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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MEDICAL STUDENTS OF SPAIN
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National and Local Activities
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General Assemblies Students deciding their future
As you know, CEEM is the only, official and
condition set by CEEM is that they must hold an
recognized, peak representative organization of all
official Medical Students’ Representative position
Spanish medical students. It’s officially established
at their university. These representatives meet
and registered as a lay and non-profit, national
twice per year, in April and October at CEEM’s
university-students’
General
organization
independent
from any political party and concurring with to
Assembly
Meeting
(JEEM),
the
decision-making body of the organization.
the Spanish Associations Legislation. During JEEM, the internal organization, strategic CEEM is constituted as an organization of 38
management, advocacy policy and projects, as well
members,
Students’
as the election of the Executive Board (EB) and
Councils / Medical Students’ Societies (Councils,
which
are
the
Medical
other official positions are decided. Regardless of
from now on) of each of the 38 Spanish Medical
the number of representatives present at the
Schools. These Councils have to ensure to be
General Assembly, each member, thus each Med
representatives of all the Medical Students of their
School, holds one vote.
Medical Schools, based on the principles of democracy and legitimacy and according to
The April GA normally coincides with the Medical
CEEM´s bylaws as well as their University’s
Education
regulations.
representatives can attend a small part of the
Students
Conference,
and
the
Conference. Each Council appoints its representatives to CEEM
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!" Formative Conference about Medical Student Representation Introduction and objectives
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InterJEEM means between JEEMs, the name we use for our General Assemblies. CEEM is growing fast, all the external relationships and institutional contact and recognition, are really developed in the Council and are bigger than any student association in Spain. For that reason, we realize that we have to invest more efforts to improve internal work, in order to promote among the students the work of our Standing Committees and try to achieve that every medical student in the country knows CEEM, and they could work in any committee, division, or topic we discuss.
We celebrated the first edition of this kind of conference in Elche for three days, 1719th February. Sixty medical students from almost twenty different schools met in Elche and enjoyed the Conference.
Internal Forum is a real good tool for this, and together with the figure of the “associate student”, every day we fight to make CEEM closer to the students. But we need something more, and with this purpose this conference was born.
The Conference was divided in three parts: Discussion time, Standing Committees time, and Workshops and Lectures time.
The Conference is focused on medical students, mainly Local Council members, or CEEM members, but opened to any student interested in the Council, local work, or simply, some of the conference topics. We are convinced that the best way to improve internal work on National and local level, is by giving people the necessary tools. For that reason, in the conference, we try to impart workshops and lectures about the most important topics for medical students in Spain (reform on the specialization system, health professional´s demographic, etc.), and about how to acquire different skills (skills related to new technologies, publications, etc.).
The Executive Board, with the Officials, and the Organizing Committee, were working hard three months before the conference in order to organize all the different aspects to make the Conference a success. All the workshops and lectures were prepared and imparted by CEEM members (Officials, Executive Board, Local Council Members).
We´re going to explain the program, summing up every “part time” of the conference.
Discussion time The discussion time was short, and focused on a topic. We talked about problems in the different schools and possible solutions, about the Adaptation to the EHEA and Bologna Process Implementation. The discussion time was chaired by of the Regional Coordinators, who took minutes, in order to obtain after the discussion, a document with conclusions.
Standing Committees and Management Divisions time As you know, we have four different Standing Committees right now: Medical
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Education, Medical Profession and Public Health, Specialization System and Bioethics. In addition, we have the Management Divisions (CEEM Events Division, Legislative Division, Advisory Board, and Public Relations Division which include four areas: New technologies, publications, Marketing and Press), but only the first and the last one participate in this time.
Cinema in Bioethics: “CinEthics”. The VPE again, imparted this workshop with different scenes of really known films, some of them related to Medicine and Ethical Conflicts, and she raised different questions in order to start a discussion.
The key to success in the daily Activity of the Local Councils.
Before the small working groups (every committee and division had a individual meeting with their members), the Standing Committee Directors and the Management Division Directors explained their functions and their current work. After that, we divided up into six groups for three hours, in order to work the different issues, give new ideas, try to start new projects, etc.
Workshops time.
and
The five Regional Coordinators prepared a lecture about how to improve participation in the councils, attract people, or simply how to organize some activities. Later, they reviewed the activity of every council, and marked one of its strong points to make a sort of Decalogue about “Things we have to achieve”.
Lectures
13 workshops and lectures took place throughout the whole conference. We are going to explain only who imparted the lectures and workshop, and a short explanation about the workshop.
Essential information and more relevant medical and legal documents in Bioethics. In this lecture, the VPE and exBioethics Director, explained the different documents, laws, etc. we need to work in Bioethics in a correct way, and what we need to achieve to be good physicians in the future.
DPC: Continuous Professional Development. A one-hour lecture imparted by the Medical Profession Director, the VPI and the president. In this lecture they explained a current and really relevant topic worked in the Profession Forum. They made an introduction to try to clarify concepts, and they explained other models, like the USA or Canadian Model.
