68th IFMSA March Meeting 2019 Report

MARCH MEETING

2019 REPORT

IFMSA Executive Board 2018-2019 President Batool Wahdani (Jordan) Vice-President for Activities Nebojsa Nikolic (Serbia) Vice-President for Members Fabrizzio Canaval (Peru) Vice-President for Finance Ahmed Taha (Egypt)

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Editorial Page 04

Team of Officials 2018-2019 Page 05

March Meeting OC Page 06

Pre GA Workshops Page 07

Morning Sessions Page 18

Regional Sessions

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Training Sessions Page 32

Theme Event Page 35

Rex Crossley Awards Page 36

Activities Fair Page 37

Global Priorities Page 38

Joint Sessions Page 40

Plenary Page 45

Miscellaneous Sessions Page 46

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Editorial Dear NMOs, Dear IFMSA Members, It’s our great pleasure and honor to share with you this report for the 68th General Assembly March Meeting 2019. More than one thousand medical students gathered earlier this year, in the beautiful city of Portoroz from all around the world, to share their passion, exchange expertise and contribute to IFMSA’s deliverable at local, regional and national levels. If you’re looking for a once in a lifetime experience, a lift in your motivation, an increase in your knowledge and skills, and as well lifelong friendships, then you must make sure to join us only few months from now.

IFMSA envisions a world in which medical students unite for global health, and are equipped with the knowledge, skills and resources to take on health leadership roles locally and globally. This translates to actions in our communities, advocacy and awareness campaigns, creative activities, advanced training and workshops, and multiple events all around the world through our motivated and hardworking members. IFMSA General Assemblies serve as opportunities to amplify these efforts, celebrate achievements and strengthen collaborations.

We can not forget to recognize and acknowledge the tremendous efforts and work the Organizing Committee from SloMSIC Slovenia has put to organize the amazing meeting we had, which was full of surprizes, smooth logistics and inclusive platforms. Therefore, if you would like to know more about the outcomes of this assembly, what sessions we had and what topics we discussed, make sure to read this report and explore its different areas.

Best Regards, IFMSA Executive Board 2018/2019

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Team of Officials 2018-2019

Batool Wahdani President

Gabriela Cipriano RD Americas

Erwin Barboza-Molinas SCORE D

Nebojsa Nikolic VPA

Po-Chin Li RD Asia-Pacific

Idil Kina SCORP D

Ahmed Taha VPF

Adonis Wazir RD EMR

Katerina Dima LME

Fabrizzio Canaval VPM

Paulina Birula RD Europe

Tarek Ezzine LPH

Georg Schwarzl VPCB

Catarina Rodrigues SCOME D

Eglè Janusonyte LRA

Marián Sedlák VPE

Tatiana Zebrova SCOPE D

Huba Ghandour LRP

José Chen VPPRC

Katja Cic SCOPH D

Teodor Blidaru LOSO

Parth Patel RD Africa

Iheb Jemel SCORA D

Charlotte O’Leary LWHO

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March Meeting Slovenia OC

Ziga Barbaric Chair

Gita Mihelcic Social Programme

Bostjan Krapez Vice Chair

Neza Sofija Pristov Public Relations

Iza Korpar Vice Chair

Danaja Plevel PreGA

Jaka Sikonja Treasurer

Lena Lapanja PostGA

Martina Miklavcic Visas & Registration

Klemen Petek Student Council President of the Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana

Boris Podobnik Logistics & Transport Sara Grdina Sponsors & Fundraising

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Pre-General Assembly workshops Before the General Assembly, IFMSA organized pre-General Assembly event which consists of capacity building workshops. During this edition of the event, 11 workshops were held with around 200 participants.

sPRead it 2.0

One of the weaknesses of IFMSA is about how we promote and communicate to the various partners. No specific strategic planning is thought through, making it necessary for IFMSA to empower its members on this topic.

Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills on PR matters and understand the reasons for strategic promotion. An outcome for the PreGA will be a PR strategy for the GA and NMOs. Objectives: 1. NMOs engaged in PR & Communication • Participants from at least 8 different NMOs • Participating NMOs create at least 30% more visuals and videos to promote their activities/impacts in the year after the workshop 2. NMOs to work on strategic promotion • Participants create a plan of action to follow up based on the status quo of their NMO 3. New and improved skills & tools for all participants (PR&C related) • Participants learn about 3 tools to create and edit publications, layouts and videos 4. Evaluate the outcome and set grounds for a standardized PR&C workshop to build capacity on all IFMSA • Do a needs assessment once participants are selected • Create a toolkit of the content and structure of the workshop • Create guidelines with recommendations based on feedback of all parts (participants, facilitators)

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Materials used in the workshop will be sent to participants, as part of the Toolkit. Extra materials will be provided if needed.

PR strategy developed for their own NMOs, to be implemented by themselves within their NMO. Provide assistance in its implementation.

Empowerment of NMOs - reassess how the NMO has evolved in terms of PR-related issues after the Workshop.

Standardised PR&C workshop to be implemented also in next IFMSA events.

Facilitators José Chen, VP for PR and Communication Mohammed El-Gohary PR & Communication General Assistant Andrej Filipic, Slovenia External

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IFMSA Global Health Advocates

IFMSA has been an important changemaker in the field of global health and has an active role in working on the 2030 Agenda, that represent an important step in the global development agenda while addressing many of the medical and public health issues that IFMSA builds its work around. Working on the Global Priorities makes IFMSA a direct contributor to the achievement of the SDGs, strengthening our role in the mission of leaving no one behind.At the end of the workshop: • • •

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Participants understand the Global Priorities and how they direct IFMSA external and internal work; Participants understand the UN system and the role played in it by member states and other actors; Participants have in-depth knowledge about the 2030 Agenda including the Sustainable Development Goals, how working on IFMSA Global Priorities contributes to the achievement of the SDGs and how they can work towards reaching the SDGs through their national and local work; Participants know how to play an active role in representing their NMOs and IFMSA in any external representation opportunities.

Participants can develop regional, national and local initiatives relevant to the Global Priorities that contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

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and links for further development was given There was time during the workshop for participants to plan their own individual follow-up plans. The workshop coordinators are available after the workshop to support the participants with those plans.

Participants wrote a practice application for an external meeting, which they will receive feedback on.

Facilitators Lisa Kelm UNTF member Eglė Janušonytė SCORA RA for Europe Sanne de Wit UNTF coordinator Marian Sedlak VP for External Affairs Poorva Patil MSAI India

Outcomes: • Gathered short immediate feedback from participants after each training day and overall feedback to improve the workshop directly and afterwards.

• A link to a drive folder with background materials used for the preparations of the workshop as well as the presentations used

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Human Rights for Medical Practitioners: Ethical Principles in Humanitarian Action and International Policy Making Objectives: • To ensure that future healthcare workforce have knowledge, skills and values necessary to protect right to health through recognizing war and violations to international law as a threat to health.

• To equip medical students with the knowledge, skills and values necessary to define a healthy society and techniques to improve the standard of health for future patients through advocating for peaceful societies.

• To build capacity amongst medical students within human rights and medical ethics, particularly military medical ethics and decisions they as future health professionals can make that will reshape their society and make it a healthier one, subsequently leading to shared education techniques and knowledge in their NMOs. • To promote the collaboration between IFMSA Standing Committees and Programs, in a interdisciplinary approach to human rights violations and medical ethics dilemmas.

• To provide a portal of communication between the trainers and participants • To make participants aware of their responsibility in clinical settings, by using a human right and medical ethics-based approach.

• To sharé experiences on human rights and medical ethics violations in their home countries and to discuss solutions in a safe environment with their peers.

• To develop techniques and methods, by using innovate human rights and medical ethics education.

• To provide a communication platform for the participants that have completed the workshop.

Outcomes • Invite participants to current international IFMSA activities taking place within the field of Humanitarian Action and International Advocacy.

• Encourage the participants to contribute to activities in line with the IFMSA Programs on Human Rights and Medical Ethics and Emergencies, Disaster Risk and Humanitarian Action.

• Share materials, resources and project ideas, support the participants to take action in their NMOs through awareness raising, advocacy and action.

• Stay connected through a google e-mail group to inform each other regarding happenings around the world referring to these topics.

• Facilitate discussions and debates through the e-mail group regarding current or historical cases, or even hypothetical thinktanks • Encourage participants to follow and/ or to cooperate with other organizations and institutes working on Countering Violent Extremism, Peace Building, Nuclear Deweaponization, and Humanitarian Action on a global, regional or national level.

• The participation in the training will be evaluated by a questionnaire and the result compiled and distributed to the participants, facilitators and key persons within IFMSA. Further, the participants will evaluate each day of the workshop through various evaluation and feedback methods.

