Be Part of The Team!

SOMA is looking for new committee members to join the team in 2022!

The new committee members will be appointed at our AGM on February 16th, 2022.

For further info please email somagradgroup@gmail.com

Social Media and Promotions Officer

Maintain SOMA social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Use Canva to generate infographics to highlight research output (e.g. publications) of SOMA members, and to highlight an article of the week sent in by SOMA members on a rotating basis
Assist with organisation and development of podcast

Surgical Video Program Coordinator (Recruitment and Filming)

Liaise with surgeons identified by the President and Vice President as being on board with the program and willing to have the student in theatre with them to film the procedure
Lead the recruitment, consenting, and filming of patients who agree to have their surgical procedure recorded as part of this educational program. This will involve setting up the surgeon with a head-mounted GoPro and then operating a tripod-mounted GoPro continuously trained on the surgical field

Surgical Video Program Coordinator (Editing and Disseminating)

Edit footage to remove identifying information (audio and visual) using Adobe After Effects – access to be provided by SOMA – and cut between head-mounted footage (preferred) and tripod-mounted footage (when head-mounted camera is directed away from surgical field) to ensure seamless video.
Confirm edited footage with SOMA committee and surgeon prior to uploading to SOMA’s private YouTube channel and the University of Melbourne platform

Community Officer