Star Workshop. A secret workshop for the audience prepared for four members of the Standing Committee of Medical Profession. The entertainment point of the Conference was a quiz with issues related to the Medical profession.
How to organize a general Assembly or a Medical Education Conference.
Workshops of the Public Relations Division
The Medical profession Coordinator, and the Vicepresident of the current OC of the Medical Education Conference made a review about all the stuff a OC needs, and how to do it. A big part of the lecture was more enjoyable thanks to role-playing.
Three members of the division, in a rotator manner, gave three workshops of half an hour. We could learn about: - How to do a basic video: Windows Movie Maker (Public Relations Division member).
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Bibliographic search and skills in Medical Education.
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The person in charge of the New Technologies Area gave us a brilliant workshop about the different kind of search engines on the Internet (Pubmed, Cochrane, etc.), and how to distinguish good or bad information.
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- How to use Photoshop (person in charge of the NNTT area). - How to standardize documents of your Council, or of CEEM (Treasurer).
How to create and organize projects. A lecture about different kind of projects depending on their objectives, how to start the project, write it, raising money, etc. Imparted by the VPE and supported in a twenty-paged document with more information and steps to organize projects.
Basic legislation. The Immediate Past President gave a general view of the basic legislation of Councils, and about the basic legislation in Spain: different kind of lows, structure of the governments, mainly the ministries that we work, etc. In addition, he talked us about medical professionalism and about the CEEM like a part more of the Spanish Forum for the Medical Profession.
IFMSA and Medical Associations in the World.
Students
The conclusions were: The Conference was a success and useful and we have to repeat the experience. It would be better to divide the Conference into two different conferences: o One in February (2012), for new people, with a not knowledge about CEEM and Councils in general, who desire to learn and be informed. In this conference, our efforts would be focused on trying to capture the interest of the attending people and make the participation in CEEM and Councils bigger. o The other, in summer (2012), for “old” people, with a long experience in their Local Council, or in CEEM. A conference aimed at improving knowledge, skills and work of the attending people, with more time for working in different projects of the Standing Committees, and more free time to promote team building.
Here, the current President and the Immediate Past President explained what IFMSA is in general terms, its way of working, its General Assemblies, our differences and the things we have in common. A review for the different kinds of associations in IFMSA, and how we can find similar associations.
After the first Edition: After the first conference, we did two different things: To pass a poll to evaluate the conference, which was really positive, and a physical presence meeting of the Executive Board with the rest of Officials and more students that attended the Conference. In this meeting, we talked about a lot of things, but we dedicated a big time to analyse and discuss the sense and results of the Conference, and to try to find the best way to celebrate this kind of event.
“Novice or Beginners Conference”
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It will be the only constant part in the Conference. The content will be always the same, because students can attend this kind of conference once. It will be about basic information about Medical Students Local Councils, University, CEEM, IFMSA, about the legislation in Spain, and about the use of the Internal Forum.
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In the first physical presence meeting in this term, 13-14th May, the Team of Officials established the basic structure of the “novice conference”, in order to start a discussion in the internal forum and be able to define, in the next meeting, together with the OC, the conference contest. The basic structure will be:
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Projects, trainings and NNTT block. There will be a time to present the different Council projects, in a Fair of Projects (IFMSA-like).
country. For example, it could be about smoking regulation in Spain, primary health care integration in Spanish medical curriculum, etc.
Leisure time. There will be too some training (because some of our member are AECS members too and they attended the TNT past December, and in addition, we´ll invite AECS members according to our bilateral agreement).
Some free time to practice sports, sightseeing, or make any activity that the OC prepare.
The NNTT parte will be variable.
Standing Committees and Management Divisions time. Something like the time in the first conference, but aimed at inexperienced people, and more focused on start new projects with the people ideas and work in it in two different sessions.
Theme block.
Regional Formative Conferences about Medical Student Representation. Some regions, like Catalonia, the territory we share with AECS, have started to celebrate conferences like that, in a smaller way. The last one was celebrated in Gerona, and was attended by twenty people, including AECS people and the CEEM VPI.
An important part in the conference, where CEEM officials will have to explain the most relevant issues in Spain for medical students depending on the current situation in the
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V Medical Education Convention The medicine of the furute The
“Congreso
de
Educación
Médica”
(Medical
length of the Convention. Up until now, it has been
Education Convention) is the biggest convention in
two days long. Next year it will be three days, from the
Spain for Medical Students. It’s organised by CEEM
11th to the 13th of April, coinciding with Murcia’s
and by a local Organising Committee in a different
regional party and holidays. It will have one thousand
University each year. The first edition was in 2008 in
spots available for students. The Convention won’t
Madrid, and next year will be the fifth Edition in the
have a fixed location, but will be moving around the
University of Murcia.
city and University, as well as other cities close by.
