Musty's World of Updates

Musty's World of Updates

So basically my world is a little in the air because I was intelligent enough to not get treated for a throat infection until a few weeks later I landed myself with swine flu. Sooo I'm preeeeetty weak and tired still and apparently will not be well again until the New Year! For the next few weeks I'll be on a strict regimen of tea, biscuits and Crash Bandicoot. This relaxation thing...it's quite nice, really.

So! To business, what have I been doing!?

In Medsin:
1. I've finished the first Branch Consultation Summary that includes pages on Regional Training Days, a Welcome Pack, a Revamped Branch Guide, a Branch Fund, and Accessible Campaign Briefings. I will contribute these ideas to this year's strategy and for implementation in 2010/11
2. I've been working with Iulia from Sheffield on a Medsin Global Health Briefing. This is Directed by Iulia so I shan't say anything more here on her behalf.
3. I've been working on Regional Medsin Days. These are pretty fantastic and I've have had massively positive feedback on how useful, interesting and worthwhile they were. I wasn't able to attend the Glasgow Day but I heard it was just as wonderful without National Committee facilitation which is worth noting for the future. South West and South East have happened; South West and Midlands will happen in the next fortnight; Northern will happen in January.
4. I've decided that my focus for 2010 will not be empowering branch presidents, it will be on the local committees. I think this year has been a real step forward in branch president empowerment, I think the challenge now is to engage with committees. Local committees and members have no obligation or responsibility to Medsin-UK and there is rarely any interaction - I'd like to apply the same principles that worked with branch presidents this here onto these groups and see what happens.


Out Medsin:
1. I'm just coming to the end of Kafka's The Trial. It's just so....hopeless!! It's the most crushingly absurdist work in...ever! Just thinking about it is an excruciating assault of will. Ugh!! Dammit Kafka! Why, dammit, why!?!?
2. Healthy Planet is storming away! So very strong! Got my British Council gig almost sorted, got the IFMSA ripped, got my strategic plan up until April 1st done and dusted! Bring on the future!
3. Got a load of theatre and ballet trips planned, desperately want to see La Boheme!
4. I've been watching a shedload of TV - the Great Escape, the Flight of the Phoenix, Das Boot, Fight Club, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest...this might seem normal, but it's really a new thing for me!

Weird, that's all I've got to blog. I've done so little recently, it's a really really weird feeling. I can't wait to get storming back again in January! Being ill sucks, man!

Cheers!

Mustafa

Marie-Clair's Nov/Dec update!

Hello! So what have I been up to?

In Medsin;
Post Manchester meeting and Star Wars giggles we were all psyched and ready to go again! Competition planning, distributing merchandise and leaflets galore and thoroughly enjoying attending Medsin events in Bristol and Exeter!! Off to a training day in Manchester on Thurs to try to learn some new skills in creating publicity items which should be usefull!



My plans over xmas is to get some t-shirts ready to go for next year as many of you need them ASAP! Also source and price some Medsin items in order to create an inventory of what each branch would like for the start of next term. The ultimate aim is that you can hit the ground running once the freshers arrive in September 2010!! Finally get competition publicity ready to go for Jan 2010.

Out of Medsin and in International Health:

I've been Millenium Development Goaling it up over Brazil and trying to learn how to write something called ... 'an essay'?? Ah yes those things we dont really do very much of in medical school! Also saving my laptop from near death experience - it died and oh yes so too did the back up computer! Yeh for technology! Thankfully all good now!

In life:


REALLY looking forward to Christmas hols!!=) Off to London next weekend for shopping and hopefully iceskating CAN'T WAIT!

Marie Clair x