SCOME August Meeting 2015 Survival Kit - Macedonia

Survival Kit

IFMSA Imprint Amazing August Anacondas Abdulrahman Nofal Ahmad Badr Aleks Šuštar Alexander Farfarov Angel Arij Chatbri Katerina Dima Katarina Mandic Maria Lara Haner Sabrin Tahri Rachel Bruls Rashad Fadhil Stijntje Dijk Sumya Hassan Tuncel Uzel Publications Support Division Firas Yassine - Lebanon Haleema Munir - Pakistan

The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization representing associations of medical students worldwide. IFMSA was founded in 1951 and currently maintains 125 National Member Organizations from 118 countries across six continents, representing a network of 1.3 million medical students.

IFMSA envisions a world in which medical students unite for global health and are equipped with the knowledge, skills and values to take on health leadership roles locally and globally, so to shape a sustainable and healthy future.

IFMSA is recognized as a nongovernmental organization within the United Nations’ system and the World Health Organization; and works in collaboration with the World Medical Association.

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Contents

Message from the Amazing August Anacondas page 3

About IFMSA page 4

About SCOME page 5

SCOME Structure page 6

IFMSA Programs page 7

SCOME Amazing August Anacondas page 9

AM2015 General Agenda

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page 10

Theme Event page 13

SCOME Sessions Agenda page 15

What to Bring? page 16

Training Medical Education Trainers page

Training Medical Education Trainers page

Message from the Amazing August Anacondas Dear SCOMEdians all over the globe, The Amazing August Anacondas, with a strong commitment, an enormous energy and unique personalities with the most original ideas, took succession of the March Meeting Monsters to bring you “The best upcoming sessions ever vol. 2”. We are putting a lot of efforts to make it a staggering success.

We believe in the saying: “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” and we are aiming to involve you in the fascinating world of medical education during the hopefully unforgettable journey of the August Meeting 2015.

Passionate, committed and awkwardly intellectual August Anacondas are ready to defy all the rules and be your dealer of key aspects in medical education and an infinite love for SCOME. So, are you ready for the adventure, taste this SCOME-love drug, and share your addiction with people from all around the world?

Come on! Don’t be cowards, these Anacondas don’t bite, join the family and you’ll never forget it!

See you all very soon,

Amazing August Anacondas.

PS: We are the most generous dealers you can ever meet, it’s all for free.

PPS: No drug can be enjoyed without a song, here’s ours: S is for the smart nerds we will be.

C is for the cutting edge education we see.

O is for the overwhelming energy we set free.

M is for our marvelous work of the highest degree.

E is for the everlasting improvement which we plea.

SCOME is the key.

SCOME is more than a Standing Committee.

You working hard, quality ME is a guarantee.

If you only believe in SCOME. SCOME is the place for you and me.

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About IFMSA “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.”

IFMSA Vision Statement.

The year was 1951, as the world was rebuilding itself after the World War II, when medical students from eight countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, England, The Netherlands and Austria) gathered in Copenhagen to start a non-political organization that would represent medical students. The purpose of such an organization was to “study and promote the interests of medical student cooperation on a purely professional basis, and promoting activities in the field of student health and student relief.” Hence, the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) was born.

Initially three committees were formed: Standing Committee on Medical Education (SCOME), Standing Committee on Professional Exchange (SCOPE), and Standing Committee on Students’ Health (SCOSH). One year later the first General Assembly (GA) took place in London, 30 students

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participated, representing 10 countries. Over the years, the original eight member countries have been joined by many more. IFMSA is the world’s largest and oldest student organization representing medical students, maintaining 125 National Member Organization (NMOs) from over 100 countries.

IFMSA unites medical students worldwide to lead initiatives that impact positively the communities we serve. IFMSA represents the opinions and ideas of future health professionals in the field of global health, and works in collaboration with external partners.

