Dear SCOPHero,
Welcome to the NPO Manual! If you are a newly elected NPO/LPO or an orange spirited SCOPH Member wondering about SCOPH, this manual is for you!
This Manual will take you into the orange world of SCOPH, from Zero to Hero. It will guide you through the process of being able to manage SCOPH in your NMO by leading your team effectively, designing quality sessions, initiate various activities and being in communication with the SCOPH International Team and your national Team.
This Manual is only a guide thus feel free to tailor it for your use according to the diverse needs of your NMOs. We hope this Manual comes in handy for you and you can start your journey in this beautiful world of passion, dedication and hard work, prepared.
The SCOPH IT is always here for you and your RAs moreover to support you.
Happy Reading
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About IFMSA
in the field of student health and student relief’’. So was born the International Federation
of
Medical
Students’
Associations (IFMSA).
Vision A world in which all medical students unite for global health and are equipped with the knowledge, skills and values to take on health leadership roles locally and globally.
Initially 3 committees were formed: the Standing Committee on Medical Exchange (SCOME), the Standing Committee on Professional Exchange (SCOPE), and the Standing Committee on Students’ Health
Mission
(SCOSH). A bureau of information was set
IFMSA unities medical students worldwide
up in Geneva to establish contact between
to lead initiatives that impact positively the
all
communities we serve. IFMSA represents
organizations. A year later the first General
the opinions and ideas of future health
Assembly (GA) took place in London,
professionals in the field of global health,
where 30 students took part, representing
and works in collaboration with external
10 countries.
partners. IFMSA builds capacity through
have been joined by many more and
training,
exchange
IFMSA is now the world’s biggest student
opportunities, while embracing cultural
run organization.This year, 2018, IFMSA
diversity so as to shape a sustainable and
represents over 1.3 million students of 127
healthy future.
countries worldwide uniting together to
project
and
members
and
international
The 8 founding countries
improve Global Health. Over the years the The year was 1951. Medical students from 8 countries (Austria, Denmark, England, Finland,
Germany,
The
Netherlands,
Norway,
Sweden
and
Switzerland)
gathered in Copenhagen to start an
been further defined with the present constitution stating: ●
The Federation pursues its aims
international non-political organisation for
without political, religious, social,
medical students. The purpose was to
racial, national, sexual or any other
“study and promote the interests of medical
discrimination.
students’
cooperation
on
a
purely
professional basis, and promote activities
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structures and functions of IFMSA have
●
The
Federation
promotes
humanitarian ideals among medical
â—?
students and seeks to contribute to
IFMSA
the creation of responsible future
exchange, discuss and initiate projects to
physicians.
create a healthier world. It trains its
The
Federation
respects
the
brings
people
together
to
members to give them the skills and resources needed to be health leaders. It
autonomy of its members.
advocates for the pressing issues that The work of IFMSA is divided into four main
matter to us to shape the world we want.
global health areas: Public Health, Sexual
And it does deliver: our projects, our
and
campaigns and our activities positively
Reproductive
Health,
Medical
Education and Human Rights and Peace.
impact
Each year, we organize over 13,000 clinical
communities they serve, as well as the
and research exchanges programs for our
health systems around the world in which
students
they practice as a trainee and eventually a
medicine,
to
explore
healthcare
healthcare delivery
innovations systems
in and
the
physicians-to
be,
the
medical doctor.
in other settings.
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Introduction to SCOPH
Vision
Health issues through an international
Medical Students attain the optimal skills and knowledge to contribute to their full potential towards the making of healthier communities in their capacity as medical students
and
as
future
healthcare
sharing
knowledge
network,
projects
management, community-based learning, capacity building, advocacy, exchanges placements
and
access
to
external
learning opportunities.
providers. Mission
The Standing Committee on Public Health
The Standing Committee on Public Health promotes the development of medical students
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worldwide
regarding
Public
(SCOPH) brings together medical students from all over the world to learn, build skills, cooperate, explore and share ideas to
address all issues related to Public Health, including Global Health issues, health policies, health promotion, and education activities.