• A certificate of participation will be sent online to help save the trees.

Facilitators Kinsi Ahmed SCORP RA for Europe Anouk Nusselder SCORP Development Assistant Maddie Mcdonald CFMS Canada Maha Rehman SCORP RA for Asia-Pacific

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AMET - Advocacy in Medical Education Training Advocacy in Medical Education Training aims to provide and develop skills for participants to be able to lead, advocate and empower others to make a change in Medical Education.

SCOME believes that when training our members in student representation, we are not only shaping Medical Education, but also the quality of healthcare, as our members will become change agents in the Health Systems and Health advocates.

This AMET focused on the Global Health Workforce topic, promoting the IFMSA Global Priority. We aimed to empower participants to become the best student representatives they can be, by setting up initiatives to improve Medical Education and understand how to address this Health Workforce Crisis and its implications in different fields.

Outcomes: Participants showed tremendous growth in terms of understanding not only about the Health Workforce crisis, but their possible intervention whether with activity management or strategizing an advocacy plan. During the workshop there is a “working time� period where participants develop their ideas to present on the last day, possibly even developing further from the workshop. All participants engaged in this working time and develop well-structured plans. Through the informal feedback collected, we also got the understanding participants felt this experience had been very satisfactory.

Facilitators Ahmed Elshaer PC for Medical Education Systems Mindaugas Galvosas SCOME RA for Europe Catarina Pais Rodrigues SCOME Director

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Public Health Leadership Training on Environment, Climate Change and Health (PHLT on ECCH) The PHLT is SCOPH’s standardized workshop and it is imagined as a longitudinal concept of training IFMSAians. The workshop is built on three major pillars – Leadership, Activity Management and Public Health.

This workshop aims to train public health leaders to actively take on leadership roles within the field of Public Health, with a focus on Environment, Climate Change and Health.

Moreover, it will train participants in specific fields closely related to IFMSA and Public Health work, such as specifics on Activity Management, Finance Management and Campaigning.

Complementary to this it will also aim to aid the participants to build knowledge about themes that are priorities to their Region so they will be able to apply what they have learned not only on a ‘theoretical’, but also on a practical, local level.

The final outcome will be empowered leaders and individuals who possess skills to organize activities, conduct them with high quality and promote the development of leadership in public health in daily lives.

Outcomes To receive the PHLT workshop Certification, the participants will need to fill out the 6-month evaluation form, requesting information about their follow-up activities to the workshop and the usage of gained skills and knowledge in a practical setting. This will allow us to measure the impact of the workshop and assess the long-term application of content.

Participants of the workshop have the tools to both improve activities they are/were active in on their local level, as well as create new activities (campaigns, fieldwork, advocacy…) which will have a significant impact in their communities. They also have basic knowledge on how to approach stakeholders and create collaborations with them in order to more effectively pursue their goals.

Facilitators Omnia El Omrani SCOPH Development Assistant Viktoria Kastner SCOPH RA for Europe Lishi Yin IFMSA-China Katja Čič SCOPH Director

The facilitators will be supporting the participants at least up to the first 6 months after the workshop to help them implement the plans made during the sessions.

The participants will receive compiled materials and resources with a detailed description of sessions together with the follow-up email.

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Presidents’ PreGA The leaders of the National Member Organizations of our Federation work hard to lead their organizations to a better direction.

Along the way, they are faced with a diverse range of challenges as they attempt to steer the development of their organizations, continuously striving to make an organization that is stronger, better, and serves the needs of their members better. These challenges range from recruitment, development of local committees, motivation of members, financial sustainability, and many more. The Federation and its members should be able to become a support system that helps each other break past those challenges since, along the years of our work, we’ve seen that these challenges often have parallels from one NMO to another, from one region to another.

interventions to develop their own NMO 2. Creation of NMO partnerships that have similar organizational challenges Outcomes We follow up on the initiatives that born out of the sessions, including the plan of working in a manual that gathers all the information related to IFMSA that will serve them as a base to join the federation and have a better understanding of it.

We also measure the level of understanding of soft skills in the NMO Presidents as well as the knowledge related to organizational development and there is a significant increasement on it after the workshop.

We are following up on individual’s projects within NMOs and plans ahead they might have within their NMOs and in IFMSA itself to follow up on the impact of the workshop.

Facilitators Ivan Fabrizzio Canaval Díaz VP for Members Gita Mihelcic General Assistant for Europe Ahmed Aqeel Plenary Vice-Chair

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To enhance the skills of the participants in specific areas related to being the leader of an organization and in being an NMO representative.

1. Participants develop knowledge and skills in specific skill topics listed within this proposal.

2. Participants are confident about the opportunities IFMSA provide to NMOs and how to engage and manage them in their NMOs 3. Participants are confident on IFMSA procedures and can guide their members to meaningfully participate in IFMSA opportunities and decision-making processes.

To equip the participants with the tools to evaluate and identify the needs of their organization.

1. Participants learned tools and theories related to organizational development, which can be used in their NMOs To give participants concrete tools and plans to develop their own NMOs 1. Participants developed a plan for future

Paulina Birula RD Europe Gabriela Cipriano RD Americas Adonis Wazir RD EMR

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Financial Management and Administration Objectives: • Improve understanding of the main principles of financial management for NGOs. • Familiarize the NMOs about the funding opportunities for the Federation in compliance to the current Ethical Framework on Fundraising and policies.

• Enhance practical skills of day-to-day management of finances.

• Develop expertise on finances, both national and international.

• Have a clear strategy for maintaining each donor type, not a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach.

Outcomes: We believe that all the participants have a clear view now on the basics of finances, what are they expected to do in their NMO’s as well as how to improve their own funds through fundraising and using the IFMSA fundraisers database. We also believe that they achieved a new level of communication skills and practical day to day management of finances skills.

Facilitators Ahmed Taha VP for Finance Tamara Pejoska MMSA-Macedonia Miljana Stojanovska MMSA-Macedonia

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IPAS - Women’s Reproductive Health and Safe Abortion This workshop is part of the IFMSA and Ipas strategy on women’s and adolescents’ reproductive health and safe abortion, a collective effort from both organizations that aims to increase IFMSA members’ awareness of, experiences with and ability to effectively advocate for women and adolescent’s reproductive health, especially safe abortion.

The focus of this workshop is to advance the development of a network of safe abortion advocates within the federation. The training covers several related topics; for example: human, sexual and reproductive rights; abortion laws and policies; barriers to access care, including stigma; safe abortion methods; and identification and referral of women with abortion-related complications. The curriculum also includes information and activities on values clarification for abortion attitude transformation, as well as youth participation and leadership.

Outcomes Through this workshop, we now have 16 new Ipas trainers in all 5 IFMSA regions.

The projects developed at the end of the training were focused on regional needs, and one of these projects was further discussed in the European SCORA Sessions during March Meeting itself. It is now in final development stages.

Furthermore, all participants will be able to facilitate the training, or specific sessions on access to safe abortion on the international, regional, and national levels Facilitators Iheb Jemel SCORA Director Wael Kaabia PC for Maternal Health and Access to Safe Abortion Fabrizzio Canaval VP for Members Gabriela Cipriano RD for Americas

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TNET - Training New Exchange Trainers To make sure SCOPE and SCORE are run in the best way, the Professional and Research Exchange Training (PRET) was developed to enable Local and National Officers in SCOPE and SCORE to improve their knowledge about exchanges and develop their own exchange programs. To make sure the Trainers at these PRETs are qualified in not only exchanges, but also in soft skills training, the Training New Exchange Trainers (TNET) workshop was developed to ensure the quality of our PRETs. The goal of the TNET is to keep creating new generations of Exchange Trainers who are supposed to improve the quality of Exchanges around the World.

The objectives of the TNET are: • To let participants take an active role in improving the local and national and international exchange programs of IFMSA. • To enable better management of the exchange programs in all their aspects including improvement of academic quality and implementing new initiatives.

• To prepare participants to pass on their knowledge as Exchange Trainers, teaching skills on exchange management, personal development and team management.

• To capacitate the participants to represent their organization towards faculties and national institutions, providing them with the skills for development of international exchange possibilities, including student leadership and external representation.

• To generate more experienced and knowledgeable Trainers for PRETs, leading to higher quality trainings and outcomes better aligned with the needs of the Standing Committees.

Facilitators Alia Amira AMSA Austria Wing Cheung SCORE General Assistant Stefana Ciortea SCOPE RA for Europe Ashmeet Sachdev SCORE RA for Asia-Pacific

As a result of the workshop we have 13 graduated trainers, 2 more are about to graduate within the next 6 months. The trainers are added to the trainers database and will be actively involved in the work of both SCOPE and SCORE both on daily basis, as well as in the Capacity Building aspect.

