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WELCOME TO NUI GALWAY

MEDSOC 2015/16!

Welcome to MedSoc’s introductory mini newsletter for 2015/16! Here, you’ll

find all you need to know for the months ahead, whether you’re preparing to

start another year of your studies, or just after accepting your offer to come

study at NUI Galway.

MedSoc is looking forward to an extremely exciting year ahead, with many

new projects in the pipeline! With the launch of our new website, keeping

updated on all the goings on in your course throughout the year has never

been easier! Our main aim is to make sure the student experience is an

enjoyeble one, with as little stress as possible. Thanks to our new “Survival

Guide to Medicine”; a student’s perspective on studying Medicine here at NUI

Galway, you’ll glide through college with ease!

Along with branching out on social media, we will be making sure to do

our utmost to promote a charitable atmosphere throughout the School of

Medicine, with many great events to come. As well as carrying on the amazing

work and events pioneered by the previous MedSoc committees, we hope to

bring you some fun new events too, such as our first EVER Med Day!

As ever, we here at MedSoc encourage a spirit of working together and

inclusion throughout all years, so make sure to get involved in any of our

events as much as possible! Read on through this issue to find out how you can

contribute to any of our projects, we would be only too delighted to have you.

With that, I hope you enjoy reading this issue, it’s only a taster of what we hope

will be our best year yet!

Conor Murphy

MedSoc Newsletter Editor

MEET YOUR MEDSOC

COMMITTEE 2015/16!

Harry Economos

Co-Auditor

Alison Duffy

Co-Auditor

Christine Condon

Secretary

Mel Corbett

Treasurer Sem 1

Ciara Tarpey

Treasurer Sem 2

Caolan Coleman

P.R.O

Amy Rolston

Entertainment Officer

Katie St. John

Education Officer

Lorcán Ó Maoileannaigh

Outreach Officer

Dara Jones

Sports Officer

Kevin Mc Mahon

AMSI Rep

Conor Murphy

Newsletter Editor

Diarmaid Joyce

OCM Jenny Fitzgibbon

OCM Conor Costigan

Alternate Member

Sonja Moore

Alternate Member

Aoife Cunningham

AMSI Rep

31 Aug

Term

begins for

3rd &

4th Meds

1 2 3

Socs Fun Fair

(Aras na Mac

Leinn)

2-7pm

4 5 6

7 Term

begins for

Premeds,

1st & 2nd

meds

8

9

Socs Day!

10

MedSoc

Welcome

Back Party!

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14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23

24 25 26 27

28 29 30

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 2015

September brings the return of all you gorgeous medheads to

Galway, not to mention the big move for all you newbies to the

medium-sized smoke. Check out all MedSoc has to offer for our first

month back!*

*Final med students return August

25th

NUIG’S

MED DAY

2015!!

We are excited to announce the launch of MedSoc’s new website!

All your medicine-related needs are now just a click away! Visit

www.nuigmedicalsociety.com, where you’ll find all the information you

need to know about MedSoc as a society, our sponsors and charity

events throughout the year, as well as studying Medicine in NUI Galway

and student life itself.

The brainchild of our very own Fourth Med/Public Relations Officer

Caolan Coleman, the new site is bursting with content, from profiles on

the new MedSoc committee and news on the latest trips, to the first ever

Survival Guide to Medicine! In the guide is the lowdown on each year of

the medicine course, from pre-med to final med, passed on from

students who have just completed that year. If you’re looking for tips on

which tricky module to look out for or what books to buy, we’ve got you

covered.

Combined with the MedSoc Newsletter and our new accounts on

Instagram and Snapchat, there’s no way you’ll miss out on any of our

incredible events throughout the coming year! Visit us online and tell us

what you think!

NUIG Medical Society @nuigmedsoc nuigmedsoc

MEDSOC GOES VIRAL!

NUIG’S MED DAY:

Small Change for Big

Change!

MedSoc will be hosting its first ever “Med Day” on September

23rd

!

Throughout the day, we will aim to raise as much money as possible

for this year’s chosen charities through bucket collections, bag

packing and busking throughout Galway City. Our aim is to set the

stage for an annual event, which will hopefully only get bigger and

bigger with every year!

We can’t do it without your help though, so here’s where you come

in! We are looking for volunteers from all years (especially pre-med,

first med and second med) to help out whenever they can on the day.

There will be prizes for the groups that raise the most money

throughout the day (and who doesn’t love prizes?).

We’ll have more info coming soon; to find out about our

chosen charities and how to get involved, check out our

website or email us at medsoc@socs.nuigalway.ie

If you’re interested in getting involved in any of NUIG MedSoc’s

events, all you need to do is talk to us! Come along to any MedSoc

event (we’re very friendly) and chat with a committee member, or

contact us via:

www.facebook.com/NUIGMedSoc

medsoc@socs.nuigalway.ie

We are always looking for budding writers to contribute to our

newsletter. If there’s something you’d like to see here, or something

you’d like to write about, let us know! Email our editor, Conor, at

c.murphy41@nuigalway.ie

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