Sheffield BMA MSC

Advice during industrial action this week

As you will know, junior doctors are striking on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week over pay.

If you are on placement, beware of being asked to fulfil the role of a junior doctor. If you are being pressured, please refuse and notify the BMA. Working outside your level of competency not only undermines our junior doctor colleagues, but can also have repercussions for your career.

If you are not on placement, please consider showing your support at one of the below locations. Homemade placards will be very welcome!

More information here https://www.bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/junior-doctor-campaigns/pay/guidance-for-medical-students-during-industrial-action

Any questions, please get in touch.

Owain

BMA Rep for Sheffield Medical School

Voting is now open to choose your Sheffield representative on next year’s Medical Students Committee.

Six candidates from Sheffield have nominated themselves. Read their statements and cast your votes before the 12 May deadline!

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I am currently travelling to BMA House for the annual Medical Students Conference with delegates Sam Harper, Oscar Han, Hafeez Meharban and Omar Al-Rubaie!

If you would like to watch the conference live from home, follow this link.

Owain

Medical students conference 2023 Join us at BMA House for the annual medical student conference, attended by delegates from every medical school in the country in order to engage in debate and form policy for the BMA's medical student committee for the coming year.

Nominations are now open to nominate yourself to replace Joy and I as your Sheffield Representatives on the BMA's Medical Students Committee!

Nominations will close on 13th April. Voting will then be open from 14th April to 12th May.

It's a really interesting and fulfilling role so please consider pitting yourself forward. If you have any questions, please get in touch.

Note you must be a BMA member in order to stand. You will have got an email with more information and the nominations link.

Owain

Advice during industrial action next week

As you will know, junior doctors are striking on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week over pay.

If you are on placement, beware of being asked to fulfil the role of a junior doctor. If you are being pressured, please refuse and notify the BMA. Working outside your level of competency not only undermines our junior doctor colleagues, but can also have repercussions for your career.

If you are not on placement, please consider showing your support at one of the below locations. Homemade placards will be very welcome!

More information here https://www.bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/junior-doctor-campaigns/pay/guidance-for-medical-students-during-industrial-action

Any questions, please get in touch.

Owain

Want to show your support for junior doctors on strike next week?

Joy and I will be in the Medical School tomorrow from 16:30 with lanyards, pens, badges and stickers for you to take.

Come along to pick up some freebies and ask any questions you may have about the upcoming industrial action!

The BMA is also running a webinar in the evening to explain ways in which you can support the strike. Sign up here https://www.bma.org.uk/events/medical-students-and-strikes-what-can-you-do-to-help

BMA members have voted in favour of industrial action with a huge 98% yes vote on a 77% turnout.

This is an amazing result and shows that enough is enough. Doctors have seen their pay fall by 26% and it’s time for pay restoration.

As medical students, a successful strike and restoration of pay has a huge impact on us, and I hope you will continue to lend your support to our doctor colleagues.

Joy and I will be distributing lanyards, badges, pens and stickers in the coming weeks so you can display your support. We will share advice on how you can support the campaign, and how you can keep yourselves safe on placement.

UKFPO changes

Health Education England (HEE) have launched a review of the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO) allocation process.

They are currently consulting on whether the process should remain in its current format which sees applicants ranked according to their FP Score based on an Educational Performance Measure (EPM) and their Situational Judgement Test (SJT) mark or move to a new system that will see each applicant given a computer-generated ranking.

What can you do?
- Read more info: https://foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/foundation-programme-stakeholder-engagement-2023-2024/
- Respond to their survey: https://poll.hee.nhs.uk/s/35RXG1/
- Attend the UKFFPO webinar on 15 February at 6.30pm
- Watch MSC’s recent webinar on this topic held with Professor Amir Sam, the architect of the proposed new approach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Cf9BGGKeE
- let me know your thoughts for me to take to the Medical Students Committee meeting on Friday https://forms.gle/TbgS4MgCbRaRoykaA

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts

Owain Evans
Sheffield BMA MSC Representative

BMA Rep Feedback On Friday, as your BMA Representative, I’ll be attending a national meeting of the BMA Medical Students Committee (MSC), where reps across different medical schools will be discussing how to advocate on the issues impacting medical students. We’ll be discussing the following: - The junior doctor...