In the convention there are all sorts of activities such
CEEM’s General Asembly will be taking place at the
as lectures, workshops, games, etc. Each year we also
same time as the convention. Medical student
have the collaboration of many organisations and
representatives of all Universities will come to Murcia
private companies such as Elsevier or SEDEM (Spanish
and will be working during the four days, including
Society of Medical Education). The convention is
Saturday. Some of the activities, like lectures, will be in
celebrated at the same time as the General Assembly of
common for everyone, and the rest of the time,
CEEM, and has some of the activities in common.
representatives will stay at the University, while the General Assembly takes place.
For the next Edition in Murcia we plan to extend the
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Activities For this convention we intend to set five lines of themes
For the second day an assortment of different activities and
related with medicine, so that the lectures and activities
games will be organised, all of them with a medical theme
have different topics. These are: Medical Education, Medical
or relation. It will take place in the port of Cartagena and
Investigation, Environmental Medicine, Social Medicine and
the Politecnical University of Cartagena, which is located
Health Politics. We will have five “mascots” or characters,
nearby. Students will be divided into small groups and they
one for each theme, which will appear in the merchandising
will be able to choose the activities they prefer, which will
and promotion of the Convention. There will be lectures on
range form Military Medicine (such as visiting a camp
all of these topics, so that each student can choose the ones
hospital or the military base in the port) to a medical trivia
they are most interested in, especially on the last day.
organised by our Committee. This day is intended to be very practical and fun for students, so that they can learn while
We have many activities planned, but one of the most
enjoying themselves.
interesting and new will be organised by “Protección Civil” (Civil Defence). They will put on a small show for all the
For the last day we will organise workshops for everyone,
students where they simulate a traffic accident with a bus.
divided again into small groups. These workshops are
Actors play the victims of the accident and all their medical
directed by the different Medical Societies that collaborate
staff act as they would in a real accident, teaching and
with us each year. Some of the topics will be: sutures, basic
explaining all of their protocols and showing us how they
CPR, bioethics, etc.
would handle everything in this situation. The show is approximately 90 minutes long. After it, we will divide students into smaller groups, and workshop on triage will
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Planning and locations The three days will be organised the following way:
games and activities of all sorts. On Friday we will start at the University for workshops and after lunch we will go back to the centre of Murcia, where different lectures will take place in different halls, so that students have the opportunity of seeing a little bit more of the city. The closing ceremony will be in Murcia’s Teatro Circo, a theatre in the centre of Murcia with a capacity of approximately 900 people.
Social Plan The convention won’t be organised just during the day. Many activities will be organised for the students visiting our city during the night, so that they can enjoy every day of their stay. One of the nights we will have a Musical, played by our students. The main characters of the story will be the five “mascots” of our convention, as medical On the first day, the opening ceremony and lectures will take place in Murcia’s Convention Centre, biggest hall in Murcia and only one with capacity for over 1000 people. We will then go to the University for lunch and workshops. The second day will be in Cartagena, a city nearby (30 minutes, approximately). This day is intended to be for
students that have different interests. It will be interpreted in the Faculty of Medicine of our University, and every student will be able to watch it for free. Other activities will be parties and dinners, so that everyone has the chance to see our city and also experience our holidays. The details are still to be defined.
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Past Editions The last edition of our Convention took place last April in Madrid. With more than 25 different workshops, interesting lectures and an amazing social plan, it was a great experience.
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Rare Diseases day Students involve for a good cause Rare
diseases
are
or
Coordinator, the Rare Disease Day was
chronically debilitating diseases with a low
celebrated in the entire Region. In addition,
prevalence.
three members of the University of Alcalá
There
life are
threatening 6000-8000
rare
diseases identified.
were invited at the government parliament, in order
February 28th 2011 will mark the fourth
to
celebrate
the
day,
and
like
recognition of their work.
International Rare Disease Day organized with rare disease national alliances in 25
World Rare Diseases Day Campaign takes
countries. On that day hundreds of patient
place on the 28th of February in the majority
organizations from more than 40 countries
of schools. In Alcalá, takes place on the 28th
worldwide will be organizing awareness-
February and the First of March.
raising activities and converging around the slogan “Rare but equal”.
The Rare Disease Day objectives are: to give information to students about diseases like
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University of Alcalá was the first school in
Prader-Willi and organize awareness-raising
Spain, which organized this event. Since
activities (for example, distributing pamphlets
2009, they have been in order to promote
or imparting a lecture) and, of course, one of
this Campaign between the students, and this
the mainly aims of this event is to report
year, thanks to the support of the III Regional
about Rare Disease, to show the ways to face
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With Her Majesty Leticia, Princess of Spain as support
Rare Diseases and to make aware of
From CEEM this kind of initiatives are
problems with diagnosis and treatment of
supported and recognized and we´re
those patients.
working to achieve a bigger establishment of the project next year, in order to make
In the five schools, every Medical Student Council organizes a stand with several pamphlets and many other papers in collaboration
with
the
Spanish
Rare
Disease Federation. In some schools, there is a solidarity race in campus, in order to promote the Rare
this project one of the first in the future Projects ´Division. Until the Division starts to work, we will try to include this campaign
into
our
Public
Health
Campaign, in which we celebrate different days like the “World no tobacco day, 31th May”.