IFMSA builds capacity through training, project and exchange opportunities, while embracing cultural diversity so as to shape a sustainable and healthy future. The core purpose of IFMSA is to bring together the global community of medical students at the local, national and international level on social and health issues.

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About SCOME There are six existing Standing Committees within the IFMSA: Professional Exchanges (SCOPE), Research Exchanges (SCORE), Public Health (SCOPH), Human Rights and Peace (SCORP), Sexual & Reproductive Health including HIV and AIDS (SCORA) and finally: Medical Education (SCOME).

Medical Education should be a concern of every medical student as M.E includes both curricular activities and extracurricular activities; hence, it shapes not only the quality of future doctors, but also the quality of healthcare.

As medical students are directly exposed to medical curricula, they are the first quality check of medical education and they should rightfully have an influence on the creation of new curricula and curriculum development. It is often the medical students who are the strongest proponents for adapting their education to the needs of their community. We are concerned with facing the needs of healthcare in a modern society and are willing to commit to make sure our education prepares us for them. Here SCOME enters the game.

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The purpose of the SCOME is to gather students from all over the world who would be interested in playing an active role in their medical education; how to analyze it and then advocate adapting it to the present and future needs as future doctors.

As medical students are direct SCOME offers an international platform for medical students to come together, to be empowered and receive capacity building trainings to enhance their impact on the local level through projects and advocacy, and on the other hand forms a tool that represents the voices of medical students worldwide through international organizations such as the World Health Organization, World Medical Association, World Health Organization, World Federation for Medical Education and many others.

Throughout the year, our members come together in two General Assemblies (March and August) and in five Regional Meetings, can participate in online meetings or in Small Working Groups on specific topics, and are constantly updated by the International Team on activities that are going on globally.

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SCOME Structure

Ahmad Badr, SCOME-D

Stijntje Dijk, LMEi

Zamzam Ali, RA Africa

Victor Echeveste, RA Americas

Ying-Cing Chen, PD, Medical Education System

SCOME Director

The IFMSA Director on Medical Education (SCOME D) is elected on a yearly basis by the IFMSA General Assembly during the August Meeting. As per IFMSA bylaws, the SCOME D oversees and coordinates the work being done within SCOME, be it by the National Officers or the International Team. The SCOME D is also in charge of preparing and guiding the Standing Committee meetings during General Assemblies and Regional Meetings.

At the start of the term in October the SCOME D appoints members of the International Team to assist carry out these tasks.

Liaison Officer on Medical Education issues The position of Liaison Officer on Medical Education issues (LOMEi) was established in 2000 to represent IFMSA and SCOME towards international associations in the field of medical education. The LOMEi is also elected on a yearly basis by the IFMSA General Assembly.

The SCOME D and LOMEi work closely together during the year and at the GAs. Regional Assistant Regional Assistants are appointed by the SCOME D. Their main tasks are to keep in touch with the national SCOME groups in their region, provide SCOME members of the region with personal and professional support, encourage and assist the development of SCOME in the region, establish 6

Ying-Cing Chen, RA Asia-Pacific

Rachel Bruls, RA Europe

Abdulrahman Nofal, RA EMR

Katerina Mandic, PD, Teaching Medical Skills

priorities and work on the development of a regional plan of action.

Program Coordinator IFMSA’s activities are structured under the IFMSA Programs. Each Program is coordinated by a Program Coordinator. The Coordinators of these Programs are not part of the SCOME International Team, but help them work on the SCOME activities.

National Officer on Medical Education Each National Member Organization (NMO) of IFMSA should have a National Officer on Medical Education (NOME). Tasks of NOMEs include encouraging and promoting SCOME activities within their respective countries and reporting back to the Regional Assistant and/or SCOME D. NOMEs are recommended to attend IFMSA General Assembly meetings in March and August, where they can network with each other, exchange ideas and expertise, and gain new knowledge to bring back to their national and local committees.

