CoPHR - the March Meeting

MARCH MEETING 22 AS A POWERFUL AND BLOOMING EXPERIENCE

Text: Emilie Kabasa | NORA 21/22

Medicine is a vast subject. As the years go on, you have to integrate more and more information, making your studies become the core of your everyday life. Lost in a whole encyclopedia of things to learn, it can sometimes be challenging to keep your fire awake and keep going. As a way of coping, you will look for something to grasp on, something that could revive this flame: How to keep going with filling most of your everyday life on something you are not actually passionate about?

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) has always been part of my most cherished interests. However, it was only during my second year that I found out that the subject fitted really well with medicine. Since then, SRHR has been the strong pillar on my way through medical studies, my way to stay fulfilled and motivated, even in the harshest of periods.

The 71st General Assembly of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations came in one of those challenging moments where you ask yourself if what you are doing, is still making you happy. It was held in North Macedonia, and before attending, little did I imagine the changing experience I would live through. This General Assembly thrived my beliefs and passion for Sexual Health. Besides giving me the opportunity to attend a whole week of sessions exclusively about a topic I am devoted to, it offered me the chance to meet people from all over the world. People from different cultures and backgrounds but sharing a passion for SRHR. Through the week, passing through meetings, laughter, tears, and intense conversations, I really felt my sacred fire coming back, and I can only be grateful for such a blooming experience.

Emilie Kabasa, NORA 21/22