Diseases Day or different lectures with doctors with experience in this field. In the University of Alcalá, the First of March they show to their students the movie “Extraordinary measures”.
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In the first edition, 205 students participated, these students had a opportunity to sky and do a lot of different leisure activities. We did a survey and the final global result was 9.1!!! For this reason we have decided to repeat the next year. In the next edition, we will organize a different ski competitions, bingo sessions (different sponsors will offer skis, snowboards, snow jackets), new activities in the social program (karaoke, barça’s football match, disco, different games, gymkhana, etc) and the most important change consists in openness to zone II (Catalonia). All medicine and some health sciences students from Catalonia will be able to participate in NeuPols. NeuPols objectives are: to promote sport activities, medical student council and interfaculty relationship. NeuPols Promotion: For the next edition, we have bought a domain (www.neupols.org) that we will develop in the next months. We also use facebook to promote NeuPols (we have over 700). In September, we will record a video. For this reason, we are doing promotion for the video by facebook
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Some of the local Councils activities Paediatric Congress for Medical Students
Target
group,
date:
Paediatric
GOALS:
Congress for Medical Students is aimed
student who is interested in Paediatrics. It takes place for 3 days in March. There is no audience limit. Description of the activity: Five years
ago,
our
Student
Council
organized the First Paediatric Congress for Medical Students. This year, our goal is to consolidate the congress trying to improve our national and international diffusion. In addition, we want to bring the activities closer to all students and
2. To encourage the scientific and clinical practice between the university students 3. To contribute to the Paediatric knowledge
5. To bring paediatrics closer to students, showing to them all the different options theyhave in this science and its relevance in the actual medical outlook. Web link:
be focused in Orthopaedic Paediatrics,
http://www.alumnos.unican.es/da_m
Illness and humanity labour in the third
edicina/cnpem/index.html
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audience,
dates
and
Sciences and Medical
School. May, 9-11th May. Thematic
Description:
The
Council achieved to count on with government
representatives,
professor, and incredible speakers to talk about the Health Services in our
4. To create a bond among students and doctors
people interested in it. This edition will
world, HIV and nutritional disorders.
Target
duration: 1. To increase students participation
to every medical
Health Service in Galicia
region. lectures
The about
agenda
contained
generic
drugs,
investigation, NGOs, private services, etc.
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!"Stimulate relationship amog the students of our university, is the main objective Cultural week in Santander Target group, date: The Cultural week is aimed to every student of the University of Cantabria. There is no audience limit. All the activities usually take place during the third week of March. Description of the activity: The main goal of the Cultural Week is to offer a leisure time for all of our colleagues but, above all, we want to stimulate the relationships among the students of the university. The Cultural Week Program counts with plenty of activities, from academic conferences to leisure activities such us card games, basketball, football and PingPong competitions. However our most important activity is the Gymkhana in which the Student Council members prepare different trials and challenges to all the people interested in participating. On the other hand, these promote our Medical Council among our University with the organization of a Musical Concert performed by our students and a Theatre Representation, prepared by “La Machina Company�. In conclusion, the Cultural Week is not only a way to bring a different kind of culture (or at least different than what we usually treat) back to university but also a way to encourage the relationships between students and enjoy all the activities organized in company. Besides the benefits of our week are donned to a NGO. Web link: There is no link for this activity. If you want more information, you
Critical Economy University and Organization: University of Santiago de Compostela. Medical Student Council. Target audience, dates and duration: Sciences School, Philosophy School, Economical School, and Medical School. 27-27th April, and 3-7 May. Thematic Description: In this activity, students and professors try to create awareness within people about topics related to economy. In the agenda, we can found lectures about how to make economy more human or about the present situations of women in the labour market.
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Getting involve as a way to understand University and MedSchool experience
Student's Cardiology Congress
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International Oncology Conference for Students
Target audience: Medical students from all over Spain. Target audience, dates and duration: Third-year Duration: Three days
students or higher of all degrees in health sciences. March 3rd, 4th and 5th.