Local Officer on Medical Education Local Officers on Medical Education (LOMEs) are in charge of local improvement in Medical Education and related activities at the different local medical faculties of a National Member Organization.

They are elected locally based on their NMOs’ respective bylaws and are responsible for tackling local problems. www.ifmsa.org

IFMSA Programs What is an IFMSA Program?

IFMSA Programs are centralized streams of different activities done 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 and Team of Officials during the General Assembly. Programs are lead by Program Coordinators and overseen by the Executive Board to ensure their quality of implementation, consistency and sustainability of Programs.

will be updated after each General Assembly.

Any activity, local, national or international can join an IFMSA Program by filling in the Activity Enrolment Form and signed support by your NMO President. This form should be submitted at least one month before the activity will start. Applications will be reviewed by the Program Coordinator and you will be informed in two weeks about whether your activity has been accepted to join the IFMSA Program.

Current SCOME Programs

Structure of IFMSA Programs

All NMOs and members of NMOs locally and nationally are encouraged to join an IFMSA Program through enrolling their activities whether that be projects, campaigns, celebrations, workshops, events, trainings or theme based publications.

These activities are coordinated locally, nationally or internationally with the help and support from a Program Coordinator and the relevant Standing Committee Director. Program Coordinators enable and facilitate communication between similar activities and NMOs, organize international activities with the support of NMOs and all general members, and work with relevant Standing Committee Director and Liaison Officer on creating new opportunities, all with the aim of achieving the vision and mission of the program while improving the performance of IFMSA.

How to join IFMSA Program?

If you want your activity to join an IFMSA Program, you should have an activity (project, event, conference, workshop, campaign, celebration, etc.) that is in line with the goals of one of the IFMSA Programs. A list of all IFMSA Programs with descriptions can be found on www.ifmsa.org and

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Medical Education Systems

Background and problem statement: Medical students - the major stakeholders of medical education - are often excluded from participating in their educational systems or they quickly become demotivated to do so.

Target groups and beneficiaries: Primarily; medical students and medical faculties, following; local and national organisations on medical education.

End-goal: To create platforms where medical students will learn and discuss about medical education systems, to educate medical students on the organization of medical education systems and on students rights and responsibilities within the systems of medical education.

Backwards mapping.

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IFMSA Programs national governments and ministries and professional regulatory bodies.

Teaching Medical Skills

Background and problem statement: The deficiency of regular clinical practice makes students intimidated by real-time situations, and makes them feel they are not competent enough for independent work right after graduation.

End-goal: To foster the change in healthcare workforce trends and its planning by encouraging communication between different target groups, to provide medical students with the basic knowledge on health resource management and human resources for health including quality assurance in medical education, migration of health professionals, healthcare workforce forecasting and planning.

Backwards mapping.

Target groups and beneficiaries: Primarily; medical students and medical schools / faculties, following; patients and public health systems.

End-goal: To improve the competences of future doctors by improving their practical skills, to provide students with opportunities for improving their clinical skills with self-assessment and training, which will let them feel adequate as a doctor.

Backwards mapping.

Proposed SCOME Programs in AM15

Human Resources for Health

Background and problem statement: The changes in professional migration policies, lack of healthcare workforce planning, global economic crisis as well as the change in the demographics and the growing burden of non-communicable and long-term diseases have led to a significant change in uneven dissemination and lack of healthcare professionals.

Target groups and beneficiaries: Primarily; healthcare students and international organizations, institutions, following; educational institutions, 8

Ethics and Human Rights in Health

Background and problem statement: Modern healthcare has given rise to extremely complex and multifaceted ethical dilemmas. All too often medical students and physicians are unprepared to manage these situations competently. Future healthcare personnel must be competent in medical ethics that govern her or his practice, and understand how international frameworks such as the Declaration of Human Rights are set to safeguard our inalienable human rights.

Target groups and beneficiaries: Primarily; medical students and medical faculties, following; healthcare students, professional organizations, vulnerable groups and patients.

