Last year I had the opportunity to attend OMSA's annual Lobby day. This day is actually part of an entire weekend where OMSA not only lobbies for an important issue in healthcare, but gives medical students a crash course in leadership and political advocacy.
Matthew Church, a second year student from Queen's University, is not your typical medical student. In addition to studying (cramming) for midterms last semester, Matthew was also preparing for his debut on Jeopardy. Balancing this heavy workload however, did not prevent him from also finding time to get engaged in the Queen's University community.
Earlier this month, medical students from across Canada gathered in the nation’s capital to participate in the Canadian Federation of Medical Students' Lobby Day. As they do every year, many Ontario students travelled to Ottawa to spend the weekend discussing health care policy, learning from talented peer speakers as well as leading physician advocates. On Monday, they took to the Hill to engage Canada's leaders in a discussion of health human resources and accessible housing for all Canadians.
We had our first ever Ontario's Funniest Med School Meme contest this past February. A lot of you were excited to take part and sent us some amazing memes and pics along the way. And... the Winner of the first OMSA Meme Contest is McMaster Med! All thanks to the beauty of this post by 2nd year student Perry Guo!
In medical school it is easy to get caught up in the learning and
involvement, not taking time to care for yourself. The culture is
also one of toughness, so there is apprehension in asking for
help or using the resources available. When you do look for
resources, it can be difficult to find them, clicking through the
many layers of university websites or sifting through all the
community resources.
With the help of an Innovator Grant from the OMSA the Vitals
Student Wellness Project was created at Western University. This
CaRMS has come and gone, but the one thing that stuck in my mind was how hilarious the personalities of my fellow med students are. Here are 5 personalities that showed up at nearly all of my stops across the country.
1) The Toronto Lover