2. ¿Quévamos a ver? ¿QUE ES IFMSA? actividades básicasLo que ofrecemos a nuestros miembrosLa forma en que trabajamos temas diferentesestructurareuniones
3. IFMSA Fundada en 1951102 Organizaciones Nacionales Miembros de 95 paísesReconocidos oficialmente por la OMS desde 1969Más de 10.000 intercambios 2008/09 Reconocido por organismos internacionales N.U Proyecto locales nacionales internacionales Nuestra misión: introducir a los estudiantes de medicina a los conceptos de salud mundial, y de trabajar juntos para mejorar la salud de todo el mundo.
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5. Cooperation: proyectos a nivel local nacional e internacional -Estudiantes- Ideas- Experiencias- Competencia
6. ¿Que les ofrecemos a nuestro miembros? Intercambios y cooperación Redes de trabajo entrenamiento Presentacióninternacional
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8. Estructura IFMSA LCs (comites locales) NMOs (Organizacionesnacinales) Regiones IFMSA
9. Trabajo en equipo Ganamos el GRANT 'Dr. Melhim Bou Alwan' por el proyecto “CAMINOS DE PAZ”!!! Este se un premio al mejor proyecto de derechos humanos y paz con un monto de 1000 dólares para hacerlo a gran escala el próximo 11 de diciembre. Este proyecto nacio en la PUCE y es el primer proyecto original de IFMSA ECUADOR
Founded in 1951: Speaks for itself . IFMSA was started by 8 european national medical students’ associations, based on the need of medical students to get training that was not available in their own country. (one of the first exchanges that was arranged, was on dissection practicals)980 000 members in 91 countries: These are the member organisation numbers after the August Meeting 2006. New numbers will be available on the web and with the Secretary General (secgen@ifmsa.org) after each General AssemblyOfficially recognised by WHO: IFMSA is officially recognized by WHO as the spokesmen of medical students worldwide. (This point is included to show that we are taken seriously by other than ourselves (!)). We also enjoy official status within the UN system in General (ECOSOC), and cooperate with several UN organs like UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNESCO etc (see ifmsa.net under ”partners” to find your preferred one!)Mission: This is an abbreviation of our mission statement, that is easier to understand intuitively for the people you are talking to. The full mission statement can be found in the Bylaws
Our core activities: cooperation and exchangeThis is where you talk about and try to explain the most important activities in IFMSA; exchange and cooperation. You may want to include how we were founded on a wave of international ”peace and love” after World war II (in 1951, by 8 European countries), and how we believe that meeting and discussing across geographical borders is important. We believe that it is no use for the national students organisations to be working separately on the same cases in their own country; we are so much stronger when we work together! We meet and exchange experience, challenges and competencies, and develop our practises together, instead of isolated in our own countries. Like this, a successful local project in Sudan may be spread via IFMSA so that it is started up both in other African countries and in other continents. In the same way, a project in Sweden which is experiencing problems can get help and advice from a parallel project in an other country. IFMSA is truly an international family of health-related projects,- some on a local level; others on an international or global level.
Formal slide: what we offer to our members. Opening image: (network) The primary function of IFMSA, is to create a network for its different member organisations, a platform where they can meet across bordersHit 1: (exchange and cooperation) The essence of IFMSA is to bring people together so that they can exchange experience, challenges, practises and solutions, as well as share and develop new ideas. Via communication and sharing of ideas, and through developing a common understanding of our health environment, we develop common international projects within a range of topics. An important part of this mutual learning happens during our biannual meetings. But even more people get to learn about different countries and cultures via our Exchange Programs, where more than 6500 students spend a month abroad each year. Hit 2: (training) In order to help our members to develop themselves and their projects, IFMSA provides a wide range of trainings and manuals within various topics. Through our international network and our exchanges, we give medical students a wider perspective on health and health problems, which allows them to be more reflected about the health problems both internationally and in their own local environment. Through our trainings, we enable these medical students to start up projects which can alleviate health problems that they identify, wether it is on a local, national or international level. With us, students can be trained in topics such as sarting up a project, fundraising, strategic planning, chairing meetings, group dynamics, writing a project proposal, etc. Hit 3: (external representation) IFMSA as a federation also provides its members with external representation. We give our member organisations external profiling both on an individual level and as members of IFMSA, in addition to providing comprehensive representation of international projects to both funders and resource persons. IFMSA also provides an excellent recruitment forum for our members, both for recruiting staff and participants to their projects.IFMSA maintains Liaison Officers (Contact persons) to 12 different agencies, amongst others WHO (World Health Organisation), UNICEF (United Nations Childrens’ Fund) and WMA (World Medical Association).