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TAT – Training Advanced Trainers The Training Advanced Trainers workshop is modeled to prepare trainers who already have facilitation skills to produce a higher level of training implementation, master Experiential Learning, impactful workshops and strategic follow up. After successfully providing this workshop this term a few times, we have a lot of great response from participants and valuable input to further improve the workshop to fit the needs of participants.

Facilitators Georg Schwarzl VP for Capacity Building Sukhdeep Arora bvmd Germany Antonios Triantafyllakis AEGEE Europe

This workshop aimed to further develop experienced trainers especially in the field of effective needs assessment, follow up and gamification.

Participants have distributed to the 3 workshop facilitators, which will be their mentors for the next year and follow up on their progress.

Participants need to create a trainer action plan for the upcoming year and the group concrete on certain common goals, such as follow up meetings and the amount of hours to be delivered.

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TNT – Training New Trainers The aim of this workshop is to educate new trainers from all different regions who are equipped with the necessary arsenal of skills to deliver impactful sessions, regardless the topic they want to deliver back at home. Further they should be able to critically research for materials and know how to plan and implement training sessions in their NMOs. The objectives of the workshops were: Participants are able to conduct a needs assessment and strategically use trainings to address those needs Participants learn how to define goals and SMART objectives, how to utilize different training methods and how to define a timeline of a training session Participants learn and acquire basic theories and skills of communication, group dynamics, public speaking, discussion facilitation and how to use online platforms Participants learn at least 3 tools for evaluating training sessions, how to design impactful training sessions, about basics of audio/visual methods, at least 2 tools for assessing impact, about techniques to ensure quality of training sessions

Participants define personal mission statements and develop a plan of personal development for achieving them Participants who stayed for the General Assembly concluded their graduation training during the event. The facilitators agreed on individual follow up plan (every participant gets a coach for after MM) with participants and a follow up Online Meeting. Participants received the materials used for the sessions afterwards.

Facilitators Amine (Mohammed) Al Faker BeMSA Belgium AndrĂŠ Francisco Sevivas Fontoura ANEM-Portugal Mahmoud Abdelazeem IFMSA-Egypt

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Morning Sessions The sessions are the heart and soul of every IFMSA General Assembly. Each Standing Committee session had one Session for their members, the VPCB coordinated an NMO Management Session for any members interested to join it, while the NMO Presidents joined the President’s Session, all of which ran in parallel with each other. Participants applied for the sessions according to their preferences and the needs of their NMO.

Standing Committee on Research Exchange Updated participants in the work done by the SCORE IT from the last August Meeting to this day.

Introduced SCORE to those participants who aren’t experienced and haven’t attended a GA before.

Held Policy Document discussion preparations on the spot, prior to the discussions themselves.

Had a Sharing is Caring space, where participants talked about Outgoing selection, National Social Program, Tutor recruitment, Handover, How to conduct NGA exchange sessions and AWP setting.

Held multiple SWGs, such as the possibility of an alignment between Public Health Exchanges and GAP; How to design Research Educational Activities; The Role of Medical Education in Academic Quality; Capacity Building in Exchanges; National Research Camp; How to Motivate CPs/ LOREs; Increasing Deadlines for AFs and CAs. Discussed Regulation Change Proposals together with SCOPE for those changes common to both Standing Committees, as well as SCORE alone for those changes exclusive to our Standing Committee. Held two Development sessions: One about the work of the Internal Development Assistant, and the other about the work of the External Development Assistant and work on External Representation for SCORE. Had three Joint Sessions, on topics such as Basic

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Research Competencies, How to make PDTs & UATs inclusive in regards to sexual orientation and gender identity, and Human-Rightsbased conflict management in Exchanges.

In Regional SCORE Sessions, topics as broad as troubleshooting and open space discussions to updates on the regional priorities and plans for the next half of the term were shared by the Regional Assistants or Sessions Team members. A Supervising Board session was held, were participants better learned how Project Forms should be filled in a fun and interactive environment.

Outcomes Participants are updated about the work of the IT and its plans for the rest of the term.

SCORE was introduced to those still too new to the Standing Committee. Problems and doubts about common exchange issues were shared and learned from. A policy document was discussed by participants and eventually adopted by the General Assembly. In SWGs, plenty outcomes were reached according to the topic, and they will be presented in the MM19 Follow up Kit. For the first time, SCOPE and SCORE discussed Joint Regulation Change Proposals, with a very positive feedback on it. IDA and ExRep Sessions helped participants better understand and learn the advantages of working with Development Assistants, as well as understood the work they do for SCORE officers worldwide. Joint sessions gave participants multiple new views on our collaborations with other Standing Committees. The new Regulation Changes were voted on, and we updated our regulations thanks to that. Also, at the same time, SCORE Active NMOs present voted to elect two new members to the SCORE Supervising Board for the April 2019-March 2020 term. With the SB Session, participants

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learned how to better fill up project forms in a fun and interactive way. With trainings such as Promotion and Marketing of Exchanges, Exchanges Team Management, Sustainability in Exchanges, Strategic Planning and AWP, External Representation in Exchanges, How to conduct NGA Exchange Sessions, Exchange Team Management and Promotion and Marketing in Exchanges, participants had the opportunity to learn about these exchange-related topics, which also helped in the graduation of 13 new Exchange Trainers for the IFMSA. Facilitators Erwin Barboza-Molinas IFMSA-Paraguay

Ashmeet Sachdev MSAI-India Natasha Bouran IFMSA-Jo Jordan Simina Ratiu FASMR-Romania Christopher Gramsch bvmd Germany Victor Zenatti DENEM-Brazil Matthieu Pierre BeMSA-Belgium

Katerina Dima HelMSIC-Greece Wing Cheung IFMSA-NL The Netherlands Alexandra Gedei HuMSIRC-Hungary

Fanqi Meng IFMSA-China Veronica Moreno AMMEFF Mexico Dunja Bjelic IFMSA-Serbia

Javier Asfura IFMSA-Honduras

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Standing Committee on Public Health Topics discussed during SCOPH Sessions were: Mental Health (in Digital Age and in Relation to Other Diseases), Climate Change and Governance, Vaccination, NCDs (Diabetes, Tobacco&Alcohol, Healthy Dieting & Obesity), CDs (Influenza, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis), Health Systems, Digital Health, SDGs, UHC, Advocacy and Policy-Making.

During the Mini-Sessions’ Living Library, we tackled several niche public health topics, from the Opiat Crisis and Suicide Prevention to NTDs and Health Ethics. Several sessions on internal capacity building contained elements of baseline assessment - Forum of Representation, SCOPH Talks, Policy Documents 101. During the NPO Plenary several Regulation Change Proposals were voted upon and the SCOPH open hour was filled with the UHC consultation, led by VPE. We focused on making the sessions extremely interactive, where participants can explore the topics with the guidance of facilitators, using new tools when delivering the sessions. Each session contained several knowledge-building parts, self-reflection part, group/individual work and activities, as well as discussing the way forward.

Together with other SCDs, we also organized the SWG Time and the participants were able to work with members of other SCs on topics that connect multiple SCs. Outcomes The updated SCOPH Regulations and Annexes will be released on the SCOPH Server and uploaded on the public database. The information received from the Forum of Representation and the SCOPH Idea Box will be used in the second half of the term as guidance for IT work and handover process later on. All action points and important information from the sessions will be provided to the participants through a Follow-Up Kit that is currently in development. Any specific outcomes will be taken into account for the sake of improving the session.

Facilitators Katja Čič, SCOPH Director Tarek Ezzine LPH Teddy Blidaru LOSO

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Viktoria Kastner Blanca Paniello SCOPH RAs for Europe Dominika Kocmanova IFMSA-CZ Czech Republic Hussam Tarawneh IFMSA-Jo Jordan Milica Buhovac IFMSA-Serbia Mohamed Osman MedSIN Sudan Taur Lillestik EstMSA Estonia Antoana Gocheva AMSB Bulgaria Sehee Rim NMSA Norway Milda Burneikaite PC on Mental Health Miloš Stojanović PC on Environment and Health Khadiga Elshamarka PC on CDs Gita Mihelčič General Assistant for Europe on the topic of Mental Health Externals Dr. Sujit Kumar Brahmochary, Jeni Miller

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Standing Committee on Medical Education The SCOME Sessions agenda was developed to introduce the Standing Committee from an individual, local or national perspective towards the possible impact worldwide. There were 5 main focus areas meaningful students’ involvement, SCOME activities, SCOME International Team work, External Representation and SCOME related IFMSA Global Priorities. Under each focus area, there were sessions of different nature: sharing perspectives (NMO poster fair, Medical Education Systems), collecting input (SWGs on topics relevant to NMOs’ SCOME activity, SCOME IT update) and capacity building (parallel sessions on meaningful student involvement, advocacy, activity management).

