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UQMS Executive 2012

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Published on Sunday, 08 January 2012 17:56
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The 2012 UQMS Executive Committee
 
President

Professor John Pearn AO RFD
Patron 

 
Vice President (Academic)
Secretary
Alex Prins 
Vice President (Social) 

Sponsorship Officer
Liaison Officer
Treasurer
 
Andrew Hobson
Immediate Past President

Patrick Tunney
Community Officer



   
Nicholas Gattas
Immediate Past Treasurer

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Hippocratic Oath: The Modern Version

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Published on Sunday, 26 December 2004 10:00
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Hippocrates (460-377 BC)I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.

I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.


Written in 1964 by Louis Lasagna, Academic Dean of the School of Medicine at Tufts University, and used in many medical schools today.

About UQMS

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Published on Thursday, 21 October 2004 10:00
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About the UQMS

The University of Queensland Medical Society (UQMS) is a not for profit organisation that aims to serve over 1200 1400 1600 1800 medical students enrolled at the University of Queensland.
 
We are a student-run incorporated society independent of the University of Queensland Union. An elected executive committee oversees the management of the Society, with crucial support from dozens of volunteer social convenors and academic representatives. 

Full membership of the UQMS is open to all medical students enrolled at the University of Queensland.
We can be contacted on our forums or more directly, via our contacts page.
 
Mission Statement

Our mission is to be regarded as the peak body concerning medical student education issues at the University of Queensland.

Among our long-term objectives are:
  • To advance and promote the interests of medical students at the University of Queensland;
  • To enrich both the social and academic environments of medical study;
  • To promote and foster links and professional associations with student colleagues at other medical schools within Australia and overseas; and
  • To promote the health of the community via participation in community projects and charity functions.


The UQMS works to achieve its mission and meet its goals by networking within the wider medical profession, fostering the development of partnerships with sponsors, and by raising the Society's profile in the public eye. Through our advocacy and community activities, the UQMS will ensure its members graduate from the University of Queensland with more than just a degree.
 
Mascot
 
The official UQMS Mascot is Ashintosh Macopenjy. The mascot can be seen at all official UQMS meetings. The UQMS motto, displayed under the skull of Ashintosh, is "domine nos dirige". This is best translated as "God help us" – entirely appropriate.