within our society. 3. Raising awareness about global public health issues within medical
Medical students of the IFMSA formed the Standing Committee on Students’ Health (SCOSH) in 1952, driven by a strong will to take an active part in preventing and making
2. Health promotion and education
policies
concerning
health
problems. During the following years, the wide variety of activities led to the change of SCOSH to Standing Committee on Health (SCOH) in 1963. In 1983 the name of the Committee changed once more to Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH).
students and our society. 4. Advocating for health policies as the voice of worldwide medical students. 5. Developing skills and knowledge of medical students as the future health professionals. 6. Working as an international team and collaborating with external public health organizations to use the potential of over one million worldwide medical students. 7. Collaborate with other fields as medical education, human rights,
During these six decades, SCOPHeroes have
implemented,
maintained
and
reproductive
health.
and
improved a wide variety of communitybased projects on a local, national and international
level.
Through
these
activities, we are pursuing our vision of a healthy society and we are developing our own potential of being complete and skillful health professionals. Objectives 1. Disease
prevention
within
our
society.
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Introduction to SCOPH IT
The SCOPH-Director
SCOPH sessions in IFMSA Meetings,
The Director on Public Health (SCOPHDirector)
is
responsible
for
the
team.Contact Info: scophd@ifmsa.org
development of SCOPH through activities
The Liaison Officer for Public Health
that are in line with its plan of action, vision
Issues
and mission. He/she annually assesses the needs of SCOPH around the world and provides
support
accordingly.
The
SCOPH-D is available to support public health
events
and
provide
students
involved in SCOPH with relevant manuals, documents
for
Alongside
with
all
SCOPH
Standing
activities.
Committees
Directors, he/she oversees the submission of
the
IFMSA
Programs
and
their
implementation. Finally he/she organizes
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together with the SCOPH International
The Liaison Officer for Public Health issues (LPH) is the Official who represents IFMSA within the world of the Public Health Organizations
(NGOs
and
also
Governmental Organizations). The LPH connects IFMSA with its Public Health external
partners,
also
with
other
organizations that can potentially be a support and be helpful for the activities of IFMSA Local Committees and National Member Organizations. The LPH works to
secure sustainability by providing IFMSA
issues in their NMO related to SCOPH.
with relevant information about Public
Contact Info: da.scoph@ifmsa.org
Health
partner
organizations
and
by
facilitating and initiating contacts.Contact Info: lph@ifmsa.org The General Assistant
The Regional Assistants: The main tasks of the Regional Assistants are to keep in touch with the national SCOPH-groups in their region, provide
The main tasks of General Assistant (GA)
SCOPH-members
are to support circulation of information in
personal
the Standing Committee, help the IT with
encourage and assist the development of
development of the e-learning, update the
SCOPH in the region, establish priorities
information relevant to SCOPH in the
and work on the development of a
media and also execute the general tasks of the team, taking minutes, editing articles,
and
of
the
region
professional
support,
regional plan of action. Contact Info:
etc.. The General Assistant also helps the
.ra.scoph.europe@ifmsa.org,
SCOPH-D in preparing for the General
ra.scoph.emr@ifmsa.org,
Assemblies’ SCOPH sessions. Contact
ra.scoph.africa@ifmsa.org,
Info: ga.scoph@ifmsa.org
ra.scoph.americas@ifmsa.org,
The Development Assistant The main tasks of the Development
with
ra.scoph.emr@ifmsa.org SCOPH Communication Channels
Assistant (DA) focus almost uniquely on
To get constant details about the work
updating and revising current resources
being done in SCOPH at the International
(toolkits, manuals...) for SCOPH, ensuring
Team and NMOs level subscribe to:
respect of the SCOPH Regulations and
SCOPH General Server: ifmsa-scoph-
Strategy, searching for NMOs that have not
subscribe@yahoogroups.com
established SCOPH yet and assist them together with the RA to establish it and assisting NMOs in the development of Activities Preparations of projects and
SCOPH
NPO
Server:
ifmsa-npo-
subscribe@yahoogroups.com SCOPH Facebook Page: IFMSA-SCOPH
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What is an NPO? The National Public Health Officer (NPO) is in charge of coordinating and directing the work on Public Health at national level in their organisation. They are responsible for the management and development of the Standing Committee on Public Health through capacity building and managing National Activities on Public Health. They serve as a link between SCOPH International Team and theLocal Public Health Officer LPOs/Members, whom they support. NPOs responsibilities: According to SCOPH Regulations, NPOs responsibilities are the ones listed below: ●
Help, encourage and support LPOs.