Thematic Description: it takes place in April at the University of Salamanca. Each conference is organized by
Thematic
Description:
students, residents and a doctors and the lectures are given
objective to promote enthusiasm in a vital field to the
by students. Later, some of them participate in the Regional
future of biomedicine and society as well as provide
and National Cardiology Conferences of the Spanish
students participating in such act; to present new
Cardiology Association.
developments
on
the
This
conference
has
the
biology, screening, diagnosis,
treatment and prognosis of cancer; to encourage students Website or complete project link: www.caressalamanca.es !
of health sciences branch exchange knowledge in the area of oncology and to review basic and advanced concepts in the radiological diagnosis of cancer. Website or complete project link: http://www.unav.es/congreso/oncologia/
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Medical Sports Tournament Target audience, dates and duration: To Medical Students. October and November Thematic Description: Medical Sports Tournament takes place in October and November at Universidad de Alcalá. Medical Student’s Council organizes 6 teams (one of each class) of 3 sports: basketball, football and volleyball. There are 2 groups of each sport, and the winners of each group fight in the final. The aim of this event is to promote health in medical students and the spirit of team There are prizes for the winners.
Sign Language Course for Medical Students. Target audience, dates and duration: To Medical Students. 4 different sessions in February Thematic Description: The Medical Student Council organizes a course of Sing Language for Medical Students at Universidad de Alcalá. The aim of this course is to make aware of the problems with communication with deaf-mute patients. There are 4 different sessions of 5 hours, 3 of them with the objective of learning basic Sing Language and the last session to practice it in a practical way.
Psychiatry through cinema Target audience, dates and duration: To Medical Students in their last three years. 10 sessions during 8 months Thematic Description: The Medical Student Council organizes a course of Psychiatry through cinema at Universidad de Alcalá. The aim of this course is to show students how Psychiatry and psychiatric patients are introduced in different movies. There are 10 different sessions. In all sessions students see the movie and after that there is a debate with Psychiatrics of Príncipe de Asturias Hospital, where students improve his skills in Psychiatry and psychiatric patients.
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Bellvitge Medical Students Congress Target group, dates and duration: To medical students of the University of Barcelona. Two days in March or April Thematic Description: This Congress is organized by the Medical Student Council. Its purpose is to improve the students’ knowledge about medicine and other related fields involved in the continuous professional development. For two days, lectures and classes are suspended, and students are able to attend meetings or workshops: suture, laughter therapy, first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and many others.
Blood Donation Campaign Target audience, dates and duration: To everybody. Two different days, one in April and the other in November. Thematic Description This event is organized by the Medical Student Council in order to encourage people to donate blood. We do it two times a year and we organize a stand with several pamphlets. The organization is shared between the Local Committee and Bellvitge’s Hospital Blood and Tissues Bank.
I Days of basic clinical skills Target audience: Every sciences health students in UPF-UAB Duration: Two days Thematic description: This project takes place on the first of June at University of Pompeu Fabra-UAB. The Medical Students Council organizes suture workshops, bandages workshop, basic clinical urgencies sessions, basic CPR sessions and a debate session about complementary medicine. Furthermore, we tried to integrate and promote our council, for this reason the representatives organize leisure activities. Around 45 people did each activity; it represents 1/3 of all faculty students (150).
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I Training sessions for Medical students from region II of CEEM (Catalonia) It’s aimed at: Medical students from two area of CEEM Duration: Two days Thematic Description: This project took place on the middle of March at University of Girona. The Medical Student Council organizes training sessions for all medical students from CEEM´s region II. We inform our partners about activities of the different representative organizations in the local, regional and state level in the field of medicine. Trainers teach participants in different skills (communication, efficient meetings), collaborating with AECS trainers (some of them belong to CEEM). Representatives coordinated debates about ESHE (European Space for Higher Education). Furthermore, with theses sessions we try to involve our partners sharing their experiences and increasing teambuilding. This is the most important thing to get a true collaboration between Local Committees
Health Science Day Target audience: Health sciences students from URV Duration: Two days Thematic Description: This project takes place on the first of November at University of Rovira i Virgili. The Medical Students Council organizes different trainings and the CEEM national members explains CEEM’s main projects. Furthermore, we have different
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Workshop of student representation Target group, dates and duration: it is for all medical students of the University of Extremadura, around 20-30 participants, one weekend in early course. Thematic description: it is intended that the students reinforce their knowledge of the Council of Students and the importance of student representation. For this purpose, we explain the functions of the Council of Students and university governing bodies where students have representation. In addition, representatives of the University of Extremadura’s Students Council (CEUEX) and members of the National Council of Medical Students of Spain (CEEM) and the State Association of Nursing Students (AEEE) come to talk about their work at national level in favour of the rights of students of Medicine and Nursing. We also develop taskforces and debates on current issues that students see in the Faculty or the University and what measures could be taken from the Council to solve them.
