University of Virginia Health System

The role of class president in the fourth year, overall, is similar to the other three years. You will advocate for your class, act as a liaison to the medical school administration, and coordinate the activities of your class officers. However there are a number of additional activities that you will coordinate. Specific responsibilities can be broken down into three main areas:

For your class (Events & Awards):

• Graduation Planning - coordinate with the office of student affairs.
• Match Day Planning - coordinate with student affairs and help plan celebrations.
• Class Play - reserve location, identify director and interested participants.
• Baccalaureate - identify interested participants, plan service and elect speaker.
• Social events as you see fit!
• Robley Dunglison Award: Best Clinical Attending from third year
• James Kindred: Best Teaching Resident

For Mulholland Society

• Participate in Student Medical Education Committee (SMEC)
• Attend Mulholland meetings or find an alternate
• Coordinate with third year class president on advising

For the Medical School

• Provide the oldest perspective on medical education, student life, etc.
• Work with office of student academic support to recruit tutors.
• Plan Parent's Day with First Years - Usually late October, plan the day, MC the event or find alternate.

Anything else that you feel like doing is also very much encouraged.

• Represent 4th year class at monthly Mulholland meetings, at various meetings with the deans, and on multiple curriculum committees. 
• With 1st year president and Student Affairs, help plan and run Parents' Day for the parents of the 1st year class at the beginning of the year.
• Initiate and implement any necessary changes in student government or medical school curriculum and policy.
• Help plan graduation events, including commencement, the class play, and associated social events. 
• Help plan Match Day events.
• Stand in for 4th year class president when unavailable.

The fourth year treasurer is responsible for continuing to manage the class funds (meaning balance a checking account).  Other, somewhat more time consuming, responsibilities are helping to formulate and put into action a plan for the class gift, and helping with the class play funding.  These are group efforts, but you should play a large role.  Attend Mulholland meetings whenever possible.  Should attempt not to funnel funds towards your personal interview expenses.

The social chair position for the fourth year entails planning various get-togethers through-out the year for the class, and culminates with Match Day and Graduation parties.  This is a good job for 2 people because of the traveling demands of interviews and away rotations, having a co-chair allows for more flexibility.  This is a fun job that does not entail too much work - as long as you like to plan parties!