End-goal: To make medical physicians able to question behavior and decision-making and human rights principles situation.

students as future their professional and act on ethical regardless of the

Backwards mapping.

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SCOME Amazing August Anacondas

Adventurous Aleks

Knowledgeable Katerina

Aspiring Arij

Astonishing Angel

Bouncy Badr

Kindhearted Katarina

Magnificent Maria

Necessary Nofal

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Awesome Alexander

Raging Rachel

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SCOME Amazing August Anacondas

Rambunctious Rashad

Shocking Stijntje

Spectacular Sabrin

Super Sumya

Super Tuncel

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Vigorous Victor

Zealous Zamzam

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AM2015 General Agenda

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AM2015 General Agenda During the GA there are several sessions to attend. These are short description of the sessions.

Plenary During plenary decision are made on IFMSA bylaws, Programs, Team of Officials elections and reports. Every country in represented by the NMO President, but other GA participants are highly recommended to be present at the plenaries.

Sessions The mornings start with Standing Committee sessions.

Read more on SCOME sessions in chapter 9 of this survival kit.

Policy discussion The policy discussion session is to give participants more insight in the Policy Statements that will be voted upon during this GA. NMO hour During NMO hour all delegations gather to discuss the plenaries and sessions. Also a good time to speak your own language and to have some fun!

Rex Crossley award presentations Some of the best activities in IFMSA will have the opportunity to present themselves and to have the chance to win the Rex Crossley award, an award for the top three activities in IFMSA at that moment.

Contracts fair SCOPE and SCORE sign contract for the exchanges for next year at the contracts fair. At this fair every NMO also shows what their exchanges have to offer and you can hear a lot about every country.

Training IFMSA has many experienced student trainers that give workshops on several soft skill topics such as leadership, creativity and group dynamics. Attend one of the workshops that you personally or your activities can benefit from.

Joint sessions During the joint sessions participants will gather in workshops to discuss topics that are interesting to multiple Standing Committees.

Regional session IFMSA is divided into five geographical regions. Every region has their own sessions, so you can meet students from neighbouring countries.

Theme event Every GA has a theme to it. Read more about the theme of this GA in chapter 8 of this survival kit.

Activities fair The activities fair is a big market where NMOs present their best activities. Walk around and take a look at the amazing projects, campaigns and conferences other students organize!

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Theme Event Introduction Over a billion people worldwide lack access to quality health services, in large part because of a huge shortage, imbalanced skill mix, and uneven geographical distribution of health workers.

Acute global shortages in the health workforce today represent a crisis that looks certain to worsen in the years ahead. There is a chronic worldwide need for some 2.4 million more physicians, nurses and midwives, and for almost two million more pharmacists and other paramedical workers (WHO, 2006).

Currently there are almost 60 million health workers globally, but they are unevenly distributed across countries and regions. Typically, they are scarcest where they are most needed, especially in the poorest countries.

The crisis has long been painfully familiar to health policy-makers and public health analysts internationally.

The migration of health personnel – especially doctors and nurses – around the world is also a long-standing phenomenon, as they seek better salaries and conditions in other countries. In many cases they are actively recruited by the wealthy nations of Europe, North America, Australia and elsewhere. As a consequence, the health infrastructure in migrants’ own countries is liable to be seriously weakened.

Numbers of migrating health personnel have increased significantly in recent decades. Patterns of migration have also become more complicated and involve more countries. Migration between developed countries is well established and migration between developing countries is increasing. But it is migration from developing to developed countries that dominates global attention. This is because of the numbers of health personnel involved, and because of the impact on the health systems in the countries from which they have migrated.

Increasingly inequitable access to health care can result from these movements.

The World Health Report 2006 highlighted a global shortage of almost 4.3 million health personnel and identified 57 countries, most of them in Africa and Asia, facing a severe shortage of health personnel. Increased migration adds to these shortages.

