Minutes of 1T1 Class Council Meeting April 13, 2009
Present: Sarah Aronson, Katie Armstrong, Nicole Coles, Jennifer Galle, Neil Goldenberg, Jacqui Holiff, Venetia Lo, Lindsay Mackenzie, Ariel Mendlowitz, Dupe Oyewumi, Daniel Rosenfield, Nigel Tan, Devon Turner, Kristin Wadsworth
Regrets: Trevor Arnason, Bharat Bahl, Amy Chen, Alex Cheng, Hannah Chiu, Derek Chew, Sam Dabbo, Lopamudra Das, Frederick Dong, Maryam Elmi, Alaina Garbens, Roopan Gill, Claire Harrigan, Lara Hart, Alexander Huang, Janine Hutson, Peter Jaksa, Christopher Kandel, Faazil Kassam, Michelle Lam, Gillian Lindzon, Kay Lam, Melissa Loh, Kate Quirt, Jay Ramakrishna, Courtney Scott, Dan Segal, Julia Sharp, Reema Shah, Emily Siu, Dave Sussman, Alon Vaisman, Stephanie Vandenberg, Nathalie Wong-Chong, Bertha Wong
Agenda
1. MedSoc Updates
-VP position/Missisauga Rep on MedSoc for Missisauga Academy (2-year term position)
-purpose: inclusion of social events, gives MedSoc a voice to bring up issues (e.g. medical school admissions into academy or student choice)
-in addition to the 2 Missisauga Reps on Class Council
-aim to change the constitution so that 1 Missisauga Rep
is from Trillium and 1 from Credit Valley
2. Student Oaths
-clerkship oaths will be sent on listserv (for review)
3. Constitution Changes
-Class Presidents & VP Finance & Admin will meet to discuss the following constitutional changes:
-greater emphasis on roles of Molecular Medicine Reps
-voting for Academy Reps occur within the academy (separate ballots for each academy)
-Missisauga Academy Reps (see above)
-UMEPEC Rep
-PBL Rep
4. Elections
-Year3 1T1 Class Council Elections will occur after preclerkship formal
-Can one person run for more than one position on class council?
-honor system, general understanding to run for one position for Course Reps
-however, likely the issue will resolve on its own during the voting process
-previous concern RE: JUMPSEC elections, MedSoc & General Assembly voting should be reserved for active MedSoc members (fair process)
Minutes of 1T1 Class Council Meeting February 11, 2009
Present: Katie Armstrong, Trevor Arnason, Bharat Bahl, Sam Dabbo, Lopamudra Das, Frederick Dong, Jennifer Galle, Alaina Garbens, Michelle Lam, Gillian Lindzon, Venetia Lo, Melissa Loh, Ariel Mendlowitz, Dupe Oyewumi, Jay Ramakrishna, Daniel Rosenfield, Dan Segal, Julia Sharp, Nigel Tan, Alon Vaisman,
Regrets: Amy Chen, Sarah Aronson, Alex Cheng, Hannah Chiu, Derek Chew, Maryam Elmi, Roopan Gill, Neil Goldenberg, Claire Harrigan, Lara Hart, Jacqui Holiff, Alexander Huang, Janine Hutson, Peter Jaksa, Christopher Kandel, Faazil Kassam, Kay Lam, Lindsay Mackenzie, Kate Quirt, Courtney Scott, Reema Shah, Emily Siu, Dave Sussman, Devon Turner, Stephanie Vandenberg, Kristin Wadsworth, Nathalie Wong-Chong, Bertha Wong
Agenda
1. Dean’s meeting
-4% of the University’s funding source is from endowments
-the poor economy has ramifications for the University (i.e. Mississauga academy funds diverted, whereas enhanced bursary/medical student grants may be maintained)
-student fundraising may also take a hit
2. 1T1 Class Council Newsletter
-1 paragraph from each position to justify your role
-due date TBD, will e-mail a reminder
3. Presentation about CaRMS
-by the Postgraduate Dean of Medicine
-application process, statistics
4. PBL survey (Jen)
-125 responses, majority of responses were “satisfied” w/ PBL
-some comments include: tutor involvement, too much leading, cases are too long/detailed
-PBL orientation session for first years occurred with a mini-PBL session
5. Social Update
-Formal:
-funding from MedSoc ($3000), Toronto Notes ($750)
-possible theme: Pangea, multicultural dress
-suggested ticket price $50-55
-Interprofessional:
-invited dentistry, OT/PT, radiation sciences, pharmacy, etc.