On Friday, as your BMA Representative, I’ll be attending a national meeting of the BMA Medical Students Committee (MSC). Reps across different medical schools will be discussing how to advocate on the issues impacting medical students.

We’ll be discussing the following:

- The junior doctor pay restoration campaign
- Changes to the foundation programme (UKFPO) allocation method
- Medical apprenticeships

Using the Google form below, please share your thoughts/feedback on these topics and anything else you think the BMA MSC should be doing for medical students across the UK.

Thank you

Owain Evans
Sheffield BMA MSC Representative

BMA Rep Feedback On Friday, as your BMA Representative, I’ll be attending a national meeting of the BMA Medical Students Committee (MSC), where reps across different medical schools will be discussing how to advocate on the issues impacting medical students. We’ll be discussing the following: - The junior doctor...

MOTION VOTING RESULTS

Thank you very much for your motion submissions for the BMA Medical Students Conference 2023. I was very impressed with the quantity and quality of motions submitted by Sheffield students.

As you know, we can only take three motions (and their authors) to conference. Therefore after voting by your peers I can announce the authors of the motions receiving the most votes are as follows:

1. Samuel David Harper
2. Oscar Han
3. Hafeez Ullah Meharban.

Congratulations to Samuel, Oscar and Hafeez! Thank you to everyone else who submitted motions; they were all brilliant.

Please get in touch with any questions.

Have a lovely Christmas

Owain
Sheffield BMA MSC Representative

Voting on your motions to BMA MSC Conference is NOW OPEN!

Thank you for showing interest in the national BMA Medical Students Conference. We have received tremendous interest and a lot of great motions from you.

It is now time for you to vote for your favourite motions to be taken to conference on behalf of our medical school. Voting is open to all medical students, whether or not you are a member of the BMA.

Voting opens at 00:00 on Tuesday 13 December and will close at 23:59 on Friday 16 December 2022. Once the voting is complete, we will circulate the results back to you after Tuesday 20 December.

Please use this form to cast your vote: https://forms.office.com/r/wm0qLuFCwh

Please note that you need to be signed in using your medical school's email account and that you can only vote once.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to get in touch with us at [email protected] or on messenger.

Owain and Joy

Sheffield Medical School Representative and Deputy Representative to the BMA MSC

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UKFPO Webinar

🎙 Join us for an informative and eye-opening talk as we start an open discussion on what students want from the future of the foundation training allocation method.

📅 Tuesday 13th December 19:00 - 20:15

Register here 👉 https://www.bma.org.uk/events/reconsidering-the-allocation-process-for-uk-foundation-training?fbclid=IwAR0ymCtu1lCCkUowpKjHQNcaOUwan0nyiYdzkq_ZFBdddyfkyGq7CAxFv0w

More info 👇
The UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) will be launching a stakeholder engagement exercise in the new year on possible changes to the current UK foundation training allocation method.

In preparation for this, the BMA Medical students committee is hosting a national webinar in conversation with Professor Amir Sam, Head of Imperial College School of Medicine. The webinar will explore the pros and cons of the current system as well as what an alternative to ranking could look like.

Reconsidering the allocation process for UK foundation training Join us for an informative and eye-opening talk as we start an open discussion on what students want from the future of the foundation training system.

Hi everyone, we're Owain and Joy and we're your Sheffield Medical School representatives on the BMA's Medical Students Committee (MSC).

As an independent trade union, the BMA's job is to support you with any issue, no matter how big or small, especially where you haven’t found help from the medical school or university. The BMA's policy informs several key parts of our experiences as medical students, including education, welfare, finance and widening participation.

As reps, we're here to help with:
• Protecting your rights as a medical student
• Lobbying against any unfair changes or experiences faced by students, both locally and nationally
• Helping you get involved, including attending Medical Students Conference and changing national policy
• Gathering your views to inform the positions BMA MSC takes nationally
• Keeping you informed about important national updates, opportunities, and resources that the BMA can offer you

If you have any questions or concerns please get in touch with us through messenger or by emailing [email protected]
Looking forward to hearing from you!