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Health personnel migrate for the same reasons other workers migrate: they leave to seek better employment opportunities and living conditions.

Developing countries lose many qualified health personnel through migration due to “push factors” such as unsatisfactory working conditions, poor salaries, few career prospects, safety concerns, and lack of management and support.

At the same time, developed countries are struggling to meet the demands of ageing populations and changing health needs, notably an increased need for chronic care. With high numbers of job vacancies and domestic production levels lower than required in numerous countries, these developed countries need ever increasing numbers of migrant health personnel to deliver the services their populations require.

This is why WHO and its partners are developing solutions so countries can address the twin challenges of managing migration and improving the retention of health workers.

One key element is to establish a supportive working and living environment and opportunities for professional growth so that health workers are less likely to migrate.

Another is to implement the 2010 Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel.

Relevance of the problem to SCOME Increasing the number of health professionals graduating from education programs will not be enough to solve the problem. The shortage of professional workers is compounded by the fact that their skills, competencies, 13

Theme Event Theme event sessions

clinical experiences and expectations are often poorly suited to the healthcare needs of the population they serve.

Regardless the fact that over the last few years there has been an increase in number of medical schools globally the medical education quality is doubtfully sufficient as majority of the institutions providing medical education lack basic infrastructure, equipment, staff and/or have static and fragmented educational methods. The increase in quantity of healthcare workers poorly correlates with the actual healthcare quality globally as the issues in quality and relevance must be addressed in order to satisfy the needs of the population.

During the theme event sessions, several topics are aimed to be discussed: from the lack of proper working conditions and environment to the active recruitment from some countries that is promoting brain drain. The direct implications for medical students and their education today as well as their expectations and concerns for their future and the future of healthcare itself will also be discussed, such has access to specialty, continuous professional development and to a meaningful profession and what are the main reasons for the migration of health workers, mainly young medical professionals.

IFMSA aims to discuss this topic in order to create awareness among its members about the interconnecting factors between the different countries. In the end of the General Assembly, it is expected to create an outcome document that summarizes the discussions taken and a list of proposed solutions to be implemented at internally and externally by medical students at local, national and international levels.

In this context, there is a need to develop an international accreditation system for medical education to ensure the quality of medical education around the world, in collaboration with governments to ensure its consistent implementation. As the quantity of healthcare professionals increases, it is important that the quality of education is not compromised.

During the AM GA 2015 SCOME is Proposing the “Human Resources for Health / The Health Workforce” Program aiming to foster the change in health care workforce trends and its planning by encouraging communication between different target groups – healthcare planners, medical students, international organizations and institutions, national governments and ministries as well as professional organizations.

Check the program proposal here.

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SCOME Sessions Agenda

structure. To learn more about it take a look at chapter 5 of this survival kit.

During the SCOME sessions there will be several trainings on medical education topics from our new TMETees and we will have discussions and sessions on important topics for SCOME. Welcome to SCOME We will start the SCOME sessions by introducing the work that SCOME does internationally in an interactive way.

Training On day 2, 3 and 4 there will be training sessions on medical education topics given by the participants of the TMET pre-GA. On day 2 and 4 you will be able to choose between two trainings, on day 3 everyone will have a training on external representation in SCOME & advocacy.

Human Resources for Health A very important topic currently and also the theme of this GA will be discussed in this session, that will be given by an external.

Programs During this session we will talk about the Programs SCOME Survival Kit for AM2015 - Macedonia

SCOME poster fair At the SCOME poster fair all of you will have the chance to present the work of SCOME in your NMO. We want to ask all of you to be prepared to present your work by bringing materials and a prepared poster beforehand. If you forget , don't worry, Every NMO will get a big flipchart sheet to draw and write your work. Make your poster extra beautiful and bring some pictures from your activities to stick on your poster!

