strong> members, including <strong>AMSA</strong><br />
President Tish Sivagnanan. The general assembly included plenary sessions,<br />
regional sessions and an activities and exchanges fair.<br />
National Executive Advocacy<br />
Our dedicated <strong>AMSA</strong> President Tish Sivagnanan and Vice President External<br />
Gabrielle Dewsbury have been working in Canberra to meet with Australian<br />
federal ministers to advocate for issues that affect YOU and all Australian<br />
medical students.<br />
For their first parliamentary schedule, Tish and Gabrielle networked with EIGHT<br />
federal ministers:<br />
1. Emma McBride - sworn into parliament in 2022 as the Assistant Minister for<br />
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and the Assistant Minister for Rural and<br />
Regional Health<br />
2. Malarndirri McCarthy - a senator since 2016, McCarthy is Assistant Minister<br />
for Indigenous Health<br />
3. Julian Leeser - a member of the Australian House of Representatives since<br />
2016, Leeser was appointed to Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow<br />
Minister for Indigenous Australians after the 2022 elections<br />
4. Lidia Thorpe - a senator since 2020, Thorpe was the first Aboriginal elected to<br />
Victorian parliament<br />
5. Jason Clare - serving as the Minister for Education since June 2022<br />
6. Anne Ruston - Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care, Shadow Minister<br />
for Sport<br />
7. Melissa McIntosh - Federal Member for Lindsay, Shadow Assistant Minister<br />
for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention<br />
8. Gordon Reid - a local emergency department doctor who is the Federal<br />
Member for Robertson
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