Thomas Gatt – SupCo

2015-2016
Candidature for the
MMSA Supervising Council
Thomas Gatt
MD 3
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It is with great pleasure and the utmost sense of responsibility that
I present to you my motivational letter for the post of Supervising
Council, for the upcoming term; 2015-16. The Malta Medical Student’s
Association is one of the most renowned associations on campus and its
reputation is one that must be held in the highest regard.
After serving two terms in the MMSA Board of Directors, first as
Electives Officer , followed by a term as Vice President for Internal
Affairs, I feel I have both the passion, dedication and experience
required to assume this new role and contribute even further to our
association. With my experience, I am able to judge what should and
should not occur within the association, and will strive for achieving full
transparency and representation without our association.
The role of Supervising Council requires impartial decision making,
and the ability to work within a team of dedicated individuals; skills I
have developed within the past two years of student activism within the
MMSA. If elected, I promise to work to the best of my capabilities along
with the rest of the Supervising Council, and hand in hand with the rest
of the Board of Directors, to maintain the professional integrity our
association has become accustomed to.
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Previous Experience
I have always made it a point to take on an extremely active role
within the association. I have spent the past year as Vice President for
Internal Affairs, where I strived to maintain the professionalism and
thorough representation our association has become accustomed to.
During this term I was also in charge of the VPI Office which consists of
Feedback, Alumni, Project’s and the Policy Team
During the term 2013-2014, I served as Electives Officer on the
Board of Directors, and worked endlessly to maintain the smoothrunning of the Malta Elective Programme, as well as maintain good
relations with medical school.
Aside from my regular duties as a BD member, I have also taken
on the role of World Diabetes Day Coordinator in the SCOPH team, and
together with the other coordinators, was responsible for another
successful WDD event. Aside from all this, I have made it a point to
attend events organized by each standing committee, and intend to keep
up this active role during my term, if elected. Below are a list of the most
important events attended during the past 2 years.
2012-2013
 TRD
 World Diabetes Day and the WDD Flashmob, World
 Children's Day
 World Aid's Day
 SCORP's Water Campaign
 SCORA's Neoplasms Campaign.
 SCOME: A&E Seminar, Foundation Programme
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 Careers Day at De La Salle College,
 Teddy Bear Hospital Session
 Outreaching for SCOPH at San Gwann Primary and
 NPET sessions on anti-tobacco, sexual health and Breastestes.
 Medik T
 Football Tournament Coordinator
 Sports Day OC.
 Administration Workshop
 Beat the Burn Outreaching and Workshop.
 Assistant Electives Officer
2013-2014
 MMSA Board of Directors as Electives Officer ’13-‘14
 World Diabetes Day Coordinator
 BD Weekend and regular BD meetings
 TRD
 Admin Workshop
 Valentines Day Campaign
 SCOME Freshers Video
 Freshers Week
 Exchanges Feedback Booklet
 Science in the City
 Health Checks at MDH
 Liesure Team; Consultants Party, Splash, Boat Party, Ballu, etc.
 NPET session on STDs
 SCOPH Qormi Healthfest
 SCOME Buddy for a Year
 Elective Pickups
 Exchanges BBQs
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 SCORP Share a Smile Campaign
2014-2015
 MMSA Board of Directors as VPi ’14-‘15
 Compiled the MMSA RAR Report for the term 2013-2014, to which
we placed first
 Member on the Policy team
 Compiled the events calander for the term 2014-2015
 Leisure Team
 BD Weekend and regular BD meetings
 TRD
 Behind the Scenes Workshop
 Represented the MMSA at a number of important meetings such
as discussions on Bart’s Medical School and meetings with EUPA
for grants.
 Served as a platform of communication for the Board of Directors,
and supported individual TO members to reach the full potential for
their events
If elected, I promise to work to the best of my abilities to see our
association continue to flourish.
Should you have any questions,
suggestions or criticisms, please feel free to contact me so that we may
discuss them personally.
Regards,
Thomas Gatt
MD 3
[email protected]