Strategic plan & regulations Something SCOME has been working on since the March Meeting 2015 is a strategic plan for our Standing Committee. This is a plan for the coming years towards which all of us will work. We will discuss this new document during this session. We will also take a look at the regulations for Standing Committees that have been accepted at the August Meeting 2014.

Open space During the open space there will be time to talk about topics that were not discussed in previous sessions and that you still want to discuss. Before going to Macedonia, think about some topics that you really want to discuss with fellow SCOMEdians!

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What to Bring?

An intact memory (or just something to take notes with)

An empty address book (trust us you will need it for the enormous number of contacts you’ll make)

A watch (we don’t need to explain further, you’re smart enough to figure this one out)

A BIG smile

Something with mango in it (eatable or drinkable)

An antidote (There are anacondas in the building, you don’t know when you’ll need it)

And finally, this survival kit

SCOME Secret Santa Who doesn’t like getting gifts? And how awesome is it that we have so many different cultures in IFMSA? To combine these two things we will have SCOME Secret Santa in the last day of the SCOME sessions. We would like you all to bring a small gift that is typical for your country or is special to you. Make sure it is wrapped in paper! In the last day of the SCOME sessions we will swap the gifts and everyone can take home something precious.

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Training Medical Education Trainers During the pre-GA SCOME will be delivering the third Training Medical Education Trainers workshop, also known as the TMET. The TMET is a training for becoming medical education trainers, an interactive and fruitful workshop combining both training skills and knowledge on medical education topics.

During the workshop, participants will learn about different topics in medical education, and will also learn how to apply different theories and integrate their knowledge in specific topics into an interactive training session. The topics, which will be introduced to the participants in the TMET, will include assessment & evaluation, outcome based education, teaching & learning skills, curriculum development, professionalism & ethics, leadership,

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student representation, student involvement and advocacy. Moreover, basic skills of training will also help participants to deliver their idea in a concrete way, making medical education knowledge alive.

By using the skills gained throughout TMET, every TMETee will contribute to the SCOME sessions during the GA by delivering training sessions in various topics of medical education.

As Margaret Fuller once said: “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.�

In this way all SCOMEdians can profit from our newly trained medical education trainers!

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Keep in Touch!

Contact the SCOME IT: Your lovely international team is always here to help you. You can always find them on the following emails SCOME Director:

scomed@ifmsa.org

Liaison Officer for Medical Education:

lme@ifmsa.org

Regional Assistant for Africa:

ra.scome.africa@gmail.com

Regional Assistant for the Americas:

ra.scome.pamsa@gmail.com

Regional Assistant for Asia-Pacific:

ra.scome.asiapacific@gmail.com

Regional Assistant for EMR:

ra.scome.emr@gmail.com

Regional Assistant for Europe:

ra.scome.europe@gmail.com

IFMSA-SCOME mailing list: Do you want to follow all the latest news of SCOME? Do you want to get informed of all the opportunities, deadlines and the events that are happening within SCOME? Join the IFMSA-SCOME mailing list by sending an empty email to ifmsa-scome-subscribe@yahoogroups.com IFMSA SCOME Facebook group: Keep in touch with more than 5000 SCOMEdians from all over the world on the Facebook group by clicking this link.

Follow IFMSA Online: WEB: www.ifmsa.org ifmsa.wordpress.com facebook.com/ifmsa twitter.com/ifmsa instagram.com/youifmsa youtube.com/ifmsa

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Albania (OMA)

Germany (bvmd)

Panama (IFMSA-Panama)

Algeria (Le Souk)

Ghana (FGMSA)

Paraguay (IFMSA-Paraguay)

Argentina (IFMSA-Argentina)

Greece (HelMSIC)

Peru (APEMH)

Armenia (AMSP)

Grenada (IFMSA-Grenada)

Peru (IFMSA-Peru)

Australia (AMSA)

Guatemala (ASOCEM)

Philippines (AMSA-Philippines)