There has also been a SCOME Plenary where the SCOME Capacity Building Regulations were discussed and adopted.

Outcomes The core outcome of any SCOME Session will be the members engagement. This was achieved and will be followed up on by sharing the follow up kit with the participants that is structured with take home and take action messages. Also, with the sharing of the document, participants will be invited to subscribe to SCOME’s communication channels. Regional Assistants will also follow up with the NOMEs that were present to foster a better communication and they will promote the outcomes of the sessions with all the NOMEs. Additionally, there has been an important collection of input on some International Team projects such as the TMET SWG, Advocacy in Medical Curriculum Toolkit, Discrimination Survey and Basic Research Competencies. The perspectives shared will be analyzed by the relevant IT member and the input will be incorporated in the work. Lastly, an important outcome was the innovation and the reflection over the structure of the SCOME Sessions. After collecting structured feedback on each day and each session, as well as trying out new approaches and dynamics such as the topic based, free discussions in the SWGs, an analysis about the needs and expectations of SCOME members both participating or waiting for delegate’s feedback will be taken into consideration to restructure the sessions in AM19

Facilitators Catarina Pais Rodrigues SCOME Director Katerina Dima Liaison Officer for Medical Education Issues Marouane Amzil SCOME General Assistant Silvia Matilda Astefanei Development Assistant Obada Nahawi SCOME RA for EMR Mindaugas Galvosas SCOME RA for Europe Ahmed Elshaer PC for Medical Education Systems Maria Shaldina PC for Teaching Medical Skills Adeel Riaz IFMSA Pakistan Eve Fourage BeMSA Belgium Nikolai Nunes JAMSA Jamaica

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Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace We had a variety of session topics. After our welcome session we split into Building Human rights activities with an Human Right based approach and Human Rights Advocacy and policy making. After we continued with Gender discrimination in healthcare.

On the second day we had Ethics and human rights in medicine and medical sciences parallel to Healthcare in Danger (attacks on healthcare etc.). Later we continued with voting discussions parallel to Disaster Risk Reduction: Advocating for resilient cities.

On day 3 we had our IT updates and then continued into parallels with Human Rights and development: Fighting Corruption and Promoting Ethical Management and Intercultural Understanding of Common Grounds (intercultural understanding) On day 4 we started with SCORP Fair where participants presented activities from their own countries. After the fair we continued with Extremism, hate speech and human rights (discriminatory ideologies and how to battle them) and Nuclear Abolition and Peace Building Last day we had a common session on Integrative Concepts of Mental Health in Human Rights. After this we continued with Human trafficking parallel to the SCORP Voting.

Outcomes: • Participants gaining knowledge and perspective regarding the topics • Participants getting to discuss about these topics • Participants sharing good practices with each other • Participants getting to prepare for the advocacy opportunities outside of the SCORP sessions.

Facilitators İdil Kina SCORP D Batara Bisuk CIMSA-ISMKI Indonesia Maha Rehman SCORP RA Asia-Pacific Maria Krayem SCORP RA for Europe Yoshita Dayaramani MSAI-India Berkehan Erkılıç TurkMSIC Mahmood Al-Hamody SCORP General Assistant Kinsi Ahmed SCORP RA Europe Ali M. Khafaja RA SCORP EMR Anouk Nusselder SCORP DA Mahmoud Abdelazeem IFMSA-Egypt Hafsa Abdurahim Moalm RA SCORP Africa

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Standing Committee on Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights including HIV & AIDS During this march meeting, we made sure to try new approaches to ensure that our members get the most of our time in Slovenia. This was done through the establishment of theme days. These theme days were the following: • Day 1: SCORA is getting to know each other.

We had Welcome Sessions, advanced and intermediate introduction Sessions. We also had an introductory session for the Global Priorities on UHC and SRHR • Day 2: SCORA is HIV and AIDS. We had a full training day with our externals from Deutschland AIDS Hilfe, to learn different skills in relation to HIV healthcare.

• Day 3: SCORA is SOGIESC. In this day we have discussed Queer Theory, and also had a living library session on different SOGIESC related topics such as LGBTQI+ and Refugees, and heteronormativity.

• Day 4: SCORA is you. This day was an opportunity to listen from our members and see their work.

We had: SCORA Open Space, SCORA Poster Fair and LRA Debate • Day 5: SCORA is taking it forward. This day was focused on building capacities and ensuring our work continuity. We had the SCORA Xchange Plenary paralleled by “Build your own SCORA X-change session.” It also had a “How to CSE session” paralleled by “How to properly evaluate your CSE program.” Finally, we had as session on SRHR inclusive vocabulary - “Changing the way we talk to change the world” and closing session.

Moreover, we addressed other SRHR topics through our joint sessions and the Global Priorities Side Event. We had three Joint sessions addressing: • Is discrimination addressed in the Medical Curriculum? (With SCOME and SCORP) • Why is the LGBTQI+ Community at risk in terms of Mental Health? (With SCOPH) • How to make your UATs and PDTs inclusive in regards to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity? (with SCOPE and SCORE) • Transgender Access to healthcare (Global Priorities session) Outcomes We made sure to address several SRHR related topics in the general sessions as mentioned. The outcomes of these sessions are included in the FollowUp kit, which allows participants to hold them on the regional and national levels. We also had different parallel sessions that answered to the different experience levels of our members to ensure that everyone attending received quality material. Moreover, we voted on the SCX regulations

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and adopted them. This should allow different OCs to work comfortably while organizing their own x-changes.

Facilitators Iheb Jemel SCORA Director Eglė Janušonytė LRA Laura Lalucat SCORA General Assistant Yara Othman SCORA Development Assistant Stephanie McKelvie SCORA RA for Asia Pacific Jian Feng Sun SCORA RA for Americas Wael Kaabia PC for Maternal Health and Access to Safe Abortion Fidan Senova PC for Realizing SRHR Nupoor Tomar PC for Gender Based Violence Shweta Poduval MSAI India Ieva Berankyte LiMSA Lithuania Ahmed El-Tameemi SfGH UK Anastasia Abaitancei FAMSR Romania Mehdi Habib Moalla AssociaMed Tunisia Externals Deutsche AIDS Hilfe

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After the introduction and teambuilding that we had for everyone we moved directly to parallel sessions. The session for the beginners was “How to survive in SCOPE?” where such topics as SOCPE regulations, communication guidelines, how to deal with the database, where to find essential manuals etc. The parallel session for the advanced participants was about SCOPE IT updates. It went in the form of an interview. The IT members presented their achievements of the first half of the term. Current SWG input – the session where all the participants were able to give input to the SWGs ongoing in SCOPE during the term (topics covered: Exchanges External Representation Package, Exchanges Week 2019, AWP Guidelines, Finances in Exchanges, Health System Database (SCOPE+SCOPH), Preclinical Exchanges, Upon Arrival Training, UHC Simulation, Work with Tutors). And in the end of the day we had Sharing is caring (topics: PDT/UAT Agenda, Fundraising in Exchanges, Recognition and accreditation – How do we achieve it ?, Strategy on Cancellations and unused AFs, Support from the NMO, Fair Outgoing Selection, National Social Program (how we can do it?), SCOPE initiatives in my NMO – Impressions, Mental Health- Keep it strong, How do we represent SCOPE Externally in our NMO?) Day 2: Small working groups (FAQ File, PostExchange Debrief, Global Health Education, Stakeholders Manual, Which policy documents may SCOPE need?, LC Activation Guidelines, New Educational Activities for Exchange Students, Public Health Exchanges - what should we prepare?, Role of Medical Education in AQ, Intersectional IFMSA (human rights based conflicts)).The next sessions in parallel again. The one for the beginners: How to improve your exchanges. Topics covered: AQ, CB (PRETs, TNETs), handover, conflict management, etc. The advanced ones spent their time Discussing Exchanges Regulation Change Discussions. In the end of the day NEO Buddies met in the groups and discussed free topics.

Day 4: We voted on SCOPE Regulation Changes, while the beginners took part in some Exchange related trainings at the same time.

Day 5: SCOPE Debates. Topic for the debates: Should SCOPE IT interfere in the life of NMOs? After which we got to the topic UHC and Health Systems – how to learn in SCOPE? discussed some theory and brainstormed. NMO Exchanges Glory – some NMOs presented their achievements. SWG facilitators presented the outcomes of their SWGs.

