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01/05/23Medical Students Worldwide 1
IFMSAInternational Federation of Medical Students’ Associations
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Presentation Outline
• Introduction• Core activities• What we offer to our members• The way we work
- Six different themes• Structure• Meetings
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Introduction
• ”World medical students’ organisation”
• Founded in 1951• 980 000 members representing
93 countries• Officially recognized by WHO • Our mission:
To introduce medical students to global health, and to work together to improve health all over the world.
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Core activities
• Exchange of:– Students– Ideas– Experiences– Competence
• Co-operation: projects on local, national and international level
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EXCHANGEAND
COOPERATION
Training External representation
What we offer to our members
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Partners Funders Resource persons
What we offer to our members
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What do we do?
• Exchanges• Projects:
– Humanitarian projects– Networks– Databases
• Trainings• Conferences, workshops, summer
schools• Publications• Discussion and debate
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Themes
• Professional exchange • Research exchange • Public health • Refugees and peace• Reproductive health including
AIDS• Medical education
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Professional Exchange
• 4 weeks abroad• Clinical/preclinical training• Experience a foreign health
system• Bilateral exchanges• Board and accommodation
arranged• 6 000 students per year
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Research Exchange
• 1 – 6 months abroad• Work with research team• Experience research and culture
abroad • Database with several thousand
projects • Bilateral exchanges• Board and accommodation arranged• 500 students per year
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Public Health
International project:Romania Orphanage Project
National project:Caring for the health of neglected children Indonesia
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Refugees and Peace
National project:Friendship programme with young refugees The Netherlands
International Project:International Training Congress on
Refugee Health in Pakistan
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Reproductive Health
International project:HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: Young people in Action Training Kit
National project:Godfrey’s Children project Tanzania
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Medical Education
International project:Teaching Geriatrics in Medical
Education
National project:Sign Language Courses Croatia
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Regions
Executive BoardThemes
Support
General Assemblies
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Meetings
• Bi-annual General Assembly– August Meeting: The
Netherlands– March Meeting: Venezuela
• Regional and sub-regional meetings
• National conventions• 5 Executive Board meetings a
year
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Information
• Internet– Website: www.ifmsa.org– Online database services
• E-mail– Topic based mailing lists– News by email:
ifmsa-general-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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Thank you for your attention!
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