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Keep in touch with all LPOs; be able to answer any question, related to SCOPH activities.Request regular reports from LPOs (frequency of reports should be determined by the level of compliance of LPOs, but at least one report on a quarterly basis).
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Introduction to and explanation of SCOPH structure, objectives, mission, vision.
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Organization of regular SCOPH team meeting, whether it be a live meeting or online conference, using messengers).
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Be responsible for choosing the priority direction of work with LPOs, including IFMSA position.
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Provide team-building activities.
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Create the database with all necessary information about SCOPH activities and SCOPH itself.
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Create group chat for an instant communication with LPOs.
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Creating new SCOPH related activities and coordinating and managing the SCOPH related activities on a national level;
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Building capacity among and guiding the Local Officers (LPOs) in terms of Public Health;
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Planning SCOPH related Capacity Building events on a national or international level (e.g. SCOPH Weekends, PHLTs, SRTs etc.);
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Leading and coordinating the National SCOPH Team (may be composed of NPO Assistants, LPOs etc.)
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Connecting and cooperating with NPOss from other NMOs (National Member Organizations);
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Having knowledge and working with the experienced SCOPH Members in the NMO;
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Planning SCOPH sessions in National Meetings;
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Representing their NMO in IFMSA regionally and internationally;
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Representing their NMO in Public Health related external partners;
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Promoting Public Health related opportunities to her/his NMO.
The NPO as a link between National and International: • Updating the National SCOPH Team on international SCOPH news; • Updating NMO members on important SCOPH happenings and opportunities nationally and internationally; • Promoting National SCOPH work towards IFMSA and enrolling national activities into IFMSA Programs; • Thus the NPO Contacts internationally with: ❏ SCOME International Team: SCOME Director, General Assistant, Development Assistant and most importantly, the respective Regional Assistant; ❏ NOMEs from other NMOs; ❏ Program Coordinators, relevant to national activities. The NPO duties towards IFMSA: Completing the SCOPH part of the biannual NMO report; • Promoting IFMSA related opportunities to their members; • Preparing participants of SCOPH sessions in international meetings; • Participating in regional Online Meetings and communicating with the respective Regional Assistant; • Responding towards any SCOPH related calls for input. Internationally or regionally; • Sharing aforementioned calls nationally; • Respecting IFMSA set regulations when organizing events in the name of IFMSA (e.g. PHLT) and contacting the SCOPH International Team ahead of time; • Updating the respective Regional Assistant whenever the status of SCOME in the NMO changes (e.g. a new NPO is elected); • Enrolling National Activities to the respective programs.
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What is an LPO?
The LPO is the person assigned to manage and develop his local association/committee who is in charge of coordinating the SCOPH at the local level. NPO-LPO coordination: The LPO is the link between the NPO and the medical students that can benefit from SCOPH locally. They are the ground workers of the standing committee. They are a great link for the members of SCOPH locally and the NPO, they can help you figure out what you need to change to make it better. This is because each locality is unique in its own needs and environment. What works best in one might not necessarily be the same for the other, some might need more support than the others. LPOs responsibilities: ●
Encourage progressive medical students to become a new committee member.
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Provide all the necessary information about the SCOPH, its structure, mission, vision (in case of lack of information - get it from the NPO).
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Management and organization of local committee activities.
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Direct participation in projects.
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Definition of the local project coordinators, or simply a person who is responsible for one or another project.
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Giving a report on the work of the local committee on demand of NPO.
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Organizing and providing local committee meetings.
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Providing team-building activities.