Outcomes After the discussion with the SCOPE IT some of the SWGs will continue their work. The Regulation Changes will be implemented in SCOPE Regulations. Information gathered during the UHC and Health Systems session will be merged and used for creation of the new SCOPE Global Health Strategy. Overall the materials will be shared with the participants, results of the work and discussion will be implemented according to SCOPE AWP. Facilitators Tanya Zebrova SCOPE D Elina Osi SCOPE GA Giorgia Soldà SCOPE EDA Kanchana Bali SCOPE RA for Asia-Pacific, Mohammad Juma Abu Thiab SCOPE RA for the EMR Stefana Ciortea SCOPE RA for Europe Giorgos Athanasakis HelMSIC-Greece Amr Morsy IFMSA Egypt Mohamed Eljack MedSIN-Sudan Lilyana Boycheva bvmd Germany

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Presidents’ Session The discussions were based on the plenary requirements and the NMOs inputs. We have discussed updates from the upcoming August Meeting 2019 in Taiwan, reports submitted to be approved during the assembly, including officials, task forces, SupCo, Strategy mandate and financial reports. We also went through the procedures for the Policy documents sessions and discussions during the General Assembly.

Every day we had plenary procedures updates from the chair and the plenary team, including but not limited to methodology and voting procedures, CCC Reports and clarifications about motions submitted. We extensively discussed the Bylaw Change Proposals, MoU and IFMSA commitments, Alumni strategy and updates for the term and the procedures that the federation is taking in order to align our internal strategies with the IFMSA global strategies. We discussed membership suspension procedures for half term suspensions with the NMOs, had a session on External Representations and updates of the work, global priorities and regional empowerment sessions. Finally, and most important, we had 3 different sessions for open space of discussions which were proposed and selected by the NMOs of the federation, were we also had 3 different regions represented presenting topics such as Sexual Harassment, Communication within IFMSA and the NMOs and NMO Involvement in decision making processes in IFMSA. To finalize we also requested feedback from the NMO presidents about the sessions and the work ahead that is needed to improve processes in the federation but also improving the president’s sessions of next term which will be taken into consideration during the agenda making process and the handover to the next Vice President for Members.

Outcomes Main sessions’ outcomes are related to the follow up work for the Federation, the presidents agreed on the development of modules for members on External Representation and Financial Management and fundraising at the national level. We decided to put forward the idea of having half of financial year suspension for NMOs that will get money that allow them to pay after the current deadline stablished in the bylaws.

We set specific plans for follow up on formal and informal ways of communication with the NMO Presidents and their involvement in the federation. We working in a reform of the Code of Conduct of the federation and gathered inputs

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for ways to maximize the work related to the second year of the IFMSA global strategy.

We are currently working in strategies to align more the work of the Regions to the external representation needs of IFMSA not just for external representation opportunities but also for Regional Meetings and we got recommendations on the time management and agenda setting for August Meeting that will be taken into consideration.

Facilitators Ivan Fabrizzio Canaval Díaz VP for Members Jasmin Tan AM19 OC chair Nebojša Nikolić VP for Activities Batool Al-Wahdani President Ahmed Taha VP for Finance José Chen VP for PR & Communication Marian Sedlak VP for External Affairs Dominic Schimd Plenary Chairperson Maria Rosca & Yousra Benarkeur IFMSA-Quebec Basil Badwan IFMSA-Jo Jordan Melike Saba TurkMSIC-Turkey RDs & LOs CCC & FC

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NMO Management NMO Management is a crucial part of all our efforts, yet still underestimated. By challenging the normal and thinking outside the box, together with the Session Team we tried to create a different, more impactful and unforgettable experience!

The session team tried to ensure a mix of train the participant, create spaces to share experiences, learn from each other and also to get creative and create.

Day 1 - After some get to know each other activities and giving participants and overview about the upcoming days, the first day was all about, first things first, Needs Assessment. It covered topics such as SCOPE of assessment, target groups, tImelines, monitoring, different ways of data collection and how to analyse and report it. .

Day 2 - On the second day participants were split into 2 groups, Strategic Planning for Beginners & Advanced. The beginner group went through the VMOSA model, and subtopics like how to set SMART goals or create an action plan. The advanced group focused different Strategic Planning models, such as the Situational Strategic Planning Model, the Organic Model or Real-Time Model, just to name a few.

Day 3 - The next sessions were distributed among the session team into different skills and inputs they offered participants. Participant could decide themselves if they want to learn about Small Working Group Management, Conflict Management or Member Motivation & Empowerment.

Fundraising). After that we concluded the NMO management sessions with an input on Implementation & Follow Up of Strategies before had an evaluation and goodbye!

Outcomes As a follow up of the winning team of the hackathon the SWG myIFMSA (mobile application) was started. In addition the Follow Up Kit which includes all materials of the sessions was created and shared with participants. It can be found here.

Facilitators: Erwin Vos RA CB Europe Nour Nassour LeMSIC Lebanon Hayder Noori IFMSA Iraq Sarah Maesen BeMSA Belgium Georg Schwarzl VP for Capacity Building Eduarda Menegaco IFMSA Brazil Majid Shangab Resource & Content Assistant

Day 4 - With our hackathon, we wanted to go new ways in how we can actually build up sessions.

Giving participants a problem statement (“Find an implementable solution to achieve a world in which IFMSA would not lose information and thus would be able to efficiently share all the achieved knowledge both nationally and internationally.�) they split up in 2 teams and worked, at the beginning, guided by the facilitators but more and more by themselves and presented 2 very interesting solutions to the jury. Beside the very little amount of time during the sessions, both teams were so into the challenge, that they continued working even after in breaks and time they could find.

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Regional Sessions During this meeting time, all the delegates from NMOs of the Region met up with their Regional Director to tackle region-specific issues related to Regional Meetings, improving the work in certain areas within their region, and connect more with their fellow members within the region. During this time there were also regional Presidents’ Sessions in parallel with regional Standing Committee Sessions.

Africa The African Regional Sessions were based on the evaluation of the needs of the NMOs. The agenda included the following sesions: 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. How to IFMSA 3. Updates on the African Regional Strategy 4. Introduction to Capacity Building Units 5. Good Governance and Roles of NMO Members 6. Financial Management of NMOs 7. NMO Marketing 8. Updates from the ARM 2019 Malawi Host OC 9. Updates from the Regional Team 10. Introduction to the Auscultate Magazine 11. Subscribing to IFMSA Outcomes: 1. Participants appreciated the opportunities available as well as understood the structures and positions in IFMSA. 2. Participants were explained in detail the pillars of the strategy and what exact work was done in each part. Participants appreciated that a good number of points set in the strategy are accomplished and the rest are very well followed up on.

3. Most NMOs will initiate Capacity building, especially due to how their members benefit.

4. NMOs were encouraged to strengthen their constitutions and bylaws, take an active stance in ensuring capacity building.

5. Participants gained more knowledge on selling their ideas to sponsors through a role play that brought more ideas and also highlighted the importance of professionalism during the presentation.

6. The delegates were equipped with a step by step vignette applicable to any of their marketing requirements 7. The OC shall be sending regular updates to the NMOs with regards to the ARM2019 8. Participants were weill notified about the submission of articles and we expect a good number of submissions.

9. RT will resend emails and channels address in the African groups on whatsapp and will remind members to join.

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Facilitators: Parth K. Patel RD Africa, Alistair Mukondiwa DA Africa, Arsene Koumbem DA Africa Claude Nsabimana DA Africa Efua Yabaa Gyan-Taw CB RA Africa, Kudakwashe Govore FA Africa Hafsa Moalm SCORP RA Africa

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Americas 1.

Americas Regional Priorities 2.

Human Resources for Health 3. LACMA 4.

Updates for Regional Meeting 2020 5.

Updates by Regional Team Work 6.

RD Candidate Debate 7.

Gender in Leadership 8.

Member Engagement 9.

IFMSA Global Priorities Outcomes 1. Call for SWG on Policy on HRH, sharing ExRep opportunities regarding HRH & SDGs 2. Regional Campaign on HRH aimed at rural health 3. Opening the call for participants, Looking for sponsorships to reduce fees 4. Follow up on invitation letters to avoid visa issues OC looking for more sponsors such as flight companies External Partners for theme event 5. All questions or concerns regarding the RT’s reports ought to be sent to their email accounts.

6. Elections

7. Implementation of policies and other activities such as trainings on Gender equity with especial focus in leadership 8. Feeling of belonging and activeness is key for members to stay 9. Reasons people stay: Leadership, Advocacy, ExRep, Passion, Opportunities 10. Helping others, Serve the community 11. How to align internal work and express it externally, Focus on Americas Regional Priorities Facilitators Gabriela Cipriano Regional Director for the Americas Marian Sedlak Vice-President for External Affairs Georg Schwarzl Vice-President for Capacity Building Daniel Sierra IFMSA – Guatemala Javier Asfura IFMSA - Honduras

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Asia-Pacific The regional sessions were based on our previous evaluations to the needs of the region and pending discussions in NMO servers as well as previous GA. The most important topics we have for this GA includes establishment of regional priorities, preparation for APRM 2019, review of regional strategies, and some potential topics to be discussed in the presidents’ sessions of MM19.