-March 8, 2009, bar TBD
-suggestions: ice-breakers, colors to identify different faculties
6. Miscellaneous
-request for new microwave submitted to Jay
-Clerkship academy/rotation swap organized by Faazil & Alex
Minutes of 1T1 Class Council Meeting – December 12, 2008
Present:
Regrets:
1. Summary of outgoing MD/PhD slideshow presentation and Fall Newsletter
- $250 spent on outgoing MD/PhDs toward gift certificates
- Positive feedback obtained from present council members
- Two more newsletters planned for the year
2. Career Nights
- Planned for 8 consecutive Monday evenings beginning January 12, 2009
- New format being tried with small group 1-hour sessions following large-group lectures
- Volunteers will be needed to help organize a few of the nights
3. Alex & Faazil: Clerkship Nights update
- A total of six clerkship nights planned in the new year, prior to match deadline
- Informal & formal clerkship nights, Electives night, and three Academy tours
- No conflicts with Career Nights
- E-mail and class announcement are forthcoming, with online survey planned to gather student questions
4. Class Council Fundraiser
- Several ideas for council fundraiser suggested based on Class Presidents’ discussions with faculty, including coffee mugs
- Majority of council felt that it is reasonable to ask class members to pay for social events, which are the primary expenses that the monies raised from fundraising would support, and that fundraising might not be effective
5. MedSoc Spending Committee Update
- Possible spending ideas for the MedSoc budget surplus were brought forth
- Emphasis on money going toward initiatives that would benefit all current AND future years
- Suggestions included subscriptions to UpToDate, improving MAA Lounge and hospital callrooms, establishing scholarship/bursary, TTC passes
- Ideas will be brought to next committee meeting
6. MedSoc Meeting Update
- No issues with OSA funding reimbursement were identified by any council members
- Council members suggested that direct link to Flickr site could be removed from new MedSoc website and replaced with select photos from Flickr that did not infringe on privacy
- Introduction of World Heart Day initiative, a grassroots U of T medicine event around Valentine’s Day to showcase student contributions to the local and global community
Minutes of 1T1 Class Council Meeting – November 14, 2008
Present: Bharat Bahl, Sam Dabbo, Lopamudra Das, Neil Goldenberg, Alexander Huang, Faazil Kassam, Kay Lam, Michelle Lam, Ariel Mendlowitz, Julia Sharp, Emily Siu, Nigel Tan, Dupe Oyewumi, Bertha Wong, Jayant Ramakrishna, Dan Rosenfield, Hannah Chiu, Vithika, Jacqui Holiff, Dan Segal, Stephanie Vandenberg, Kristin Wadsworth, Nicole Coles, Katie Armstrong, Roopan Gill, Alaina Garbens, Erin McEachern
Regrets: Trevor Arnason, Sarah Aronson, Alex Cheng, Amy Chen, Derek Chew, Maryam Elmi, Lara Hart, Claire Harrigan, Janine Hutson, Christopher Kandel, Peter Jaksa, Gillian Lindzon, Devon Turner, Kate Quirt, Courtney Scott, Chris Kitamura, Reema Shah, Dave Sussman, Nathalie Wong-Chong, Venetia Lo, Alon Vaisman
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World AIDS Day campaign (December 1st): Give-A-Day
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Organization started up by a Toronto
physician named Dr. Jane Philpot. -
A few years ago she encouraged her colleagues to give
1 day’s pay to HIV/AIDS (Stephen Lewis Foundation or Dignitas). -
Wants to expand the program to include med students. Unfortunately, we can’t give a day’s pay but she suggested we could give an hour of our time to to something related to HIV/AIDS
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2. Mentorship Program
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133 0T9/1T0 volunteered to help
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should have been contacted by mentor already; if not you can contact them
