The University of Birmingham Psychiatry
Society (‘Psych Soc’) aims to create an environment in which
aspects of psychiatry can be discussed thereby encouraging more
interest in psychiatry amongst medical students at the
university. Psych Soc also intends to provide useful
information about different possible careers within the specialty
and to enable opportunities of practice for psychiatry
examinations, and generally raise awareness of mental health
issues.
Since their first meeting, the society has
expanded and held several popular and interesting events.
Currently it is organised by a new committee of 6 students with the
support of Dr Rebekah Bourne and various other members of staff
from the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation
Trust.
The society has held discussion evenings on
topics ranging from Tourette’s syndrome and alcohol abuse to the
role of literature in psychiatry. Meetings are held once a
month, and the format can vary from talks by visiting psychiatrists
to film and discussion evenings. There are plans for career bites
and OSCE simulations in the coming months.
‘Psych Soc’ hope to raise awareness of mental
health among the student population, and intend to hold fundraising
events in the future to support mental health charities.
Our website is
currently in progress, but we hope that it will soon be fully
equipped with posts about each month’s meeting, book and film
reviews and links to the Royal College of Psychiatrists website and
other useful sites.
All meetings are free and open to anyone
interested, whether a member of the society or not. The committee
are always looking for new and exciting ideas for future events, so
if you have any ideas or wish to contact the society please feel
free to get in touch through our Facebook group or
our society
email.
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Updated 16 September 2011