Alfred Resident Doctors' Society

08/09/2025

MID YEAR GENERAL ARDS MEETING:
Join us for our Mid Year Annual General Meeting this Wednesday at 5:30pm at Ressies to hear updates from your committee and elect our Sponsorship Chair.

Teams link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OWEwZTM1MzYtM2ExYi00NmQ3LThjMjAtMWM3OWRhNWE0YWQw%40thread.v2/0?context={%22Tid%22%3a%22e21c8db9-8aa8-4301-9657-077a0415bdf1%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2260f6c47b-acd3-4ca4-8ce4-1f618fdd84ca%22}

TRIVIA NIGHT:
This Wednesday comes thirsty for knowledge and beverages because ARDS has signed you up for Trivia Night at the College Lawn Hotel. This is your chance to flex all those random facts you memorised for exams, and this time it will be for a worthwhile cause: to be crowned the trivia champion of the night!

21/08/2025

Hi everyone! The ARDS Committee is looking for a Sponsorship Chair to join us in bringing exciting events to the Alfred JMS cohort!

Applications close: 29th August. The successful applicant will be selected during ARDS meeting on 3rd September via Zoom.

Application form: ⁦⁦https://forms.gle/xzKpwYGSsC2YFyNw7

Position description: ⁦⁦https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OtLoD7orKZ0PbTBj_625Ls5ajnUPDluF/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100534697955168019718&rtpof=true&sd=true⁩⁩

17/02/2025

JOIN US FOR OUR OGM THIS WEDNESDAY FROM 6:30PM

We are excited to elect our general committee this week. Each candidate will have 1 minute to speak about their vision for ARDS this year.

Teams link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTkzNjhkZTQtOGJkMi00NDQxLTk4ZTYtMjQyYTdiNTVjODMy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22e21c8db9-8aa8-4301-9657-077a0415bdf1%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2260f6c47b-acd3-4ca4-8ce4-1f618fdd84ca%22%7d

Meeting ID: 498 877 679 179
Passcode: z34g2Qa3

15/01/2025

Friday lunch this week brought to you by MIGA.
Come along to Ressies on Friday for lunch from ROLL'D!

See you there!

08/01/2025

ARDS AGM & EXECUTIVE ELECTIONS
Monday 13th January from 6:30pm

Join us for our Annual General Meeting & Executive Elections next Monday 13th January from 6:30pm on Microsoft Teams

Link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a26acGn1vWAzzyxRf6toFcEx3OhBNqZi-jzdO143quh81%40thread.tacv2/1736285174167?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22e21c8db9-8aa8-4301-9657-077a0415bdf1%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225df4c7a8-2dd4-4950-80ee-c37227a0ab54%22%7d

Meeting ID: 431 927 367 036
Passcode: S4oF3ji9

06/01/2025

Team coffee voucher for the little social for anyone who knows how to turn this…on (what wall adapter it needs)
Wrong answers only

11/12/2024

ARDS 2025 AGM AND EXECUTIVE ELECTIONS

Dear ARDS Community!

ARDS will be holding our 2024-2025 AGM on Monday the 6th of January 2025 at 6:30pm.

We will also be electing our executive committee for the 2025 clinical year at this time.

All financial members of ARDS are welcome to both attend the AGM and nominate themselves for an executive position.

For more information regarding the roles, please see the attached PDF document.

Position Descriptions: Attached

To apply, please fill in our application form before December 31st 9:00am. https://forms.gle/a5KK6ktKEg2zTcyKA

The AGM will be held online through Microsoft Teams – meeting link will be provided closer to the date.

Hope everyone is having a great final rotation and has a wonderful festive season!

02/12/2024

Keen to get paid more and save more?

AMA have just announced that if you join in December as part of the EBA campaign they are giving 3 months free membership. Link:

Public hospital doctors, now is your chance to shape the future of your workplace.

17/11/2024

Hey everyone! This Friday 22/11 we have a special guest- AMA visiting in person to gauge your thoughts on the upcoming EBA negotiations. They are kindly providing us with Friday Lunch and will be around 12-2pm in the basement to hear your thoughts. Very casual session. This is how we make it better. Any thought big or small matters. Open to all Alfred doctors. See you there!

01/10/2024

Reminder: AHPRA Registration closes tomorrow— renew here: bit.ly/4dhYLol 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

20/07/2024

https://gordonlegal.com.au/services/class-actions/victorian-doctors-class-action/ Click here for further details🧙‍♀️

07/07/2024

Evening all!
Need your help if we want to change the >16hour on call and standby issue. (A lot of surg / crit care specialities are having to stick around twiddling their thumbs for 24 hours/ not sleeping well in case they get called in. As per EBA on-call periods should not exceed 16 hours)
Please fill out this anonymous survey to help ARDS collect data points:

THIS IS AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO INCLUDE YOUR DETAILS ON THE LAST QUESTION 38. On-call 38.1 On-call must be identified in the roster including whether it is General On-call at subclause 38.2(a) or Standby On-all at subclause 38.2(b). The provisions of this clause 38 are to be read in...