Meet the Committee. We cannot wait to meet you in September Welcome Freshers of 2016!

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1 Plymouth MedSoc Freshers Booklet 2016

2 Meet the Committee Firstly, huge congratulations on getting your place! You are going to have an amazing first year here in Plymouth! MedSoc are here to help you make the very most of your year. We will be your guiding lantern through the academics, the extra curricular activities and of course helping you to let your hair down with the socials!! This booklet is to give you a rough idea of what to expect when you arrive in September and more about what MedSoc is and can offer you. We cannot wait to meet you in September Welcome Freshers of 2016!

3 Position: President Where You re From: Winchester Age: 19 Favourite Part of Medicine: Talking about feelings in Jigsaw <3 Favourite Place in Plymouth: Royal William Yard Hobbies: Rugby, running, eating Favourite Quote: 'I always do press ups before I go out to make my arms look bigger Fun Fact About You: At 19 years and one month old, I have already outlived the oldest guinea pig ever by 4 years and 2 months. I am also taller and heavier.

4 Position: Vice President Where You re From: Fairford, Gloucestershire Age: 20 Favourite Part of Medicine: Placements Favourite Place in Plymouth: Saltram Park Hobbies: Running, Being a student and Watching Made in Chelsea Favourite Quote: Roald Dahl didn t write Winne The Pooh, Darling. Ollie Locke, MIC. Fun Fact About You: My diet the entirety of Freshers was jam sandwiches (raspberry jam only)

5 Position: Preclinical Academic Sec Where You re From: A little village in East Sussex Age: 19 Favourite Part of Medicine: PBL Favourite Place in Plymouth: The Lido (when it's open!) Hobbies: Violin, singing, reading and surfing. Favourite Quote: "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light" - Albus Dumbledore Fun Fact About You: I'm so tall, I got mistaken for a guy three times in one week...

6 Position: Treasurer Where You re From: Antrim, Northern Ireland Age: 21 Favourite Part of Medicine: SSUs Favourite Place in Plymouth: My Shed Hobbies: Travelling, Writing, Video games Favourite Quote: "It's just a little turbulence" Fun Fact About You: Being a fresher was so fun, I did it twice.

7 Position: Clinical Academic Secretary Where You re From: Wirral (...it's near Liverpool) Age: 21 Favourite Part of Medicine: Meeting patients from all walks of life and being able to get to know them and their stories - it's cheesy, I know! Favourite Place in Plymouth: Front row seats in shows at the Theatre Royal Hobbies: Singing, hiking, playing the violin Favourite Quote: "You can do anything if you have a positive mentality so make sure you always love what you do, and if not, at least try and convince yourself that you'll like it." - my mum Fun Fact About You: To some extent or another, I can speak 5 languages - English, Vietnamese, French, Spanish and Russian.

8 Position: Charity Secretary Where You re From: Calne (Small town not far from Bath) Age: 21 Favourite Part of Medicine: Pretending to be a real doctor Favourite Place in Plymouth: On the way out to Devils point along the costal path by the bunkers there are some random steps that seem to lead to nowhere. If you take these steps and follow to the left you will come across a lonely little bench which has a perfect view of the hoe. Hobbies: Triathlon, trying new sports, guitar and volunteering (obviously) Favourite Quote: Sometimes in life I take off my shoes, crouch down on the floor, put my hands behind the back of my head, place my head between my legs, put all of my body weight forward and just let go because that s just how I roll Goddard et al 2016 Fun Fact About You: I can fit 25 marshmallows in my mouth and I m willing to prove it during freshers!

