The IFMSA August Meeting is being hosted this…

The IFMSA August Meeting is being hosted this year in the beautiful city of Copenhagen – beautiful because of stunning lakes, architecture, the ridiculously tall, blonde and athletic natives, and most of all you can’t help but notice the wonderful energy of the city as everyone cycles and jogs.

This year Medsin-UK’s delegation is made up of 13 wonderful medsinners who will be attending Standing Committees during the General Assembly:

Elly Pilavachi – Delegation lead, Presidents’ Sessions

Mike Kalmus Eliaz – GHE Coordinator, SC on Medical Education

Alex Elliott-Green – Advocacy Coordinator, SC on Public Health

Beth Hall – Activities Coordinator, SC on Public Health

Paul Reid and Charley Peal – National Exchange Officers – SC on Professional Exchanges.

Charlotte Hellmich – National Research Exchanges Representative – SC on Research Exchanges

Jonny Meldrum – Comms Coordinator and NECSE rep – SC on Human Rights and Peace

Karin Pursehouse – BMA rep – SCOME

Maya Tickell-Painter – Healthy Planet rep – SCOPH

Alice Cozens – SCOPH

Ben Kerr Winter – SCORP

Anya Gopfert – SC on Reproductive Health including HIV and AIDS

Jamie Yeats – SCORA

Earlier this month the team meet for training and planning the aims and objectives for AM2011. As well as teambuilding, and getting to know each other, the IFMSA was introduced, and feedback was given on previous meetings and how to move forward on the achievements of the past.

Aiming to build on the work accomplished in Jakarta at the March Meeting the AM2011 decided on the following:

TEAM AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

 EDUCATION

Continue promoting GH education among other National Member Organisations

  • Do presentations in Standing Committees, Presidents’ sessions, and European Regional Meeting on GH
  • Run Small Working Groups on GHE in Standing Committees
  • Distribute GHE toolkit
  • Note GHE resources to put in our own GHE resources pack
  • Find out about education opportunities and bring them back to the UK.
  • Find information about Research Exchanges, and work out how to start up in the UK.
ADVOCACY
  • Continuing promoting sustainable campaigning and advocacy.
  • Including presentations during Standing Committee sessions, Presidents’ sessions, European Regional Meeting.
  • Running Small Working Groups on Advocacy and Campaigning topics eg Grassroots Campaigning.
  • Promoting the work of the Task Force on External Relations including Advocacy and encouraging NMOs to vote for the recommendations of the Task Force and it’s two year plan.
  • Organise a relevant campaign stunts – eg Photo stunt
  • Coordination between NMOs on similar projects/ activities
  • Attend project fayre and Project Presentation sessions, and present Campaign activities
  • Support relevant policy statements
  • Distribute resources: Advocacy toolkit, and Using Your Voice.
ACTION

Medsin-UK activities present at AM2011:

  • PharmAware – (coordinator Beth)
  • Healthy Planet – (coordinator Maya)
  • EuWHO – (coordinator Paul)
  • Economic Governance for Health – (coordinators Beth and Mike)
  • Global Health Education – (coordinator Mike)
Project Fayre and Presentations 
Standing Committee Project Fair/Presentations
Representation in Standing Committee Sessions
General promotion of Activities, gathering contacts from interested NMOs.
REPRESENTATION OF MEDSIN-UK
  • In all sessions delegates will representatives of Medsin and the network.
  • Delegates, using the information from the Training Day, and Medsin policies, they will be able to speak on behalf of Medsin.
SUPPORT
  • Supporting each other
    • during Standing Committee sessions – through buddies
    • during NMO hour
    • Helping at project fayre, attending project presentations, supporting Elly during plenary sessions, helping the NEOs during the Exchange fayre.
    • Having breakfast and dinner together.
    • Working together, being supportive, motivating and enthusiastic about each others’ work!!
NETWORKING AND BUILDING CONTACTS

Through talking to as many people as possible, giving out business cards, collecting contact details, and being generally friendly and Medsin-UK-lovely.

  • Passing contact details onto the relevant persons.
COMMUNICATIONS

Communications lead – Jonny

Jonny will help coordinate a communications strategy using online media tools to inform the media, and the network what we are doing, and ask for input.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Medsin Website
  • Blog – wordpress
  • Collation of resources
    • Dropbox – photos, reports.
POST-GA

Wish to report on our work in Copenhagen

  • Presentation to local branch
  • National presentation/ workshops at GAs and Conferences
  • Newsletter
  • Evaluation and feedback

We will be aiming to keep these posts going to keep the Medsin network informed – if you have any comments or questions please don’t hesitate to contact us!!