The Academy of Child and Adolescent Health is hosting its annual meeting in Adelaide in October this year https://acah.org.au/acah2019/ at the Hotel Grand Chancellor.

For several years, a common issue discussed with Year 4 EdReps is that the MSK course lacks clear learning objectives. The AMSS has tried for several years to work collaboratively with staff to co-create learning objectives that are similar to the MHU student-staff co-created objectives available on Canvas/MyUni. Due to time constraints and resourcing limitations, co-created objectives were unable to be made in 2019. The AMSS hopes that this may be possible in 2020 and will continue efforts towards this. Instead, the AMSS decided to publish a student-created document that meets the needs as identified by students. The AMSS hopes this document provides useful guidance and highlights the topics that we [students] believe (rightly or wrongly) make up the core MSK curriculum. This document was written by students, for students. It is NOT an approved staff-endorsed document.

Both Year 4 students and Year 5 students will have a chance to complete practice MCQ examinations in preparation for their end-of-year exams.

The AMSS has received several queries from a number of students seeking clarification regarding the 2020 Academic Calendar. This update aims to provide additional information and explain the background of the issue. It is important to note that these student concerns were taken seriously by the Year 4 Education Representatives and VPE and escalated to the Year 4-6 Committee and the Dean of the Medical School.

We had a chat with the stellar MedRevue Convenors for 2019 – Adriano Barilla, Huy Pham, Owen Streeter, Gracey Goodwin and Carla De Angelis – to find out more about this year’s production and their manifesto for world domination. Tickets go on sale from Wednesday 21st August – like their Facebook page ‘MedRevue 2019’ for more info!

Fancy running O'Week's biggest party, or running MedCamp for the incoming first years? Applications for convenor positions for 2020 are now open! Read on for information about how to apply.

The Academy of Child and Adolescent Health (ACAH) Conference will be held in Adelaide this year from 17-19 October.

AMSS Members are invited to take part in a Video Project about procrastination for the University Counselling Services.