9 Position: Sports sec Where You re From: Much Hadham in Hertfordshire Age: 19 Favourite Part of Medicine: pretending to be mature in clinical skills Favourite Place in Plymouth: Jakes Hobbies: Rugby, Football, Cricket, Gym, ex Cadet Warrant Officer in Air Cadets Favourite Quote: 'in the end, it was all banter' - James Haskell Fun Fact About You: I have flown a Hawk Fighter Jet

10 Position: Social Sec Where You re From: Coventry, West Midlands Age: 20 Favourite Part of Medicine: Getting to talk to people Favourite Place in Plymouth: PL4 Hobbies: Drinking Favourite Quote: You can resit the exam but you can't resit the party Fun Fact About You: I can down a pint faster than you

11 Position: Social Sec Where You re From: Shoreham-by-sea, but Brighton Age: 20 Favourite Part of Medicine: CSRC Favourite Place in Plymouth: The Hoe Hobbies: Rock climbing, hockey, visiting new places Favourite Quote: You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it. Fun Fact About You: Winner of Best Rack 2k16

12 Position: Ball Sec Where You re From: Reading, Berkshire Age: 20 Favourite Part of Medicine: CSRC Favourite Place in Plymouth: On the beach next to the lighthouse Hobbies: Video Games/Badminton/LaCrosse/Basketball/TV Favourite Quote: "I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick. Im so mean I make medicine sick" Fun Fact About You: I did gymnastics competitively until the age of 17

13 Position: Publicity Sec Where You re From: South West London Age: 20 Favourite Part of Medicine: Communication skills in CSRC Favourite Place in Plymouth: Royal Williams Yard Hobbies: memes Favourite Quote: " A day without laughter is a day wasted" - Charlie Chaplin Fun Fact About You: I was the only person to run for this position

14 MedSoc Top Tips 1. Don t Buy Textbooks (you can decide which ones work for you when you arrive) 2. Give Yourself Time Off 3. Join Societies 4. Go ON Surf Trip 5. Ask Second Years, Staff any Questions! 6. Go ON Ski Trip 7. Get your Fancy Dress from Primark 8. Go ON Surf Trip 9. Eat Before Going Out 10.Taxi Number: Go ON Surf Trip 12.Did we mention? Go ON Surf Trip!!

15 MedSoc Academics With MedSoc, we aim to give you all the extra support you may need on your journey through medical school. Medics may know how to party, but our academic role provides loads of extra opportunities to aid your learning! With a MedSoc membership, you re entitled to free access to all the lectures (known as teaches ) MedSoc hold throughout the year. The general structure of each MedSoc lecture is as follows: Two main lectures per each two week case unit: An introduction to the case unit in week one. A consolidation teach in week two. In addition to this, we also hold extra teaches from outside providers. These are mainly held a few days before exams to help you fit in those last-minute cramming sessions!! Trying to get your head around the structure of the course can be really confusing at first, so this a rough overview of the whole course and a crash course to what everything means!! A few commonly used acronyms and phrases: CSRC Clinical Skills Resource Centre (sessions are at Derriford Hospital, but the rest of our teaching is on campus, in PSQ). PSQ Portland Square (the building in which we have most of our plenaries, PBL, Jigsaw and LSRC sessions). PBL Problem-Based Learning (this has probably been drilled into you at every interview, open day or applicant day you've attended!!). LSRC Life Sciences Resource Centre (in PSQ). SSU Special Study Units. CDM Clinical Decision Making (these sessions run during your SSU period). PJ Professionalism Judgements. AMK Applied Medical Knowledge Test (don't worry about these; more will be explained when you arrive!). EOY1 End Of Year One (the exam all first years sit at the end of first year).

