British association of Physicians of Indian origin (BAPIO), established in 1996, is a national, voluntary, multi-professional organisation which represents the interests of multi-ethnic healthcare workers and is the largest organisation of its kind in the UK. BAPIO is committed to supporting the NHS in providing best patient care through professional excellence, leadership, research, education and training for a multi-skilled workforce. The Equality Act (2010) legally protects people from discrimination and aims to reduce socioeconomic inequity, prohibit victimisation, eliminate discrimination and increase equality of opportunity.
BAPIO has a mission to promote equity of access, opportunity and celebrate diversity through sustainable health policy and enforcement of the Equality Act and other legal provisions where needed. It also provides a platform for its members to have equal opportunity, promotes individual excellence through mentorship and supports rich portfolio careers in health care. Ultimately, it aims to influence health and wellbeing of a global population focusing on the richness of diverse ethnicity, social, cultural experiences by linking with shared experience of a global network of health professional and their representative bodies.
Below sets out objectives for the Young Doctors Forum (YDF).
BAPIO YDF is a committee made up of passionate medical students and young doctors. As a committee we strive to support and guide medical students as well as young training doctors at all stages. The committee has been involved in arranging many programs from
clinical education events covering various specialities to classes on exam advice. BAPIO YDF has also been able to provide teaching opportunities to medical students and young doctors therefore allowing them to build their portfolio and develop important skills. We have hosted many classes to help students get involved in research in addition to assistance regarding publishing work. We have held sessions on how to build a portfolio tailored for a specific field. The Annual Merit Conference is one of BAPIO YDF’s biggest events and
includes keynote speeches from various professionals as well as talks on what a career in medicine can offer.
As a forum we hope to do all we can to support medical students and young doctors throughout their medical education and time training. We are fortunate to have the support of the BAPIO team and we are very grateful for all they have done for us. We look forward
to seeing you at our events and are always keen to hear your ideas and feedback.
Rudrik Thakkar
Co- Chair
Omkaar Divekar
Education Officer
Anushka Shukla
Education Officer
Aashlesha Galla
Conference Officer
Atmadeep Banerjee
Junior Doctor’s Board
Amardeep Sidki
Education Officer
Roshni Vinda
Junior Doctor’s Board
Sanjay Murphy
Junior Doctor’s Board
Chrystle Anisha Mascarenhas Junior Doctor’s Board
Anousha Chandran
Conference Officer
Abhishek Gupta
Co-Chair
Sulaymaan Al Majid
Vice Chair of Conference
Niraj Kumar
Secretary
Navaneeth Natarajan
Social Media Director
Simran Panesar
Social Media Officer
Bhavit Dhokia
Social Media Officer
Aditi Mukherjee
Vice Chair Education
Rishab Bharadwaj
Social Media Officer
Rakhi Katangodage
Vice Chair of Conference
Krishna Girotra
Social Media Officer
Aditya Dhiran
Treasurer
Anantha Pabathi
Webmaster
Forums will be open to all medical students and junior doctors who will be BAPIO members.
The Forum shall provide opportunity for interaction, identify areas of member’s interest, share examples of best practice and formulate solutions to the barriers faced in professional and social progression.
The Forum shall plan and organise activities in pursuance of the objectives under the wider BAPIO umbrella.
The Forum shall provide representation at the BAPIO Think Tank and other events as required by the BAPIO Executive Committee.
The Forum will maintain accurate records of its activities and resources and provide regular reports to the Executive Committee of their activities and recommendations.
A conflict of interest register shall be maintained and updated annually. It remains the responsibility of the membership of the executive to keep this register updated.
All members shall respond and engage in a timely manner in all tasks agreed within the executive.
In doing so, the Forum shall ensure that all the members are treated fairly and equally and do nothing that brings the name of BAPIO into disrepute or participate in activities not endorsed by the Executive Committee.
All members shall abide by duties and behaviours as set out in good medical practice by GMC.
Forum shall actively contribute and represent primary care in BAPIO publications and conferences.
The BAPIO Executive Committee will be the delegating body and will be the final authority in all the matters relating to the functions, conduct and membership of a Forum and shall have the powers to intervene, adjudicate in any dispute or reconstitute the Forum.
The Executive Committee at the recommendation of the President shall appoint a member who will be designated as Chair of the forum and will act as a lead person. The Chair of the Forum in consultation with the President may appoint office bearers including Vice Chairs, Secretary, treasurer,social media lead or other such posts for the forum.
All such posts are honorary unless agreed with the YDF executive and approved by central executive. Appropriate travel expenses may be claimed in line with BAPIO guidelines.
Term of each member shall be for a period of two years which can be reduced by mutual consent at request.
YDF executive can set up a task group as needed and decide its terms of reference.
The group will meet as a minimum of once every three months and use technology to aid that. Ad-hoc meetings can be called at the request of chair and general secretary with a notice period of one week unless deemed emergency. Secretary in consultation with chair shall provide an agenda to the group at the earliest possible opportunity or at least 2 days in advance.
Presence of chair/vice-chair and general secretary/joint secretary is required for any meeting to take place.
For all strategic decisions, an agreement by 2/3rd of the executive is required. The group will aim to work with a collaborative and consensus-based approach.
The acting chair, in consultation with the acting secretary, shall manage the conflict of interests as appropriate and relevant members may be asked to not participate in those discussions.
All records will be confidential and available to the forum and central executive only unless pre-agreed by the executive.
The BAPIO Head office shall provide necessary secretarial and administrative support.
The BAPIO Head Office shall be responsible for ensuring that all the records of the administrative and communication details are updated to meet the requirements of the constitutional and financial reporting and for the purposes of the data governance as applicable.
Financial support shall be offered for the activities such as meetings and membership drive. In addition, the Forum is encouraged to identify additional sources of income through sponsorship in line with requirements and obligations set out by General Medical council.
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