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Discover the benefits of getting involved with the British Medical Association (BMA). Connect with like-minded peers, learn about key issues affecting the medical profession, and take an active role in shaping policy at local, regional, and national levels. Participate in various committees, councils, and forums, including the Junior Members' Forum to ensure your voice is heard. Explore opportunities to influence BMA policies, develop important motions, and enhance your professional network at the BMA Academic Trainees' Conference.
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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