Providing Essential Skills for Future Medical Professionals!

Medical professionals are continually pressed to take roles in management and improvement of health systems performance. As IFMSA is taking a key role in developing future leadership for global health, training and developing key human resources is becoming increasingly important to provide medical students with these necessary skills that the strained academic field often fails to provide.

What is Training and Resources Development (TRD)?

The IFMSA TRD program exists to provide training to medical students world wide and empower them with the necessary knowledge and skills for action in the health field.

The prime aim of the TRD is to improve the communication, co-ordination and co-operation between medical students internationally.

What Do We Train In?

The TRD program entails skills such as:

Conflict Prevention, Communication, Strategic Planning, Project Planning, Leading and Facilitating Meetings, Financial Management, Fundraising, Advocacy, Marketing, Writing and Presenting.

When Are The Training Events

International Training Programs

Held twice yearly in conjunction with the IFMSA international meetings, these provide specified pre/post meeting training as well as in-meeting training for all participants to obtain work-related skills.

Regional Training Workshops

At regional partnership meetings training workshops will concentrate on initiative and capacity building skills. Regional partners will deal with local logistics and needs with IFMSA and external trainers providing training.

Subregional Training Programs

Organised by IFMSA members, the trainings will enable students to be active in the international medical students' community as well as pass on their knowledge and experience to others on a national and local level.

High Profile Training

Collaboration with external organisations can provide intensive training to the IFMSA leadership and trainers, further preparing students.