Outcomes NMOs in the region have approved the regional priorities and our mid-term report on the work of the regional team as well as the implementation of regional strategies. NMOs also decided to form a small working group to jointly work on statements on key issues in the GA and plan to still run this SWG after MM19, aiming to increase the visibility of AP region. Besides, we also conducted some sessions to provide more background knowledge on the APRM 2019 theme.

Facilitators Po-Chin Li, RD Asia-Pacific Saniya Sahasrabudhe General Assistant of Asia-Pacific Charlotte O’Leary Liaison Officer to WHO Katerina Dima Liaison Officer for Medical Education issues Augustine Luk Vice-Chairperson of APRM 2019

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Eastern Mediterranean Region EMR15 report, EMR16 host presentation and election, IFMSA-Palestine, BCPs, The Muscat Youth Declaration on the Health of Migrant Workers, EMR Strategy, EMR RD Candidate Debate, Youth Participation Forum outcomes Outcomes Elected EMR16 Host, Will publish Youth Participation Forum outcomes, Task Force on EMR Strategy

Facilitators Adonis Wazir RD EMR Aamr Hammani GA EMR Saad Uakkas GA EMR .

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Europe The first day started from the teambuilding that aimed to help participants get to know each other and feel more comfortable throughout the GA. Regional Sessions were also the first opportunity to introduce members from Europe with the Regional Team and update them on the work that had been developed since October.

We also emphasized the work on our priorities - Mental Health, Antimicrobial Resistance and Vaccinations by presenting outcomes from internal work and external meetings and sharing our plans until the end of the term and gathering input from the NMOs. On the 4th day we started with parallel sessions where all Standing Committees had a chance to follow up on the topics important for European NMOs. NMO Presidents took part in the Regional Plenary where several changes to the Regional IOGs were adopted. After that everyone had a chance to listen to the updates of the OC of the Regional Meeting in Saint Petersburg. Last part was allocated to the NMOs who spoke about their successful projects and important matters.

Alexandru Sirbu Fundraising and Development RA for Europe Erwin Vos RA for Capacity Building Mindaugas Galvosas SCOME Regional Assistant for Europe Stefana Maria Ciortea SCOPE RA for Europe Viktoria Kastner SCOPH RA for Europe Blanca Paniello Castillo SCOPH RA for Europe Eglė Janušonytė SCORA RA for Europe Simina Ratiu SCORE RA for Europe Kinsi Ahmed SCORP RA for Europe Maria Krayem SCORP RA for Europe

Outcomes Members of the Region were informed about the work of each of the EuroTeam members and provided feedback about the work.

We changed the focus of the regional priorities from only external to both internal and external, NMOs also voted in favor of limiting the number of regional priorities from 3 to maximum 2. These changes will influence the process of proposing and selecting the priorities form the next term.

NMO Presidents also started discussing the strategy alignment process that will be followed on EuRegMe. EuRegMe OC explained again the visa application process and answered the questions about the logistics of the event Facilitators Paulina Birula Regional Director for Europe Gita Mihelčič General Assistant for Europe Abdulkarim Harakow General Assistant for Europe

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Training Sessions Expert - Financial Management & Strategy Goals and Methods Attendees should be able to develop their own financial strategy that best suit their NMO’s sustainability.

Attendees should be able to revise their own NMO’s bylaws to be able to incorporate aspects of the financial strategy allowing them to properly manage the financial aspects of activities Started with an assessment of knowledge, followed by a didactic yet interactive presentation, and ended it with practice using a flipchart.

Evaluation We used the hand model for feedback: Almost over 90% thought this training was very helpful and interactive. Some expressed interest in having the material we presented in order to

train their members on this topic in their own NMOs. Follow up We plan on adding this material to the follow up kit of the GA MM19; in addition, we gave the attendees our emails, and so far, I’ve been contacted by a couple of NMOs to hold this training in their NMO as an external speaker.

Facilitators Asad Haydar LeMSIC - Lebanon Benno Lickefett AMSA - Austria

Advanced - Emotional Intelligence Goals and Methods Two hours of: • Theory • Practice • Reflection • Personal experiences • Debriefing • Future applications of the gained skills • In the topic of emotional intelligence

Follow up A follow up kit of the materials and activities used in the session will be sent to the participants via e-mail

Evaluation The feedback was great from the trainees, they loved the session and felt that it was up to their needs, the overall satisfaction is 85%

Luna IFMSA-China

Facilitators Zainulabdeen Muthanna, IFMSA-Iraq

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Basic - Organisational Development Goals and Methods The goal of this training was to help participants to assess their organisation, may it be an NMO, a Local Committee or a Standing Committee, and to learn how to improve it further. The steps we described to improve their organisation were structured in Assessment - Action plan - Intervention - Evaluation. More specifically, participants were trained in designing a SWOT analysis and SMART objectives.

After a round on what was expected from the training, the definition of organisational development was discussed, followed by a theoretical explanation regarding the SWOT analysis and SMART objectives. The participants then chose an issue they have within their organisation and worked on it in groups, designing their own assessment and action plan. This was followed by a presentation from each group.

Evaluation Overall satisfaction was good. Positive feedback (20) and potential improvements (15) were collected from the 26 participants.Main positive

feedbacks were on the training’s clear outlines (10), trainers’ dynamics (5), and the practical activities (3).

Possible improvements were a more in-depth session (5), more time and more practical exercises (5).

Follow up Email addresses and other contact details of participants were obtained, through which a short summary of what was discussed in the session shall be sent. Trainers also shared contact details through which participants may inquire further or reach out for help while applying obtained skills in their respective NMO. Facilitators Eve Fouarge BeMSA Efua Yaaba Gyan-Tawiah RA CB Africa

Expert - Project Management Goals and Methods Our main goals were: - Understanding the definition of the project and the parts it consists of - Learn and practise on the process a project is created (goals & methods) - Inform about the SWOT analysis and how we use it on a project - Learn how to implement “SMARTER” model - Emphasize on the role of the OC as well as the timeplane made in order to achieve the best result of our project - Discuss about different types and target groups evaluation/feedback should come from We tried to have interactive methods like small working groups, scenarios, guessing games and discussions in order to keep our participants concentrated and the energy level high during the whole training. Also, it was important to remain a balance between theoretical information and practical skills, so each part of our training included both.

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Evaluation The trainees were generally satisfied by the training and mentioned that they liked the methods used and the information shared.

Although, some of them complained that the time was not enough and that they would like to discuss more about successful projects between their NMOs. Follow up A possible follow up could be 2-3 online trainings between the participants so that they will now have the opportunity to discuss successful project and the organising tips behind them.

Moreover, they could be encouraged to deliver a training session on project management in local/national level.

Facilitators Anastasia Chatzistamati CB Education Assistant Silvia Matilda Aștefanei, SCOME DA

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Advanced - Behavior at meetings - the other part of External Representation

Goals and Methods Learning goals: - Realizing the importance of behavior at external meetings.

- Getting to know the do’s and don’ts regarding external representation.

- Knowing how to implement these tips in your future external meetings.

Different activities and games were used throughout the training session, being the whole of it organized according to 4MAT style.

The outline of the session can be provided if requested.

Evaluation The session was very, very good. The cooperation and coordination between the trainers were the best, which made everything quite easy.

The session was very dynamic and participants

were super engaged and active. The feedback we received was very good, both on the session itself and on us as trainers. Most participants asked us for all the materials we used.

Follow up The outline of the session was provided to the participants, as well as information on different IFMSA events in which they could participate as representatives.

They were also given the trainer’s contact for further consults or collaborations.

Facilitators Lucía Auñón IFMSA-Spain Stephanie McKelvie AMSA Australia

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Theme Event The Theme Event for the March Meeting 2019 explored a range of topics related to gender and health.

The first session was a lively panel discussion with Ms Ann Keeling (Women in Global Health), Ms Diah Saminarsih (WHO), Dr Alexis Johnson (Pineapple Labs) and Prof Dr Danica Rotar Pavlič (Network of Primary Health Care, Slovenia), moderated by the Vice-President for External Affairs.

The second session had an internal focus, with a student-only debate with the topic: ‘IFMSA values gender equity. Current approaches to achieve gender equity in NMOs and IFMSA are appropriate and adequate. ‘. Six IFMSA members debated, presenting arguments for and against, moderated by the Liaison Officer to the WHO. This was followed by an open session where audience members could contribute their thoughts on the topic.

