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Getting involved in the BMA. BMA Academic Trainees' Conference 2 November 2013. Gurdeep Singh Mannu Academic Clinical Fellow Oxford. Why should I get involved in the BMA?. Meet like minded people Learn about local, regional and national issues
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Getting involved in the BMA BMA Academic Trainees' Conference 2 November 2013 Gurdeep Singh Mannu Academic Clinical Fellow Oxford
Why should I get involved in the BMA? • Meet like minded people • Learn about local, regional and national issues • Allow you to directly affect change and be proactive
Where can I get involved? • Local Level • Divisions, • local medical committees, • local negotiating committees • Regional level • Regional Councils • Regional Consultants and specialists committees • Regional Junior Doctor Committees • Regional SAS Committees • National Level • UK and national Councils • Annual Meeting Representation
Introduction • Academic representative to the Junior Members' Forum • Executive place on South Central Regional Council • BMA Ambassador • BMA Junior Doctor Representative to Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
Junior Member’s Forum • Learn more about the organisation • Learn what the BMA can do to help its members • Learn how members can influence BMA policies • Develop motions which are subsequently debated and discussed. • Meet with colleagues, peers and other like-minded doctors
Regional Council • Brings together all members across the region • Discuss issues affecting the profession. • Works on behalf of the BMA at regional level. • Provides focus of regional BMA visibility and activity • Helps to deliver BMA policy regionally.
Local Negotiating Committee • The voice of junior doctors living and working at a Hospital • Represent junior doctors at a trust • Find out about local issues
Find out more? • Attend BMA events • Get involved in local representation • Junior Members Forum 2014 • www.bma.org.uk
References • Images taken from: • http://bma.org.uk/about-the-bma/how-we-work/professional-activities-and-special-interest/junior-members-forum