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Participation in the definition of the priority direction of work.
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To create projects, taking into account the priority direction in the work of the committee on a national level.
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Attend SCOPH team meetings, organized by NPO.
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SCOPH Format Types of Activities to do in SCOPH: 1) On field Activities: a) Health Education b) Community Action and Empowerment 2) Capacity Building: a) Educating Fellow Medical Students b) Building further organisational units 3) Advocacy: a) Advocating for international/national/local policies on b) Forming Partnerships On Field Activities: Health Education and Community Empowerment are two important keys towards health promotion and on field activities. The aim of health education is to influence individual behavioral change and healthier lifestyle choices.
Increasing the knowledge and understanding of the risk factors, prevention and management of diseases or any public health issue is one effective way to contribute towards betterment of Public Health. Community-based approaches and empowerment through raising awareness and increasing public involvement is one of the most potent ways towards sustainability in action on Public Health. In SCOPH,NMO members and activity coordinator work towards health education on a diversity of regionally relevant Public Health Issues in their communities aiming to empower them in pursuit of promotion of Public Health. Additionally, he International Team provides insightful toolkits, manuals and database to help equip students with further resources and skill to execute these activities. You can find examples about various projects in the IFMSA Activities Database.
Capacity Building: We can not achieve our vision of a healthier world or country alone. We must work together for the pursuit of this goal. To enable and prepare medical students to work in Public Health, the most powerful tool is capacity building. In SCOPH internationally, we use SCOPH
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Sessions and PHLTs at the General Assembly for capacity building, regionally, we capacitate medical students through SCOPH Sessions at the EMR. SCOPH member from various NMOs use NGAs (National General Assemblies) and other local meetings to empower their fellow medical student to be able to volunteer and make a difference effectively. In addition to the general meetings, SCOPHeroes in NMOs also have organised SCOPH Weekends and PHLTs for Capacity Building. Capacity Building is not limited to any topic in fact a well rounded mix of topic on Public Health Topics, Leadership and Activity Management Skills is productive to empower medical students involved in Public Health Work. For Example: â—?
Balkan SCOPH Weekend and SCOPH Weekend in Slovakia.
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IFMSA-Egypt carried out a capacity building workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance which was hosted by one of its local committees to ensure the sustainability of the project. With 30 members attending from 12 different local committees, IFMSA-Egypt ensured that each LC would then receive the same information and key messages to execute the project competently. Two externals also participated in delivering the workshop particularly the scientific content of antimicrobial resistance. Trainers were then certified to carry out their AMR activities in their respective local committees.
Advocacy: In health, healthy lifestyle choices and health behaviours are things we educate people upon but there are some factors which we can not control thus we advocate for them. Advocacy is a powerful tool to raise your voices and influence policy which in in turn determine health of people. IFMSA on a whole and SCOPH specifically advocates for various health issues including Climate Change and Health, Antimicrobial Resistance, Universal Health Coverage and Non Communicable Diseases. Forming Partnerships in health in general and in advocacy is key to effectively ensuring that health is given a priority on the agenda and in policies.
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Activity Management and Programs Activity: We in IFMSA define an activity as: A unique set of planned interventions designed and implemented to achieve certain specific objectives – within a given budget and a specified period of time. This definition corresponds to a definition of a project. IFMSA Programs: IFMSA Programs are centralized streams of activities, which are organized by IFMSA National Member Organizations (NMOs) and IFMSA internationally. IFMSA Programs address problems within a specific field that we as medical students and global health advocates stand up for while connecting local, national and international activities and opportunities that contribute to the final outcome. All IFMSA Programs connect the work of NMOs locally and nationally with the IFMSA vision and mission. NMOs decide which programs are to be adopted by IFMSA by voting on the Programs proposed by the Executive Board during the General Assembly. Programs are led by Program Coordinators and supervised by the IFMSA Standing Committee Directors and Executive Board to ensure their quality of implementation, consistency and sustainability of the programs. It is important to note that one of the major aspects of IFMSA Programs is to ensure a way to measure the impact of IFMSA and its’ NMOs on the societies we serve.