16 Things we wish we'd known: Bring smart clothes for CSRC and placements! Your MedSoc membership gives you special discount of some book titles so don't buy everything on the booklist before you get here! You can absolutely go on the surf trip and keep up with your workload! PBL -Small groups of around eight students plus one facilitator (one of our lecturers). Three PBL sessions for each case unit. PBL involves lots of discussion and a focus on student-led teaching. Plenaries- Our name for lectures. Generally take an hour - not too long to lose concentration and fall asleep in!! Most are recorded and the presentations are put online, for when you want to revisit anything you didn't understand. LSRC- Smaller groups than lectures, bigger than PBL. Most sessions require some preparation but don't worry about this everything will be explained when you get here! CSRC- Clinical skills teaching. CSRC require you to look professional for each of their sessions so pack something smart! CSRC sessions run from the John Bull Building by Derriford Hospital you will need a bus to get to CSRC. Community placements- Once a fortnight. Attended with another first year your placement partner. A different place each week. Could be anything from observing a GP to visiting an acupuncturist or a funeral director! Jigsaw- For discussing placements and for exploring the less scientific side of medicine. Really helpful for learning about doctor-patient relationships, the emotional and psychological effects of healthcare, as well as wider issues such as the future of the NHS, ethics and politics. Workshops- 1 or 2 hour sessions at the end of a case unit. More interactive than plenaries. Give you more of an insight into the role of doctors today.

17 Assessments We are assessed throughout the year in a variety of ways. These include: 4 progress tests (known as AMKs). An End of Year Exam. Professionalism judgements (PJs). Clinical competencies. SSUs (Special Study Units, essentially three weeks to write about a variety of subjects there are three in first year, one of which is formative). Reading Lists! You'll be receiving a recommended book list from PUPSMD before you arrive. If it's anything like the one we got as freshers, you DO NOT want to get everything on that list...you'll have access to many titles on the list in the library and in the LSRC book store. Our main piece of advice is to try a few titles out when you get here. Then you can put your MedSoc membership to good use and use our special discount codes for certain textbooks! We think having a few books to refer to when studying at home is useful, so here are a few of our special recommendations! Medical Sciences J. Naish et al. This book is basically Linh s (Clinical Academic Sec s) baby. She swears by it! A go-to book for pretty much anything gross anatomy, histology, physiology, biochemistry and little tidbits of clinical importance too and a really student-friendly layout! Principles of Anatomy and Physiology by G. Tortora & B. Derrickson Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems by L. Sherwood These two are fantastic for first year Good descriptions and helpful diagrams to really help you get your head round all those different systems. Gray s Anatomy for Students by R. Drake et al. The best place to start with your anatomy before you get bogged down by collateral arteries and the nth branch of whatever nerve... Simple diagrams, easy to follow descriptions. Helps you grasp the important stuff before you put the whole human body together!

18 MedSoc Charity The votes of the members have been counted and for the coming academic year our society will be supporting the Shekinah Mission and Devon Air Ambulance charities in addition to our long standing support of Shelo Orphanage and our partnerships with Marrow and MedSin!! Shekinah Mission will provide regular volunteering opportunities for our members to become involved in providing hands on help to tackle the complex issues of homelessness, substance misuse and social exclusion in the Plymouth area. Devon Air Ambulance will provide fundraising opportunities through various different events scheduled throughout the year as we aim to help towards the grand total of 4.5 million required to keep two operating helicopters airborne. Shelo Orphanage will remain our traditional fundraising charity to continue to provide shelter, education, nutrition, medical treatment and most importantly care to support extremely vulnerable children in the Budada District of Easter Uganda.

19 Marrow will remain one of our much loved partnerships with more events set in the calendar to raise money, awareness and donors for patients with blood cancer. MedSin will strengthen its connection with Peninsula Medical Society as we work towards tackling global and local health inequalities through education, advocacy and community action. Keep your eyes peeled for fundraising events and please sign up to the volunteering register during Freshers if you would to get involved.

20 MedSoc Sports At Medical school, it can be quite easy to get bogged down in academic work and the stresses of living by yourself. One great way to deal with this is MedSoc sport!!! It can help you stay healthy and can help you to relax and take your mind off of what is an intense course. Sport is also a great way of making friends and the special thing about MedSoc sport is that you get the opportunity to make friends with people in all 5 years, not just your own. No matter whether you have played for years or if you are just looking at starting a new hobby, there are many sporting opportunities available. If you have any questions about MedSoc sports, don t hesitate to contact our Sports Sec Owen at owen.mitchell@students.plymouth.ac.uk

