Nutritank Society St Andrews

10/04/2020

Hello everyone ! Free lunchtime mindfulness sessions for all St Andrews students, Nutritank member or not.

During this crazy time, a half hour session to re-focus to the present moment could do a world of good.

Dr Siobhan Lynch has kindly offered to run meditation drop-in sessions for staff and students on Tuesdays and Fridays, 1.30-2.00. The exercises covered each week will be uploaded to the resources tab, so you can still join in,
even if you can't make the sessions. If you'd like to participate, please
add yourself to the Team (see below).

INSTRUCTIONS: When you open Microsoft Teams you should see a button in the top right-hand corner which says 'join or create team'. If you click on that, on the following page you should see a box where you can enter a code
to join an existing team. This code should take you to the meditation room: xsm8uqq

You should see recurring meetings for Tues & Fri (1.30-2), and at the top of the page there should be a 'resources' tab. If you click the tab (you may need to re-enter your uni details), you should see the webpage
where Siobhan will pop links/resources up.

09/04/2020

Last day for the positions of Treasurer and President!
Get in touch with us [email protected] to apply.

Dear everyone,

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: WE NEED NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR!

As all but one of the Nutritank committee are 3rd years, there are many positions available for 1st and 2nd year students, as well those on the ScotGEM course.

The two most pressing positions available are President and Treasurer. If you are keen to put your name forward for one of these roles, or would like some more information about what they would entail, please reply to this email.

Positions are also available for:
1st year rep
2nd year rep
Social Media guru
Social events rep
Lifestyle/sports rep
Vice President
You will get full training/run down with previous committee members to get you up to speed for next year.

Its a fantastic opportunity to be part of a movement to make Nutrition and lifestyle medicine available to St Andrews students by engaging with world-leading experts in the field and organising events. It also incredibly fun and fulfilling and looks great on your CV.

Nutritank is a society that can give you the platform to make a difference in medical teaching at St Andrews, do get in touch if this appeals to you.

As we settle into this new normal we hope you are keeping safe and well. Despite the daily tragedies, the extra time in the day creates opportunities to get into yoga, listen to good music and enjoy long meal times with family. Humans have a knack at making even bad situations enjoyable, so find what works for you to cope during this unprecedented world-wide standstill.

Best wishes,

The Nutritank Committee x

06/04/2020

Dear everyone,

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: WE NEED NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR!

As all but one of the Nutritank committee are 3rd years, there are many positions available for 1st and 2nd year students, as well those on the ScotGEM course.

The two most pressing positions available are President and Treasurer. If you are keen to put your name forward for one of these roles, or would like some more information about what they would entail, please reply to this email.

Positions are also available for:
1st year rep
2nd year rep
Social Media guru
Social events rep
Lifestyle/sports rep
Vice President
You will get full training/run down with previous committee members to get you up to speed for next year.

Its a fantastic opportunity to be part of a movement to make Nutrition and lifestyle medicine available to St Andrews students by engaging with world-leading experts in the field and organising events. It also incredibly fun and fulfilling and looks great on your CV.

Nutritank is a society that can give you the platform to make a difference in medical teaching at St Andrews, do get in touch if this appeals to you.

As we settle into this new normal we hope you are keeping safe and well. Despite the daily tragedies, the extra time in the day creates opportunities to get into yoga, listen to good music and enjoy long meal times with family. Humans have a knack at making even bad situations enjoyable, so find what works for you to cope during this unprecedented world-wide standstill.

Best wishes,

The Nutritank Committee x

07/03/2020

We are incredibly proud to be teaming up with St Andrews Voluntary Service (SVS) and Meal Makers to pair up Nutritank members with an elderly member of the St Andrews Community.

If you are interested in giving a little bit of your time and an extra portion of food to help prevent loneliness in the elderly, send us a message for how to sign up. Its easy, especially if you are a medical student with a DBS check already.

This is a fantastic, wholesome way to 'do your bit' and could make a huge impact on the lives of all parties.

Look forward to hearing from you !
NT x

07/03/2020

Yes ! thank you boss man Giles Yeo for delivering the goods with a brilliant talk on Thursday! Who knew genetics could be so funny?! If you missed it and you are St Andrews student or staff - follow this link and enter your log in details to watch the lecture back.

https://st-andrews.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=ec8ffd16-a82e-41a7-b4b7-ab750127f191

Huge thanks to Bute Medical Society and the BMA for helping put the talk on.

Reminder: AGM monday 6th April - join the Nutritank Comittee to get involved with getting speakers like Giles to St Andrews and bringing nutrition and lifestyle medicine into the discussion. Its well important, and YOU can help!

28/02/2020

If you somehow missed our FRESH heart talk with cardiologist Dr Shaikh, I (Alexa) wrote an article about it!
Find out insider knowledge on the key to a happy heart and a happy life ❤️
http://www.thesaint-online.com/2020/02/the-fresh-heart-project/

Dr Zahrin Shaikh, a consultant cardiologist, qualified with a medical degree over 18 years ago. She has not only studied but also lived through the lifestyle change she advocates. We at Nutritank St Andrews, a group that aims ‘to raise medical students’ awareness around the importance of nutriti...

12/01/2020

Zarrin has featured on The Doctor's Kitchen podcast with Rupy Aujla, where she shared her story about burn out and stress, and how she applied these experience to help her patients - Well worth the listen as are the other episodes on this podcast!

https://play.acast.com/s/the-doctors-kitchen-podcast/04944783-c3d6-4538-95fb-a67a1580df1a

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