Activity enrollment: Activities are enrolled by submitting two documents to the Program Coordinator(s) relevant to the Activity. First document is Enrollment Form which is a Google Form where the Activity Coordinator explains their activity, plan of action, objective and indicators of success, so that the PC can decide if the activity belongs in this Program. One of the responsibilities of the PC is to spread awareness of how to enrol an Activity, therefore consider contacting the PCs at the relevant e-mail address. The second document is a Candidature Form, signed and stamped by the NMO President in order to ensure that the activity is supported by the NMO. Read more about IFMSA Programs via: Official IFMSA page: http://ifmsa.org/programs/ IFMSA Programs Toolkit: http://tinyurl.com/ya32zvhe
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Project Management: Ideas to Impact: IFMSA has an in depth manual on Activity Management. From how to plan, execute and end any project or activity. To view it: Click Here SWG on Activities: In the March Meeting 2018 the SCOPH Sessions had SWGs on Activities for NPOs and facilitators to discuss the activities, the difficulties they face and the potential solutions to those difficulties. To view it: Click Here Activity Management - PHLT Pillar: Out of the three pillars activity management is one of the pillar of the PHLT, where over a course of 3 days or more participants learn activity management, leadership skills as well as about Public Health. See more information about the PHLT below.
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Team Management
Importance of having a Team: The importance of having a team is self evident, for distributing tasks, having diversity of opinion and more working hands one needs to realise; you cannot work by yourself. You need to a strong and trustworthy team. However you need to train them to support you and perform their best. Delegation: • Learn how to delegate your tasks. Some of them you might be able to do it by yourself, but you need to trust in your team and in their work. Have patience, these might take awhile but once established, everything will work smoothly. One can have a SCOPH Team, in charge of accomplishing the different areas in Public Health with the determined tasks and assist NPOs work. Working with your Local Officers is one other great way to collaborate your efforts for a greater impact. Communication: • Be sure to constant communication and contact, keep them updated about SCOPH work and be regularly updated by they work they are doing.
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Capacity Building: • Capacity Building is the strongest tool you have to make a strong tem. You can make a camp, during your National General Assemblies, online meetings,training days or any other idea. Make sure they have the enough tools to work in the area you want.
• Connect the NPOs so they can work collectively. They have various ideas, input and creativity for new activities.
Collaboration: • You have the support of your amazing SCOPH International Team. Your Regional Assistant will be always there for you to support and answer any question. The SCOPH Director is always communicating with the RAs and with the members through updates. The Liaison Officer for Public Health is working hard to represent you with the externals in the best way possible. And the Development is there to help you develop SCOPH in your NMO and General Assistant to keep SCOPH working and will work with the Regional Assistants to support you as well.
Support: Remember to support your team, throughout their work take care of their mental health and involve them in them in the decisions processes for a more transparent and resultant successful team.
Human Resources: The NPOs and RA SCOPH have worked on a handbook on Human Resource Management in SCOPH. To View it: Click Here
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How to design Sessions
1) Existing regulatory documents (Priorities or a strategy): The first step towards planning a session is making use of existing regulations or documents that you might have, which are reflective of your members needs. For instance if you have a SCOPH Strategy or a similar document that guides your work. 2) Needs analysis/ Call for input: The call for input is essential and should be sent out before the planning for the sessions begins. It gives you an idea as to the needs of the people for which you are holding the sessions. 3) Create an Agenda: Now that you have received input from the members it is time to design your agenda according to the time and resources you have present, allotting time reflective of the importance of the topic. 4) Do research (Add SCOPH Structure): Once you have the agenda and the topics ready research on the topic to know the current knowledge and events, also research it in relevance with your country or city.