21 Plymouth and Exeter Medics RFC The Mighty Squirrels are a MedSoc institution. The elite from Exeter, Plymouth and Truro come together every week to form two teams and become rabid. Every year, we play in a charity match against the Royal Marines at a Championship rugby ground in front of 2500 people which some say is the highlight of the season. Last year for only the second time, the Squirrels beat the Marines in a spicy 20-7 victory and we are looking at carrying on this good form into next season. We also play in the National Association of Medical Schools league (NAMS) as well as numerous cup competitions around Plymouth. Training is every Wednesday and Saturday and games are mostly on a Wednesday night or a Saturday afternoon. Socials happen very regularly and are always really good fun, and unlike other sports, you get to socialise with people from all 5 years and from both Plymouth and Exeter medical schools. Please contact Owen Mitchell at owen.mitchell@students.plymouth.ac.uk or Felix Flechtner at felix.flechtner@students.plymouth.ac.uk Medic Netball Come along every Wednesday from 6-7 to play some netball with medics from all 5 years. The sessions are fun and relaxed with no previous experience needed. We play in the intramural league as well as NAMS so there are regular games if you are looking for a bit of competition. Hope to see lots of you there! Please contact Izzi Parkes at isabella.parkes@students.plymouth.ac.uk MedSoc Football If you are looking to play some football while at uni then Medic football are always welcome to new players. We play in a weekly intramural league between other university teams as well as the NAMS league and many 5 -a-side tournaments. Training is on Wednesday afternoons. No matter what skill level you play, come along and have a kick around. Please contact Liam McGillian at liam.mcgillian@students.plymouth.ac.uk

22 MedSoc Hockey New from last year, MedSoc hockey has been a huge hit, attracting guys and girls from across the years. There is weekly training on Friday nights as well as regular matches and 2 tournaments, TITS which is a tournament between teams from across the South and also involves a fair amount of drinking, and a NAMS tournament. MedSoc Hockey also has lots of socials so you can have some fun and make friends with people from all 5 years. No previous experience is necessary and it is a very relaxed atmosphere. Please contact Sam Richards at samuel.richards- 1@students.plymouth.ac.uk NEW FOR 2016/17!!!!! MedSoc Fitness Club This club is new for this year and will be lots of fun for everyone involved as well as helping you to keep fit. This will involve a different event happening almost every night of the week including short distance running, long distance running, circuit training, swimming, cycling and even yoga and Pilates classes taken by a qualified instructor for a tiny, affordable cost. Classes will be split into groups based on how seriously you take it, so whether you want to just go for a sociable run around the park or start training for events such as the Plymouth half marathon, then this will be ideal for you. Open to both boys and girls from all 5 years, this will be a good way to make lots of friends, get fit and most importantly have fun. Please contact Anna Wilkins at anna.wilkins@students.plymouth.ac.uk or Owen Mitchell at owen.mitchell@students.plymouth.ac.uk

23 MedSoc Families When you join MedSoc you join a family! From your first day you will have parents from the year above forming your own little Medsoc family. Your parents will be awesome! They will help you especially in the first couple of weeks of freshers where things are generally a bit crazy! They will give you focused teaches on bits of the course you are finding tough, brilliant wisdom they have learnt from their first year and host some family meals!!

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25 Freshers Timetable! Monday 12th Fresh Out of School Tuesday 13th Marrow Social Wednesday 14th Know Your Year Graffiti Bar Crawl

26 Thursday 15th House Party! Friday 16th Men with Dollar and Respectable Young Ladies Saturday 17th BBQ at The Hoe MedSin-ema Sunday 18th Dartmoor Walk Monday 19th First night of Uni Freshers Tuesday 20th University Challenged Quiz (No MedSoc event)

27 Wednesday 21st Charity PBL Dodgeball Heroes at Heroes Get Your Fancy Dress Ready!!!!!!! Thursday 22nd Welcome Party The Movement Friday 23rd Marrow Hunt with Fish and Chips Tight and Bright Night Saturday 24th Doctors and Nurses

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30 Summer Ball 2017

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