What we do - activitiesThis slide is about in which ways IFMSA work; which activities we carry out in our organisation.You may want to mention in your presentation some (very brief) examples of things that have been going on in your country/your region under the different points. Especially if you are talking to students, it is nice to include information about upcoming events under ”Conferences, workshops, summerschools”. Also, it is nice to squeeze in some humanitarian projects that the students in the audience can participate in themselves under ”Humanitarian projects”. For publications, the main IFMSA publication right now is our monthly, electronic newsletter- e-VAGUS. We also produce topic-based magazines, called Medical Students’ International. More information about the activities in IFMSA can be found on www.ifmsa.org/projects/, and by contacting the Projects’ Support Division at psd@ifmsa.orgThe function of IFMSA as a forum for discussion and debate is especially important so that students can learn more about international helath problems; to widen their perspective from the national health level.
ThemesIn IFMSA, we have divided our work into six different themes, and for each theme we have a separate committee. (just read up the points)Important: When you present, avoid using the term ”standing committee”, it is just confusing for the audience. It is best if you talk about themes/topics. (and if you need to, committees).Important 2: You should NEVER use IFMSA-made abbreviations when you give presentations like this! SCOME, SCOPH, NEO, NPO, LEO, LORA and so on are abbreviations that are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN to use when you are presenting! In stead you can say ”under the theme of Medical Education”, ”In connection to Medical education”, or ”Committee of Medical Education”. (this also goes for ”NMO”, you should always say ”Member organisations”. These abbreviations are totally confusing for the audience, and there is no need for them to know about them before they become involved on (at least) a national level.
IFMSA’s organisational structure.Members.. The center of our organisation, and the most important part, is of course our Member Organisations. The basis of all our activities lies on the co-operation between the member organisations. By the end of 2006, IFMSA had 98 member organisations.Regions .. IFMSA has divided its member cuntries into regions. Currently we maintain five regions,- Europe, Africa, The Americas, Asia and Oceania, and the Eastern Mediterranean. We hope that by regionalizing, we will be able to afford our members more custom-made services, based on different regional needs.Themes .. The IFMSA members work under six themes, each represented by a committee, as prevoiusly describedExecutive Board .. The administrative organ of IFMSA is the Executive Board, which consists of five persons which are elected on an annual basisSupport .. To provide both the Member Organisations and the Officials of IFMSA with technical assistance, we have five Support Divisions in our federation that help us with various tasks. Our Support Divisions deal with: Training and resource building ((= The Support Division for Training and Resources development))Projects ((= The Projects Support Divison))Information Technology ((= New Technologies Support Division))Publications ((= Division of Publications))Former (graduated) members and seniors ((= Division of Alumni Relations)) We also maintain 12 official contact persons to health-related organisations such as the World Health Organisation, the World Medical Association, and the IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War).General Assemblies ... All these people come together during our General Assemblies, which are held twice a year. During the General Assemblies, about 500 of the active people of IFMSA come together to coordinate their actions, discuss their projects, make exchange agreements, and get new contacts. (These meetings are also a LOT of fun!)
MeetingsGeneral Assembly: IFMSAs most important decisions are taken twice a year during our previously mentioned General Assemblies. Here, approximately 500 medical students from all over the world meet to exchange experience and coordinate their efforts within the health field. The General Assembly is also IFMSA’s highest decision-making body, where our member organisation vote on how IFMSA should be administered, and by whom. During the general assemblies the main work is conducted in different committees, one for each topic, as earlier explained. During the General Assemblies, IFMSA also offers the participants extensive training programmes in resource building and leadership skills.Regional an sub-regional meetings: To a growing extent, IFMSA is now also coordinated during regional and sub-regional meetings. As earlier said, IFMSA is currently trying to empower the regions to become more autonomous, and we already see a rise in our regional and sub-regional conventions. The big advantage of regional meetings is also that they can involve more students, as well as reducing the travel-costs of the participants.National conventions: Depending on the country, there are between 1 and 8 national conventions a year.Executive Board meetings: The Executive Board meets five times a year, two of the Executive Board meetings are held in conjuction with the General Assemblies