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Rex Crossley Awards Rex Crossley Awards is a tradition that exists in IFMSA in order to showcase and give attention to the best activities done in the NMOs. Top 10 activities are chosen based on their design, implementation and sustainability to compete for the first place at the Rex Crossley Awards. When the activities are chosen, we are also taking into the account the regional representation in order to ensure the diversity, something IFMSA is extremely proud of. The activities are evaluated by judges composed of Officials and their International Assistants.

This year, the activity that won the first place is SHEBA, Sexual Health Education for Better Awareness, from EMSA Ethiopia. As it was done before, the NMO of the winning activity will received an extra spot at the preWHA and WHA

(World Health Assembly), for the next year.

1st place Medical Caravans IFMSA-Morocco 2nd place Towards Bettter Medical Education IFMSA-Egypt 3rd place Orphanage Health Day LeMSIC-Lebanon

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Activities Fair Activities Fair is another traditional event organized in order for NMOs to showcase their activities.

These are not necessarily the best activities of the NMOs. They can be new initiatives that they are working on, or creative takes on already addressed topics. We had 105 activities presented at this March Meeting. The activities are evaluated by judges composed of Officials and their International Assistants, and feedback is then provided for the activities.

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Global Priorities IFMSA has recently adopted the IFMSA Global Priorities, which are a group of health and global related focus areas and overarching concepts that regulates IFMSA’s work internally and externally.

During the GA we had parallel side events related to different global priorities, in which the participants not only got the chance to know about specific global priorities but as well to participate in simulations, active discussions and real life scenarios that will help them understand how these global priorities are being tackled in a global and local level and how as medical students they can play an active role in it.

What is right when it comes to children’s rights debate During IFMSA’s March Meeting 2019 a Global Priority Side Event was held on the topic of Children’s Health and Rights. The event was a debate called What’s Right when it comes to Children Health and Rights. The participants divided into six groups, for and against to 3 different topics. The participants first did research and created arguments about the topics according to the stance they were assigned. Then the debaters from each group conducted their debates followed by an open space discussion. The three debates were: Children with disabilities should get education in separate schools Parents are the final decision-making body

when it comes to health decision of the child Children should be able to elect their peers to represent them in the parliament.

Facilitators İdil KINA SCORP D Anouk Nusselder SCORP Development Assistant Juliette Mattijsen PC on Ethics and Human Rights in Health

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What if Social Accountability is a solution for the Health Workforce Crisis?

IFMSA has recently adopted the IFMSA Global Priorities, which are a group of health and global related focus areas and overarching concepts that regulates IFMSA’s work internally and externally. During the GA we had parallel side events related to different global priorities, in which the participants not only got the chance to know about specific global priorities but as well to participate in simulations, active discussions and real life scenarios that will help them understand how these global priorities are being tackled in a global and local level and how as medical students they can play an active role in it.

Facilitators Catarina Pais Rodrigues SCOME Director Katerina Dima LO for Medical Education Issues Marouane Amzil SCOME General Assistant Nikolai Nunes JAMSA

A United Nations Plenary on Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights - Firstly, a pre-prepared mock UN statement on transgender health was distributed; participants were divided into member states and non state actors with pre-prepared information and views on the transgender health; - Participants had time to familiarize themselves with the information and to communicate with other stakeholders; their main goal was to propose changes to the UN statement proposal with collaboration with member states; - After submitting the amendments, the participants took part in the UN plenary procedure and had the possibility to make opening statements, take part in speakers list and vote for the proposed paper.

Facilitators Eglė Janušonytė SCORA RA for Europe

Fidan Senova PC for Realizing SRH) Dario Rosini SCORA RA for Europe Jian Feng Sun SCORA RA for Americas

Iheb Jemel SCORA D Laura Lalucat SCORA GA Ahmed H. Ali SfGH-UK

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Joint Sessions The Joint Sessions is a session where standing committees will create thematic sessions together, discussing topics and issues where their two work areas intersect. In this session, we aim to create an environment of interconnectedness, and show that within the Federation, we do not merely work on self-contained areas, but also work together across Standing Committees to tackle the plethora of issues the world is facing right now.

Human rights-based conflict management in exchanges This session focused on conflicts that might arise in exchanges and their causes, and aimed to provide the participants with the skills and knowledge to manage and mediate these conflicts. In the session the participants learned the basics of human rights and their relation to health. We discussed the human rights-based approach, it’s importance, and different tools for its implementation.

The participants learned the definition of conflict and human rights-based conflict.

Possible causes of conflict, phases of conflict and intercultural learning were discussed. Through role plays and discussion, participants were shown different kinds of conflicts that might arise in IFMSA’s exchanges or international

events and were taught different strategies to conflict management and mediation. The session was wrapped by discussing and sharing useful tools to solve or prevent conflicts in exchanges Facilitators Mohammed Abudiab SCOPE Regional Assistant for EMR Anouk Nusselder SCORP Development Assistant Veronica Moreno AMMEF

Human rights-based conflict management in exchanges Participants were introduced to the concept of Health as a basic Human Right, the universal declaration of human rights and social determinants of health that impact the perception of health within our societies.

Through interactive activities and games, the participants acquired knowledge regarding UHC and how health and human rights are closely interlinked with it.

The exploratory part of the session contained the Mind your Step game, through which participant reflected on health and ethics, decision-making regarding human rights and

whether there is a clear distinction between right and wrong decisions when it comes to matters of health in relation to human rights.

Facilitators Viktoria Kastner SCOPH Regional Assistant for Europe Mahmood Al-Hamody SCORP General Assistant

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Why is the LGBTQI+ Community at risk in terms of Mental Health?

The session started with an interactive quiz regarding the prevalence of mental health disorders in LGBTQI+ community.

The relation between being a part of LGBTQI+ community and mental ill health was further explored and discussed from the perspective of social determinants of health and their influence on a person’s health.

Participants were acquainted with the concept of the Gender Unicorn and data from studies regarding LGBTQI+’s mental health status that helped with destigmatisation of the issue and brought the topic closer to the participants.

Finally, the participants got to explore the reasons why it is important to be mindful of mental health in LGBTQI+ as a vulnerable

group, as well as specific unique mental health disorders common amongst the community.

Through a roleplay and SWG discussions, the participants also discovered how to advise LGBTQI+ members on mental health and how to approach them.

Facilitators Gita Mihelčič General Assistant for Europe on Mental Health Sehee Rim NMSA Norway Fidan Senova PC on SRHR

Global Health in Exchanges Training The Global Health Training is a standardized session developed in 2018 and implemented as a test phase in SCOPE (in collaboration with SCOPH) during the last term. Now, we are going to implement it and use the standard template as an educational tool to be used for exchange officers and students and also general IFMSA members.

The training included information about Social Determinants of Health, which was the SCOPE Global Health Theme Strategy for the period 2016-2019 and Health Systems, the Theme Strategy for the period 2019-2022. Finally, we discussed the Importance of Global Health in Exchanges and how and where to implement it.

Participants were able to discover the building blocks of UHC and different types of health systems, they explored the differences between equity and equality and touched upon health

financing and governance.

The gained knowledge on health systems was then connected to the concept of Exchanges and how it comes into play for exchange students going from one health system to another, as well as how can these differences be best integrated into the learning experience of Exchanges themselves.

Facilitators Blanca Paniello SCOPH Regional Assistant for Europe Anna Herzeg SCOPH General Assistant Stefana Ciortea SCOPE Regional Assistant for Europe

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Medical Students and Burnout: What can we do to prevent burnout in medical students?

This joint session aimed to create a safe environment for participants to open up about their own struggles and share the situations, as well as possible solutions for facing difficult situations that may take a toll in their Mental Health. By the end of the session, there was a shared understanding that Mental Health issues are becoming more spread and affecting young people and effective action needs to be taken.

Facilitators Milda Burneikaitė Program Coordinator on Mental Health Silvia Matilda Astefanei Development Assistant

Is discrimination addressed in the Medical Curriculum?

The session started with a reflection about the challenges certain vulnerable groups would face in the healthcare systems and what would be the best approach from the professional’s perspective. Afterwards, the Discrimination in Medical Education survey was introduced and participants had the opportunity to fill it out and give input on the questionnaire. There’s still much to be done when it comes to addressing vulnerable groups in Medical Education. The survey suffered some changes according to the session and we will be able to gather more data on this matter with this initiative

Facilitators Catarina Pais Rodrigues SCOME Director Maria Krayen SCORP Regional Assistant for Europe Ieva Berankytė LiMSA Ahmed Al Tamimi

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How to make your UATs and PDTs inclusive in regards to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity?