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potential resource for clerkship schedule
3. Career Night
- begin January 12th, 2009
- sessions held on Monday nights from 5:30-8pm
- new this year: booths will be set-up from 7-8pm where individuals can approach speakers and guests with their questions
- 7 total sessions: 6 on sub-specialities in medicine; 1 on career exploration
- survey will be sent out to class to identify key issues to be addressed by speakers
- details to come
4. Newsletter
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to highlight efforts by class council, each position will be writing a short paragraph outlining work done this term
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paragraphs to be posted on class website by mid-December
Minutes of 1T1 Class Council Meeting – October 7, 2008
Present: Bharat Bahl, Amy Chen, Sam Dabbo, Lopamudra Das, Frederick Dong, Jennifer Galle, Neil Goldenberg, Lara Hart, Alexander Huang, Faazil Kassam, Kay Lam, Michelle Lam, Venetia Lo, Melissa Loh, Lindsay Mackenzie, Ariel Mendlowitz, Julia Sharp, Emily Siu, Nigel Tan, Devon Turner, Alon Vaisman, Bertha Wong, Jayant Ramakrishna, Dan Rosenfield
Regrets: Trevor Arnason, Sarah Aronson, Alex Cheng, Hannah Chiu, Derek Chew, Maryam Elmi, Alaina Garbens, Roopan Gill, Claire Harrigan, Jacqui Holiff, Janine Hutson, Christopher Kandel, Peter Jaksa, Gillian Lindzon, Dupe Oyewumi, Kate Quirt, Jay Ramakrishna, Daniel Rosenfield, Courtney Scott, Dan Segal, Reema Shah, Dave Sussman, Stephanie Vandenberg, Kristin Wadsworth, Nathalie Wong-Chong, Nicole Coles, Katie Armstrong
1. Introductory remarks
-Attendance
-Welcome newly elected class council members
a. Academy Representatives
i. Mississauga: Katie Armstrong
ii. PB (Sunnybrook): Michelle Lam and David Sussman
iii. PB (Women’s College): Gillian Lindzon and Chris Kitamura
iv. PB (North York General): Erin Macherean
b. Class charity
i. Nicole Coles
c. MD/PhD
i. Neil Goldenberg
2. Andrew Brown (VP curriculum)
a. Transcription referendum
-“HPF vs. PF for all 4 years” student vote held within the next few weeks
-Voters will be informed with a short background paper
-There will be no town-hall (with a panel of faculty) as last year; instead a short presentation will be given by students. Class council is invited to participate in this presentation.
b. Medical education report card
-New committee for medical education report card working group
-Core curriculumn (incl. curriculum structure & evaluations) obtains input from faculty; peripheral curriculumn (incl. study space, use of information technology) obtains student input
-The medical education report card will include input on each theme/course and how the faculty addresses student concerns
3. Class fundraiser
-Explain budget circumstances
a. 2 Main sources of revenue for class
i. 1st year clothing sale
ii. 4th Toronto notes sale
Revenue generated from these two should fund all 4 years of class council activities
b. Context: 1T0 incoming budget last year was $4500
c. Current 1T1 incoming budget is $2500
4. Main expenditures:
a. Pre-clerkship formal ($1000 last year)
b. Social Events ($300 last year)
c. End of year of gifts for professors ($200 last year)
d. Good news: We have enough money to fund all the major events this year (Preclerkship formal, Social Events, End of year gifts for professors, among others)
e. Challenge: Generating revenue for 3rd and 4th class council
i. Last year: the final 1T0 Account Balance was $1500; $2000 dollars on various donations and social events (interclass class council mixers)
a. We are cutting these out
ii. GOAL: raise between $1000-1500 this year (go towards 3rd/4th class council). Some suggestions incl. fundraising through social activities or curriculumn-related activities (i.e. shadowing opportunities)
5. Meeting details
-News from Dean’s meeting
Upcoming referendum regarding current curriculum grading system
