Besides the main activity, i.e. organizing the Clinical and Preclinical clerkships, Standing Committee on Professional Exchange is working on the following:

 

SUBREGIONAL TRAINING (SRT) MEETING

 

What is a Subregional Training Meeting?

 

A

Subregional Training Meeting is an international meeting organised for

the Local Exchange Officers/Local Officers on Research Exchange of

different countries in order to reach the following goals:

 

SRT Meeting's goals:

 

• motivating the Local Exchange Officers/Local Officers on Research Exchange
• making the Local Exchange Officers/Local Officers on Research Exchange feel part of the IFMSA
• providing the Local Exchange Officers/Local Officers on Research Exchange with extensive information about the IFMSA and the participating National Members Organizations
• training the Local Exchange Officers/Local Officers on Research Exchange
• sharing experiences and solving common problems faced by the Local Exchange Officers/Local Officers on Research Exchange
• collaborating
• having fun!

 

Subregional

Training Meeting is organized by National Member Organization, which

volunteered to host National/Local Exchange Officers from neighbouring

countries.

 

The main part of the program is improving

SCOPE in specific region and finding out the ways of collaboration

between participating National Members Organizations.

 

Medical Students International on Exchanges (MSI on Exchanges)

 

The

main goal of the "Medical Students International on Exchanges" magazine

is to promote the youth educational exchange programs and non-formal

education. IFMSA would like to promote to all medical students all over

the world the possibility of participation in IFMSA exchange program,

getting new educational, social and cultural experiences in different

countries.

 

IFMSA is giving to each medical

student possibility to exchange experiences and acquire new skills,

knowledge and inspiration for their work towards a healthier future.

 

Publication

of the issue of "Medical Student International on Exchanges" (MSI on

Exchanges), the thematic magazine of IFMSA on the theme medical

students' exchanges is dedicated to the Standing Committee on

Professional Exchange (SCOPE) activities, ideas, procedures and history.

 

The

MSI on Exchanges magazine has an outreach to the 84 IFMSA members

organizations in 80 countries, to potential National Member

Organizations and to external relations.

 

MSI on Exchanges goals:

 

1. To promote the IFMSA activities among medical students and young people throughout the world via IFMSA National Member Organizations.
2. To promote the youth educational exchange programs and non-formal education.
3. Evaluation of IFMSA activities.
4. Documentation of IFMSA activities.
5. Importance and the benefit of IFMSA Professional Exchange program, benefits for medical students from the non-formal education (clinical and pre-clinical) organized by IFMSA.

 

Expected outputs:

 

1. To inform medical students throughout the world about the IFMSA and IFMSA Professional Exchange program.
2. To promote possibilities for medical students to participate in medical training program abroad.
3. MSI on Exchanges annual issue.

 

Topics covered in MSI on Exchanges:

 

• History of the IFMSA Professional Exchange program.
• IFMSA Officers pages- IFMSA President and IFMSA SCOPE Director.
• IFMSA introduction and statistics on exchange.
• Presenting the Exchange programs of each IFMSA's National Member Organization.
• The expectations of the exchange programs in each continent.
• Comparison of the health care systems around the world.
• Comparison of the medical education.
• Evaluation of the Professional Exchange program.
• SCOPE projects.
• Future plans.
• Exchange experiences from students.
• The views of externals about the IFMSA Professional Exchange program (e.g. UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO and WMA, WFME).
• Advertisements.

 

Target group:

 

Medical students throughout the world.

 

With

the Medical Students International on Exchanges we want to reach every

medical student in IFMSA member countries and in IFMSA potential member

countries.

 

Dissemination:

 

Medical Student International on Exchanges magazine is distributed to:

 

• medical students via the IFMSA members organizations,
• governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations which are working in related fields,
• medical libraries,
• other medical students' organizations,
• students' conferences, meetings, workshops,
• sponsors.

 

Electronic Exchange System (e-ex system)

 

We

are currently developing the IFMSA SCOPE electronic exchange system.

Besides the benefits for National/Local Exchange Officers, students

will be able to register online for the IFMSA Professional Exchange

Program.

 

The parts of the E-ex system are:

Local Exchange Officer database, Local Committee database, National

Exchange Officer database, Contact person database and other parts

which are saving us lots of time and improving the IFMSA Professional

Exchange Program application procedure.

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