Research Conference for medical students Target group, dates and duration: 100 participants, during 3 days in the afternoon, in April. Thematic description: During 3 days in the afternoon, students attend to different talks of themes about investigation and medicine and 3 trainings to acquire clinical abilities. In addition, to promote the investigation between students, they expose to their partners what they have been doing during the year as internal students. This year for the first time we have created a prize for the best communication and for the most participative student during the trainings and talks. As new, in this edition of Research Conference for Medical Students, they have a special thematic: “The Mora Spirit” making reference to the old Clinical Hospital of Cádiz Faculty of Medicine, Mora’s Hospital, and
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Welcome week Target group: Nursing and medicine students Duration: One week Thematic description: This project takes place on the first of September at University of Lleida. The Faculty organizes a week in which you can visit the city. There other students show how the Medical School functions. Furthermore, faculty leaves a space where we can explain everything about our MSC. Next year we want to organize a trip to promote a better welcome week and give a nicer image of the MSC.
Water workshop Target audience: Sciences health students in UdL Duration: One day Thematic description: This project takes place on the first of November at University of Lleida. The MSC organizes a workshop to try to create awareness within people that there is not much difference between bottled water and tap water. To do this workshop, we need a jug of bottled water and a jug of tap water. Students didn’t know which was which and they had to guess it.
Pharm-Free Target audience: Sciences health students in UdL Duration: One day Thematic description: This project takes place on the middle of February at University of Lleida. The MSC collaboration with “Cooperation and solidarity office” make a documentary about the “neglected” diseases that are not profitable for the industry. Before this documentary, we ask the hanged slogans in the Faculty as viral advertising to make people wonder about the real incidence of diseases like Chagas.
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Bioethics “Cineforum” Target group, dates and duration: Focused on Medical Students, four days. Thematic Description: We show four different movies related to medical situations or ethical conflicts, to be analysed by the students who have to answer a poll about the different films. The last day, a discussion about the films takes place.
Information Day Target group, dates and duration: Medical Students. One day every term. Thematic Description: Some of the Council members remain at the Council Office the entire day at the disposal of students to answer their questions, solve problems related to activities, or anything.
Christmas Chocolate Day Target audience, dates, duration: for all medical students of the University of Córdoba, the last day before Christmas holidays, in the morning. Description: from the Students Council, we organize a place where take hot chocolate and some sweets in order to expend some time together before the holidays.
Spring week Target audience, dates, duration: for all medical students of the University of Córdoba, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th of May. Description: during this week, we organize a huge amount of activities for all students. These activities consist of sports tournaments (football, basketball, table tennis, etc.), games (Trivial Pursuit tournament, Pro Evolution Soccer tournament, etc.), activities related to Medicine (suture workshop, sex education, etc.), information stands (careers, international cooperation, etc.) and teacher vs. students games. The purpose of all these activities is to show that the life in the University goes beyond the classes and notes.
Sport and medical championships It´s aimed at, participants, dates, duration. Students, Administration and Services Personnel and Teaching and Investigation Personnel of the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital in Albacete. 180 participants. October-November, 2010. Thematic description Series of football tournaments, basketball, card games, ludo, mus and trivial, with the aim to favour sport activity in the university environment and the relation between several university
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and hospital bodies.
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4 1 2 3
Medical Emergency Conference Target
audience:
Cooperation and Development Conferences
UAB
Medical students
Target audience, dates and
Duration: Three days
duration:
To
everybody: all the students, Thematic
description:
professors, and many other
We are going to celebrate
people. The third week of
our seventh edition. With
November. Three days.
this
activity
we
try
to
promote the knowledge of
Thematic
Emergency course
The Cooperation
house and prepare activities
Target audience, dates
launched in the school this
to meet each other. The old
and duration: To medical
new
Target audience:Medical
students prepare a welcome
students from fourth grade
structure to the Tropical
students
activity for rookies.
up to sixth grade. Three
Diseases and
days.
Health Conferences, there is
the
basic
aspects
of
MedCamp
emergency medicine.
“Pause” party
All the students go to a
Thematic Thematic
description:
all the students have a dinner and party in the
Video
The
presentation
hospital, the fifth course Target
that they are going to sell
Medical students
audience:
during these year until the is to create unity between medical students of our University.
emergency
course is
are
conferences
description:
The
idea
main
of
this
explain
the
main
organization aspects of the hospital relationship university.
and with
it´s the
in
International
three-day
project,
three hours each day (with a break in
between).
The
a professor belonging to the
this
Parasitology Department, as
lasts
way: the first day consists
well
on
Cooperation
medical
emergency
and
the
dedicated
other to
practice it in the Emergency Service.
project is to present our We
Similar
three
days are
Thematic
course.
hospitals. It
theory, Duration: One day
some
project is carried out with
hospital to the newcomers.
Theatre Some students prepare a play and they act in the Christmas graduation
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Conferences
carried out in one of our days, distributed
students show the t-shirt
next Pause. The main idea
Description:
and
Development
a
Duration: One night
!
Description:
dinner
and
as
which
a in
specialist
in
Development, turn
is
the
Academic Secretary of the school.