Austria (AMSA)

Guinea (AEM)

Poland (IFMSA-Poland)

Azerbaijan (AzerMDS)

Guyana (GuMSA)

Portugal (PorMSIC)

Bahrain (IFMSA-BH)

Haiti (AHEM)

Romania (FASMR)

Bangladesh (BMSS)

Honduras (ASEM)

Russian Federation (HCCM)

Belgium (BeMSA)

Hungary (HuMSIRC)

Russian Federation, Tatarstan (TaMSA)

Benin (AEMB)

Iceland (IMSIC)

Rwanda (MEDSAR)

Bolivia (IFMSA-Bolivia)

Indonesia (CIMSA-ISMKI)

Serbia (IFMSA-Serbia)

Bosnia & Herzegovina (BoHeMSA)

Iran (IMSA)

Sierra Leone (SLEMSA)

Bosnia & Herzegovina (SaMSIC)

Iraq (IFMSA-Iraq)

Singapore (AMSA-Singapore)

Brazil (IFMSA-Brazil)

Iraq, Kurdistan (IFMSA-Kurdistan)

Slovakia (SloMSA)

Brazil (DENEM)

Ireland (AMSI)

Slovenia (SloMSIC)

Bulgaria (AMSB)

Israel (FIMS)

South Africa (SAMSA)

Burkina Faso (AEM)

Italy (SISM)

Spain (IFMSA-Spain)

Burundi (ABEM)

Jamaica (JAMSA)

Spain, Catalonia (AECS)

Canada (CFMS)

Japan (IFMSA-Japan)

St. Kitts & Nevis (IFMSA-SKN)

Canada (IFMSA-Quebec)

Jordan (IFMSA-Jo)

Sudan (MedSIN)

Chile (IFMSA-Chile)

Kazakhstan (KazMSA)

Sweden (IFMSA-Sweden)

China (IFMSA-China)

Kenya (MSAKE)

Switzerland (swimsa)

China, Hong Kong (AMSAHK)

Korea (KMSA)

Taiwan (FMSA-Taiwan)

Colombia (ASCEMCOL)

Kuwait (KuMSA)

Tanzania (TAMSA)

Costa Rica (ACEM)

Latvia (LaMSA)

Thailand (IFMSA-Thailand)

Croatia (CroMSIC)

Lebanon (LeMSIC)

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedo-

Cyprus (CyMSA)

Libya (LMSA)

nia (MMSA)

Czech Republic (IFMSA-CZ)

Lithuania (LiMSA)

The Netherlands (IFMSA-NL)

Democratic Republic of Congo (MSA-

Luxemburg (ALEM)

Tunisia (Associa-Med)

DRC)

Malaysia (SMMAMS)

Turkey (TurkMSIC)

Denmark (IMCC)

Mali (APS)

Uganda (UMSA)

Dominican Republic (ODEM)

Malta (MMSA)

United Arab Emirates (EMSS)

Ecuador (AEMPPI)

Mexico (IFMSA-Mexico)

United Kingdom of Great Britain & North-

Egypt (IFMSA-Egypt)

Montenegro (MoMSIC)

ern Ireland (MedSIN)

El Salvador (IFMSA-El Salvador)

Morocco (IFMSA-Morocco)

United States of America (AMSA-USA)

Estonia (EstMSA)

Namibia (MESANA)

Uruguay (IFMSA-URU)

Ethiopia (EMSA)

Nepal (NMSS)

Venezuela (FEVESOCEM)

Fiji (FJMSA)

New Zealand (NZMSA)

Zambia (ZAMSA)

Finland (FiMSIC)

Nigeria (NiMSA)

Zimbabwe (ZIMSA)

France (ANEMF)

Norway (NMSA)

Gambia (UniGaMSA)

Oman (SQU-MSG) Pakistan (IFMSA-Pakistan) Palestine (IFMSA-Palestine)

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medical students worldwide