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The SCOPH Sessions developed a SCOPH Sessions Structure after the March Meeting 2018. To go over it Click Here 5) Pre Assessment: The Pre Evaluation form should be sent before the beginning of the sessions in order to assess participants’ knowledge regarding the content of the sessions. It allows the trainers to have an idea about what participants already know and adapt the content of the sessions adequately in order to make it more instructif for the trainees. 6) Plan Execution and Divide Resources: Now this is your moment, to execute all what you have been planning for. Divide your resources, human and material resources strategically. Take minutes of the sessions so you can follow up on any decisions or action points. 7) Evaluate: The evaluation can be conducted via Pre and Post-Evaluation forms. Comparing its results with Post Evaluation allow us to follow the impact of the training on participants. 8) Follow Up: Sharing a follow up document with the participants is important as it gives them a summary to remember and re use what happened in the meeting.
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Advocacy and External Partners in SCOPH
What is advocacy? Advocacy is any activity by an individual or group that speaks in favor of, recommends, argues for a cause, support or defends, or pleads on behalf of others with the aim to
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influence
decisions
economic,
and
social
within
political,
systems
and
institutions. More recently the term “public health advocacy� was also introduced, referring to educating, organizing, and
mobilizing
for
systems
change
in
Find more on why and how to make a
population health.
policy document here.
But how to do this? There are a lot of
Who can you partner with?
different ways and step-by-step guides out there, but overall you can use the following steps:
It
can
be
beneficial
to
establish
partnerships with different organizations and other entities to enhance your work. To
Step 1. Identify the problem
identify who it would be beneficial for you to work with on a certain issue, you can do
Step 2. Create your goal
a
stakeholder
mapping.
Stakeholder
Step 3. Make a strategy
mapping is a way to understand who your
Step 4. Plan everything
key stakeholders are, where they come from and what they are looking for in a
Step 5. Execute the plan
partnership with you. For a quick guide on how to do a stakeholder mapping you can
Step 6. Monitor and evaluate
watch this video.
And if needed, start all over again.
Below you can find a few stakeholders that
Policy documents
you can take into consideration when
A frequently used way to express the official opinion of your organization is by policy documents voted upon by its members. By having these documents you can assure that your advocacy is based on the opinion of members, without having to consult them every time. Policy documents can furthermore be used to communicate your stances towards external partners and develop
partnerships
based
on
the
priorities in the documents. A policy document should at least define the problem you are addressing, including what the problem is, why it is a problem and why your organization cares about it. Furthermore you want to include specific solutions you are suggesting to overcome the problem.
forming partnerships: 1. World Health Organization Internationally
IFMSA
works
frequently with the WHO, but you can also do that on a national or regional level, for example if your country has a country office or a specific project in your country. 2. Government Legislation that has its impact on health
as
well
as
various
campaigns and projects are usually formed by national, regional and local governments. Therefore it is beneficial to have a partnership with them, to influence decision taken
and
possibly
join
in
campaigns and projects.
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3. National, Medical
regional or
and
Public
local
working together with over student
Health
associations, such as veterinarian,
Associations
pharmaceutical, nursing or dental
Besides IFMSA there are usually
students.
other medical and public health association active where you work. They will most likely have (a few) similar interests and areas of work. 4. Other Student Associations
There are lots of other nongovernmental organizations that have similar stances and values as you have. You can join forces with
Interprofessional collaboration has
them and enhance the impact of
a lot of value, especially in public
your work.
health, so you can also think about
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5. Other NGOs
Public Health and Leadership Training (PHLT)
1. What is a PHLT? The PHLT is an official workshop of the IFMSA. It is a high quality workshop which aims at empowering leaders to develop skills and knowledge on public health, leadership and activity management, as well as taking leading roles and improve their community actions.
2. How to organize it? a. Who can organize it? Any person person who belongs to IFMSA willing to organize a PHLT can do it. b. Who can facilitate it? According to PHLT Regulations, the requirements to be a PHLT Trainer (also known as PHLT Facilitator) are:
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i.
Compulsory: 1. Minimum 1 year of experience in Public Health activities and/or have attended a PHLT or equivalent online course. 2. Have experience in non- formal education and soft skills, having attended a TNT or other course on trainer education including at least: session design, learning theory and facilitation. 3. Approval by IFMSA SCOPH Director.
c. Submission process: In general, PHLTs are carried out within the frame of a Sub Regional Training. All proposal documents must be submitted to SCOPH Director and VPCB at least with 6 weeks before the workshop begins. After that, you will have to wait for SCOPH Director and VPCB approvals and if it is the case, send the final version with corrections made at least 3 weeks before the start.
d. Documents required i.