Exchanges whether they are SCOPE, SCORE or SCORA are an amazing opportunity for our members to get well rounded and see the world beyond their front door. It is our duty in IFMSA to ensure that they are safe and inclusive to every single one of our members. In this session, we would try and develop recommendations of sessions to make Upon Arrival Trainings and Pre Departure Trainings sensitive to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity by tackling the following: - Basic SOGIESC knowledge: introduce the terms - The importance of safe space and inclusive language - How to have a safe and gender inclusive

space in our exchanges - Developing initiatives/activities/methods to implement back home Facilitators Simina Rațiu SCORE RA Europe Kanchana Bali SCOPE RA Asia-Pacific Ashmeet Schadev SCORE RA Asia-Pacific Laura Lalucat SCORA GAeneral Assistant

Basic Research Competencies: What competencies do you need to do a research project?

The session started with a quick introduction so participants from both Standing Committees get to know each other a bit better. Afterwards, we kicked off with the topic at hand, namely by sharing the results of the Access to Research and Research Education survey. In it, we showed to people present that most people are interested in having research as part of their curricula, but at the same time, most of the people surveyed agree that the opportunities provided are too little, and they need to create their own projects if they want to hone their skills in research. After that, we started talking about Research Competencies, what they are, and how can they be applied to SCORE Exchanges.

After this, we highlighted the importance of using a Competency Framework, basing ourselves on examples of other organizations on using Competency Models in the teaching of research. After this, a discussion was opened, in which we talked of whether or not this is a good plan to apply in order to improve research education in medical students. Lastly, we split

the participants in groups, in order to provide input to the Framework planned, where one group focused on the content of the Model, while the other talked of ways of promoting this Framework both internally, and with externals.

Participants really liked the topic, and a lot of great input was gathered in the preparations for this Framework, to be launched soon.

Facilitators Katerina Dima LME Mindaugas Galvosas SCOME RA Europe Alexandra Gedei SCORE Internal Development Assistant Natasha Bouran SCORE RA for the EMR

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Social Accountability in Exchanges: Are Exchanges socially accountable?

The session started with a round of names and a little ice-breaker; the participants were given a post-it to write down their expectations about the session.

Then the participants were asked to fill the blanks in the flipchart with the definition of Social Accountability (SA) using some cards with some words written on. Afterwards the full definition was given and a video about social accountability was shown and then the concepts and values related to SA better explained.

It was then asked to the participants “Why does society need exchanges?” and a little discussion initiated.

The participants were asked and then explained about what IFMSA does already in terms of SA. They were then asked to form a line in the middle of the room and move right (yes) or left (no) according to the answers to the questions that would have been asked and then was ask to elaborate more on their answers. The questions were: “Does your NMO organize social accountable activities?”, “Does your NMO organize social accountable exchanges?”.

Then participants were then divided into 3

groups and given a flipchart and some markers.

They would have to listen to the questions by the facilitators and discuss them within the groups. The questions were: “Should exchanges be accountable? Why? What it would add to the project?”, “What could NMOs do to organize more accountable exchanges?”, “What could IFMSA (eg. SCOME and SCOPE ITs) do to help this process?”, “What is the difference between an exchange with and without accountability aspects?”.

Eventually each group shared its thoughts.

Wooclap was used to evaluate the session in the end.

Facilitators Giorgia Soldà SCOPE EDA Obada Nahawi SCOME RA for EMR Giorgos Athanasakis HelMSIC

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Plenary Plenary Sessions were conducted in March Meeting 2019, by facilitation of the Plenary Team.

Present was the entirety of the IFMSA body; as well as present Members of the IFMSA. We had five plenary sessions, which are the formal processes of the General Assemblies, where all major decisions are undertaken by the IFMSA. Motions for each plenary session (regular motions) were gone through during each mornings Presidents’ Sessions; presented by either Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson; and each agenda item for the night’s plenary was also gone through. Procedures were again explained at the plenary itself by the Chairperson.

Evaluation meetings were held after each Plenary by the Plenary Team - to solve any issues faced.

Close collaboration between the Supervising Council, the Plenary Team, the Executive Board and the Team of Officials ensured that the formal processes of the IFMSA were conducted in an orderly, satisfying and structured manner.

Dominic Schmid Chairperson

Saniya Sahasrabudhe Assistant-Secretary

Jurrien Hendrik Loosveld CCC

Ahmed Aqeel Shakir Vice-Chairperson

Khaled Ahmad Abdul Hadi Al Sadder Assistant-Secretary

Anastasiia Petrenko CCC

Angela Berni Plenary Secretary Ahmed Ayman Abdelbassier Elshaer Assistant-Secretary Rytė Benešiūnaitė Assistant-Secretary

Ashandi Triyoga Prawira CCC Yannick Quintus Turdo CCC Naci Cem Aydogdu CCC

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Miscellaneous Sessions Policy discussions We had 11 policy document proposals submitted for MM19: 4 of them proposed by NMOs and 7 proposed by the Team of Officials. The policy documents discussions took place during the first day of the Assembly and were coordinated by policy commissions and responsible Liaison Officers.

Documents related in a thematic way were usually placed in a session room together, allowing members to discuss the proposals in a complex, interconnected way. Policy commissions recorded feedbacks and inputs on the content and especially implementation and engagement of members in such activities.

One of the outcomes of MM19 was an EB mandate on IFMSA policies, which will analyze the timeline of policies creation and will probably come with a set of recommendations related to policy processes, including the role of policy discussions during a General Assembly.

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IFMSA Fringe Fringe was a fresh and new endeavor that we undertook for MM, understanding the many risks that it could pose. However, after a lot of stress and a lot of preparations, the event turned out to be a big success and set a wonderful precedent for Fringe to become a staple in future IFMSA meetings.

The session concluded with 7 performances that included music, spoken word, stand up comedy, dance and sketch comedy, all under the theme of Diversity and selected subthemese. Each performance touched on a different aspect and prompted attendees to think and to appreciate how art can connect us all.

Here follows a list of performances: - SfGH UK with a sketch comedy on Brexit & intercultural differences - Ivy Lee (FMS Taiwan) with two songs about mental health - Gabriela Cipriano (IFMSA Peru) & Javier Asfura (IFMSA Honduras) with a song about multiculturalism - Margarita & Poulcheria (CyMSA Cyprus) with a song about humanitarianism - IFMSA Poland with a traditional dance that incorporated a gender twist - Ioan Mirea with stand up comedy about human differences & similarities - Benedict Blacket with spoken word on multiculturalism Overall, IFMSA Fringe proved to be a great addition to the IFMSA General Assemblies and will be included in the agenda for the August Meeting as well.

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El Salvador (IFMSA-El Salvador) Estonia (EstMSA) Ethiopia (EMSA) Finland (FiMSIC) France (ANEMF) Gambia (UniGaMSA) Georgia (GMSA) Germany (bvmd) Ghana (FGMSA) Greece (HelMSIC) Grenada (IFMSAGrenada) Guatemala (IFMSAGuatemala) Guinea (AEM) Guyana (GuMSA) Haiti (AHEM) Honduras (IFMSAHonduras) Hungary (HuMSIRC) Iceland (IMSA) India (MSAI) Indonesia (CIMSA-ISMKI) Iran (IMSA) Iraq (IFMSA-Iraq) Iraq – Kurdistan (IFMSAKurdistan) Ireland (AMSI) Israel (FIMS) Italy (SISM) Jamaica (JAMSA) Japan (IFMSA-Japan) Jordan (IFMSA-Jo) Kazakhstan (KazMSA) Kenya (MSAKE) Korea (KMSA) Kosovo - Serbia (KOMS) Kuwait (KuMSA) Latvia (LaMSA) Lebanon (LeMSIC) Lesotho (LEMSA)

Libya (LMSA) Lithuania (LiMSA) Luxembourg (ALEM) Malawi (MSA) Malaysia (SMMAMS) Mali (APS) Malta (MMSA) Mexico (AMMEF-Mexico) Montenegro (MoMSIC) Morocco (IFMSAMorocco) Nepal (NMSS) The Netherlands (IFMSA NL) Nicaragua (IFMSANicaragua) Nigeria (NiMSA) Norway (NMSA) Oman (MedSCo) Pakistan (IFMSA-Pakistan) Palestine (IFMSA-Palestine) Panama (IFMSA-Panama) Paraguay (IFMSAParaguay) Peru (IFMSA-Peru) Peru (APEMH) Philippines (AMSAPhilippines) Poland (IFMSA-Poland) Portugal (ANEM) Qatar (QMSA) Republic of Moldova (ASRM) Romania (FASMR) Russian Federation (HCCM) Russian Federation – Republic of Tatarstan (TaMSA) Rwanda (MEDSAR) Saint Lucia (IFMSA-Saint Lucia) Senegal (FNESS)

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