4 1 2 3
Summer Practice in Regional Hospitals Target and
International Cooperation Lecture
Rare Disease Day Target
Students,
dates Medical
during
July,
August or September. Thematic
Description:
All the Medical Students
It´s
can practice in any hospital
medical
in the region, during a
students, 8th November, one
month. We contact with
day.
most important hospitals,
group,
and
duration:
focused
on
and ask for places that we Thematic
Description:
have
to
distribute
later
We organized a round table
among the students. Any
conference
student
about
can
practice
in
international Cooperation in
other hospital in Spain, and
Spain and had a discussion
we validate it as those who
later.
practice
We
counted
different
on
in
the
regional
non-profit
hospitals. All the students
organizations like MSF, Red
have to summarize their
Cross, etc.
experience to obtain credits
Living in Emergency Target
group,
aimed
at
students,
28th
February, one day. Thematic Thematic Rare
dates
Target
dates
and duration: It´s mainly
group,
duration:
group,
Description:
diseases
are
18
th
Description:
October we celebrate
life
the patron of medicine.
threatening or chronically
Every year, we organize a
debilitating diseases with a
lunch for the students, to
low prevalence. There are
celebrate
6000-8000
sometimes,
rare
diseases
the
day,
we
and
organize
identified. The Rare Disease
some sporting competitions
Day objectives are: to give
among students.
information
to
students
about diseases like Prader Willi
and
organize
awareness-raising activities, for
example,
distributing
pamphlets or imparting a lecture.
Saint Lucas Day group,
(ECTS) and students have to
Target
sign a certificate to verify
and
their practice.
Students, 18th October, one
and duration: First, third
day.
and fifth year students.
duration:
dates
Collaboration with the General Practitioners/ Family Physicians Professors
Medical
Target
group,
dates
dates
and duration: It´s aimed
Thematic
Description:
at any student, 11th May,
We help Family Physicians
one day.
to
collect
information
through surveys about the Thematic
Description:
MSF organize activities to make their work known among
medical
students.
MSF Delegates showed a documentary work,
called
Emergency:
!
about
specialization, in order to create different activities to increase
medical
participation
in
student their
specialty.
MSF
“Living Stories
in of
Doctors without Borders”.
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Cinema and Bioethics Period Target group, participants, dates, duration Students at the Faculty of Health Sciences of ULPGC. It is meant to carry out several periods during the year. Thematic description We want to present films, shorts or series that reflect ethic aspects in professions related with health sciences and a posterior debate to analyse the different aspects in each matter.
Cultural
Week
in
group,
participants,
other projects created by students of the Faculty of Health Sciences who want to relate and involve students from the
Albacete´s Campus Target
Moreover, the Medicine Student Delegation collaborates with
whole Faculty (Medicine, Nursery and Physiotherapy students). dates,
duration Meant for every student in Albacete’s Campus. 901 participants. 11th14th of April. Thematic Description During the 11th, 12th and 13th days of April, championships and
different
cultural
and
formative
activities were held in the different Campus Centres. The Delegation of Medicine was responsible for the organization of the poker tournament and for the informative talk regarding novelties in core subjects. The 14th a party was held for the whole Campus with paellas and local group concerts (La Pantera Rusa and Los Já).
Therapeutic Clowns Course Target audience, dates and duration: To medical students. Three days.Thematic Description: Therapeutic Clowns Course takes place on February at Universidad de Alcalá. The Medical Student Council organizes a course of three days in which Medical Students can experience and learn how “Medical Clowns” work and how to become in one of them. The aim of this event is to teach 30 students how to cheer patients up in difficult situations with fun.
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Newcomers Day Target audience, dates and duration: To Medical Students in First year. First day of the Medical Students Thematic Description: The First Day of the Academic year the Students Council participates in the Welcoming Day of our Medical School. Students Council introduce all organizations and activities to the new students in order to keep them informed of all they can do after the classes, and also how they can defend their rights with Students Representation. After the talk, we invite our new partners to some food and drinks. Every “old student”, takes a group of 20-30 students and show them the different places of the Scholl: the cafeteria, the council office, reprographics, classes, etc.
Suture Course for Medical Students Thematic
Description:
The
Medical
Student Council organizes a course of Surgical Sutures for Medical Students. The aim of this course is to give students practical skills that are not always easy to learn in Medical Schools.
There are 3
different sessions in different groups with surgeon of the 4 Students Hospitals in some universities. In others, It´s a two-hour course in which medical students can learn surgical skills, like basic kind of sutures, special threads, knots, with a theory lecture, and later, with time to practice. Four or five internal residents of the
Cultural week
nearest hospitals help
us, and
teach
Target audience, dates and duration: To everybody:
and we help them to achieve a “trainer
students, professors, and many other people. The second week
certificate” in return.
medical students how to use the tools, etc.
of May. Between three and five days. Thematic
Description:
Several
stands
are placed for
Cooperation and Solidarity all over the School, while carrying out photos, paintings, poetry and short story contests, being rewarded
with
place a thematic writer
medical
books. It
discussion and
a
also
takes
classical
music
concert, with guest musicians performing, along with medical students themselves who play various instruments and wish to participate. This concert usually takes place mid-week.
