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Discover the benefits of taking on leadership roles as an undergraduate student. Develop key skills, work with others, and improve services while having fun. Explore opportunities in sports, social events, and study.
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Undergraduate Leadership Eugene Ong
Why? • Fun = Great Work • Opportunity to learn • Develop key skills • Working with others • Communication • Organisation • Networking • Improve services
Overview • Opportunities • Projects • Learning points
Opportunities • More Time • More Energy • Greater Solidarity
Student Life • Sports (or/and other hobbies) • Social • Study Compared to…
3W’s • Work • Work • Work
Just Do It • Confidence • Motivation • Initiative
Sports Leadership Levels • University • Medical school • College • Opportunities • Captain • Event Organiser • Sports/Societies Rep
“Study” Leadership • Teach, Audits and Research • Organise Teaching • Improve Education
Social Leadership • Going to Social Events • Organising Social Events • Sports and Social Secretary
Last Day • Lecture • Anticlimax • Proactive • Emails • Old Committee • Promotion
Sponsorship • Last minute • £700 worth • Medical Equipment
Just Do It • Confidence • Motivation • Initiative
Remainder of Talk • Learning Points • 4th year Teaching Day
Lessons I learnt • Importance of Motivation • Art of Delegation • Dealing with problems • Human Resource
Lesson 1: Be Motivated • Have a Vision • Know Why? • Inspire yourself before you Inspire others
June 2010 • Student-Run; Student Taught • Prepare for their end of 4th year OSCE exams • I Tutorred
Vision - June 2011 • Expand Scope • All 4th years • Fully Comprehensive • More Tutors • Improve the Quality • Improve Teaching • Highly Personalised • More Enjoyable
Why? Benefits • Improving Quality • Learning Experience • Fun/Sense of Achievement Costs • Time • Energy • Risk of Failure
Lesson 2: The Art of Delegation • Right People • Share Responsibility • Check Progress
Right People • Skills • Personalities • Motivations
Share Responsibility • E.O. • Sponsorship • Recruitment • J.C. • Securing Venues • D.G. • Feedback and Publication • T.B. • Senior Advisory Role; Creating Certificates • Examiner’s teaching day
Check on your Team but not too much • Check progress and set deadlines • Don’t be a Control-freak • Trust your people to do a good job .
Lesson 3: Things often don’t go to plan – deal with it • Delays in communication • Timetable • Recruitment
Timetable Breaks • 9:00-10:30 – Lectures and Registration • 10:30-11:00 – BREAK/Debriefing of Tutors • 11:00-11:45 - Station 1 • 11:45-12:00 - BREAK • 12:00-12:45 – Station 2 • 12:45-13:00 – BREAK • 12:45-13:45 – Sponsored Lunch • 14:00-16:45 – Station 3,4,5 BREAKS • 17:00 – Debriefing, Mark-sheet Collection; Final Words • 17:30 – Osler House Bar and Sponsored BBQ
Recruiting Students • Incredible teaching day • Great Tutors • Free
Recruiting Tutors • 70+ • Incentives • Teaching experience • Teaching Feedback and Certificates • Free Examiner’s teaching course • Lunch and BBQ Dinner
Getting Desperate • Pre-clinical med-students • Act as patients • Opportunity to see clinical exams/student facilities, ask questions to older clinical students • Two non-medic helpers • Helped with food preparation, BBQ • Free drink, food and money
Dealing with Problems • Time • Planned for them • Innovation
A bit more about the day itself • Structure of the day • Recruitment
Locations • Lecture Theatre • Student Facilities • Outpatients Department