-News from MedSoc meeting
MedSoc surplus funding – how best to spend $ committee consists of 1 class president from reach class (i.e. ASCM – cards for patient appreciation)
-Details about PASS mentorship
Shelley and Jay are currently working on a buddy system between our class and upper/lower year (1T1/1T2; 1T1/1T0 or 0T9)
6. MAA Lounge updates: Jay Ramakrishna (VP Internal Affairs)
-proposal for another microwave, fridge, and LCD TV
7. Clerkship Rep news
-Last year’s clerkship booklet to be posted on the 1T1 class council blog
-Includes details of courses, student expectations/evaluations, sample word evaluation, sample medical school performance record, information on electives
Minutes of 1T1 Class Council Meeting – Sept 5, 2008
Prepared by Venetia Lo (VP Administration)
Present: Trevor Arnason, Sarah Aronson, Bharat Bahl, Amy Chen, Alex Cheng, Hannah Siu, Sam Dabbo, Lopamudra Das, Frederick Dong, Maryam Elmi, Alaina Garbens, Claire Harrigan, Lara Hart, Jacqui Holiff, Alexander Huang, Peter Jaksa, Faazil Kassam, Kay Lam, Michelle Lam, Gillian Lindzon, Venetia Lo, Melissa Loh, Lindsay Mackenzie, Ariel Mendlowitz, Dupe Oyewumi, Kate Quirt, Jay Ramakrishna, Daniel Rosenfield, Courtney Scott, Reema Shah, Julia Sharp, Emily Siu, Dave Sussman, Nigel Tan, Devon Turner, Alon Vaisman, Stephanie Vandenberg, Kristin Wadsworth, Bertha Wong
Regrets: Derek Chew, Roopan Gill, Christopher Kandel, Janine Hutson, Dan Segal, Nathalie Wong-Chong
Agenda
1. Overview of agenda & meeting format; introduction of class council members
• will open floor after each agenda item
• Dean’s meetings + minutes from class council will be posted
2. Co-Presidents’ goals for the year
• Transparency
i. Post minutes, dean’s meeting, etc. on blog
• Listen and advocate for student concerns
i. Pass on issues that come up
• Monthly meetings
3. Emphasize importance of Class Council Constitution
• All class council members provide update on position via Newsletter published 3 times a year
• Newsletter to inform class about 1T1 Class Council, require brief paragraph what you’ve done or are working on to increase transparency
4. Used textbook sale
• Last year the 1T0’s generated revenue 4% of sale, approx. $80
• Reason for forum format: forum more direct approach, logistics prolonged sale and receiving books
5. Elections
• Date, rules (Emily), field questions if necessary
• open positions include 1 Mississauga academy rep, 5 PB reps (2 WCH, 2 Sunnybrook, 1 North York General), 1 Charity committee rep
• 1 MD/PhD rep from the incoming class, new class council formed for MD/PhD to easily secure funding from MedSoc and not voted by our class
• Future issues: those at a particular academy should be voted by those at the same academy
• Concern: fewer reps for better communication, management, and productivity; academy and course committees meet separately, but 1T1 Class Council is an exchange of ideas
6. Career night
• Date moved to later in the year (January)
• Since September is Wellness Month, which antagonizes Career Night
• Reason/advantages?
• Switch to panel style of students/residents/coordinators vs. didactic lecture-style
7. Other details from us:
• 4th years to hold USMLE session for 2nd and 3rd years
• Future meeting dates will be posted on the blog
• 1 meeting per month
• Academy reps must contact their academies and meet the faculty
8. Preclerkship Committee (Dupe/Devon)
• First Year Travel Guide (book) was created over the summer
• In the future this may be available online
• It includes students tips and hopes to increase communication between 1st and 2nd years
9. Class Budget (Venetia)
• $2300 (compared to $4500 last year)
• Some expenses include interclass events, socials
• We have raised $4500 for the class charity (Bloorview) via the Meds Golf Tournament and $1000 last year
• At least 1 fundraiser idea this year
10. Open floor for comments/concerns/questions