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Patron’s week Target audience, dates and duration: To everybody: students, professors, and many other people. The first week of May. Five days. Thematic
Description:
The "Patron’s
week" is as, its name suggests, a week in honour
of
Medicine’s
Patron “Saint Lucas”. Throughout this
entire
week we will be able to watch all kinds of activities at the Medicine School, noting: - The theatre play in the school, represented by
students
from
the
own
Medicine School, on Tuesday afternoon.
World Rare Diseases
- The “Patron festival”,
held
on
Thursday of
this week, where medical fellows in second or fifth grade sell refreshments to raise funds for the Ecuador and the end of
Day Campaign
the career trips, while seats are positioned for cooperation and solidarity sale.
Target audience, dates and duration:
- On Friday, the non school day because of being
To everybody: students, professors, and
the official party, takes place the sixth grade graduation,
th
many other people. The 28 of February and
and fellows from fifth grade dressed up as waiters and serve
the First of March.
refreshments to family and friends. This event closes the
Thematic
Description:
World
Rare
Diseases Day Campaign takes place on the 28th of February and the First of March. The Medical Student Council organizes a stand with several pamphlets and many other papers in collaboration with the Spanish Rare Disease Federation. The aim of this event is to report about Rare Disease, to show the ways to face Rare Diseases and to make aware of the problems with diagnosis and treatment of those patients. In the morning, there is a solidarity race in our campus, in order to promote the Rare Diseases Day. We also organize three talks in the afternoon with doctors with experience in this field.
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week celebrations.
Tropical Diseases and International Health Conferences Target audience, dates and duration: To everybody: students, professors, and many other people. The second or third week of February. Four days. Thematic Description: Tropical Diseases and International Health Conferences, as its name
suggests,
consists
days dedicated to medical
of four students
knowledge of tropical diseases and how to prevent
them, because
forget them. Every
sometimes we
day
there
are
programmed three speeches (every afternoon with a break between
them) that
last 3
hours, inviting distinguished
speakers from both national and international renown in international
health. It
is
without doubt
one
World
AIDS
Day
Campaign
of
the largest and most successful projects of the Medicine’s Council, and each year fills the Great Hall of the School with more than 500 students from all different careers of health. It is made in collaboration with a professor of the
Target audience, dates and duration: To everybody: students, professors, and many other people. The first and de second of December. Two days.
Parasitology Department. Thematic Description: World AIDS Day Campaign takes place on the first and the second of December at Universidad de Alcalá.
The
Medical
Student
Council
organizes a stand with several pamphlets and many other papers. The aim of this event is to report about AIDS, how it’s passed on and the ways to prevent it. We also organize a talk in the afternoon with expert doctors in AIDS and infectious diseases. The second of December we organize talks in High Schools in Alcalá de Henares in order to report about AIDS and its prevention. Also, in the afternoon, we show to our students the movie “Three needles”.
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1 2
Recreational Days
Medical-Health Practice through film
Target group, participants,
Target audience, dates, duration:
University
dates, duration Meant for ULPGC
for all students of the University of
Medical Student Council).
students. Unlimited assistance
Córdoba, 8th, 15th, 22th and 29th of th
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th
“Gattaca” (Andrew Niccol,
March and 5 and 13 of April.
1997), presented by Emilio
participate in tournaments and
Description: During 6 days, we watch
Doblaré Castellano (Head of
activities. November 2010. Duration:
some films about bioethical and legal
Immunology in University
One day.
topics related to medical practice. After
complex of Badajoz and
the film, we make a debate with a
health area Manager).
Thematic Description It is meant
doctor who is an expert on that topic.
to promote relations between
We watched these films:
“Awakenings”
(Penny
Marshall, 1990), presented by Pedro Montilla López
the ones at the Faculty of Health
1938), presented by Sebastián
(retired teacher of de Faculty
Sciences through tournaments
Martín Recio (Family doctor in
of
(Trivial, Taboo, game cards…) and
Health
University of Córdoba).
activities (such as salsa, juggling,
Seville).
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“Arrowsmith”
!
Ford,
corporal expression…). The day is
(John
Center
“The
of
Carmona, !
constant
gardener”
Medicine
“Mash”
of
(Robert
the
Altman,
1970), presented by Juan
over with a concert and music in the
(Fernando
parking lot of the Faculty of Health
presented by Juan F. Rangel
Sciences.
Mayoral (Coordinator of Health
Web
Area of University complex of
http://www.uco.es/servicios/comunic
Badajoz).
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“The doctor” (Randa Haines,
20110222
2005), presented by José Carlos
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!
Meirelles,
2005),
Guijo
Toledo and ex President of
Castro
(military
doctor).
Torres Vélez (Family Doctor in
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Córdoba’s
permitted, but limited vacancies to
university students, mainly between
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