Budget for the workshop: There is not form proposed. Writing a document with expenditures and prices is ok.
ii.
Activity Description: Click here
iii.
SRT Proposal Document (including preliminary agenda, proposed facilitators, etc.).
iv.
Official application form: Click here
3. Types of PHLT: Even when there is a mandatory agenda proposed by regulations that PHLT Trainers must meet, the PHLT main topic can vary if the person who submits the proposal deem so. There are several topics that PHLTs have taken in the past as central topics, namely: general public health knowledge, Universal Health Coverage, Climate Change, Antimicrobial Resistance, etc. 4. PHLT Regulations: All mentioned above is just the basic points that you should know in case you are willing to organize a PHLT in the future. However, if you take the decision on starting to organize this workshop, you will have to go further and read in detail all the PHLT regulations linked below: a. PHLT Regulations: Click Here.
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Opportunities
Internal (within IFMSA): 1) General Assemblies SCOPH Sessions: Held twice per year, the entirety of IFMSA joins in an incredible event, called the General Assembly. 6 days in March, 6 days in August an amazing opportunity for SCOPHeroes to learn at the SCOPH Sessions at the GAs. It is the greatest opportunity to learn and network with other NPOs, LPOs, SCOPHeroes and Public Health Enthusiasts to build your capacity. 2) Regional Meetings: Apart from the General Assemblies, your region also has its own remarkable event: with a more specific agenda and a more personal approach. Regional Meetings are a great opportunity to focu on Public Health Issues and the regional aspect of them in parallel to the international picture. It is also a great time to meet NPOs and SCOPH Members from your own region and also plan to work together on the regional level. 3) SRTs, trainings and SCOPH Balkan Weekend etc. IFMSA has created activities specifically related to capacity building for its members. These activities happen before the GAs and the Regional Meetings and you can find an array of helpful workshops, whether SCOPH related or not. Keep an eye out for PHLTs, Policy Making, Activity Management, External Representation workshops, among others. Moreover, all throughout the year there are various Sub Regional Training (SRTs) events organized all over the world. These can include, just like preGAs, a variety of workshops catered to your specific needs and priorities: so make sure to follow what’s happening and the calls sent out! An example of a stapleSRT is Portugal’s T4All, which has been organized consistently for many years.Keep an eye out also for individually organized workshops such as PHLTs. You wouldn’t believe how many of them are happening internationally! External (Liasoning) : 1. Help develop a IFMSA policy statement Twice a year, during the IFMSA General Assemblies there is the opportunity to propose new or improved IFMSA policy documents. This is your chance to contribute to capturing the opinion of our members to use as a basis for our external representation and internal efforts. Frequently a small working group will be formed of
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interested members to draft these policies, in which you can join. Is that too much commitment? There will also always be a call for input once the first draft is made. Here you can leave comments and suggestions to the policy. 2. Give input to external meetings For all external meetings that IFMSA is attending a call for input will be send to the members. Here you can give input on what you think IFMSA should prioritise during themeeting, if there is anyone you think they should talk to and if they can bring anything specific back that would help your work. Sometimes there are additional questions asked specifically for that meeting. Unsure on how to give input? Check this manual. 3. Attend an external meeting as an IFMSA delegate Want to experience external representation up close? Apply to become a delegate in an IFMSA delegation to an external meeting! Throughout the year several opportunities will be offered to our members to do this, for example to several WHO meetings and the United Nations Climate Conference. Keep an eye on the SCOPHen IFMSA-general server as well as the Facebook page, where these calls will be shared. Don’t be afraid if it is your first time to apply, everybody has a chance to get into the delegation! 4. Capacity building Several workshops, sessions and trainings are given on the topic of external representation. Don’t hesitate to join one if you want to learn more about the topic. There are also quite a few online resources for you to consult.
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