IFMSA August Meeting 2008

Pre GA: 4th - 6th August

GA: 7th - 13th August

Where?: Ocho Rios, Jamaica

All Medsin members are invited to apply to be part of the Medsin delegation attending this meeting.

Visit the official AM08 website here.

What happens at an IFMSA GA?

There will be meetings of the standing committees of IFMSA, so if you're interested in public health, refugees and human rights, reproductive health and AIDS, professional exchanges or medical education please do consider coming!

In addition, there will be an opportunity to explore the theme Nutrition and Health through theme events, an opportunity to develop your skills through training and a chance to tell our countries about Medsin's activities.

As well as the meeting there will be the opportunity for delegates to attend a 'Pre-GA', which is a 3 day pre meeting workshop. Past topics have included: Peer Education, Global health, Medical Ethics, Malaria and more! The Pre-GA workshops will be decided soon! Delegates are also required to attend a pre Jamaica preparation day, which will be held in late June/early July.

How much does it cost?

The registration fee for the GA will be £265. This fee includes the cost of the conference (inc. food & accommodation) as well as medsin campaign's t-shirts.

The registration fee for the Pre-GA has yet to be set but it's expected to be £100.

How do I apply?

So if you're interested in going to Jamaica, learning about global health, meeting people from other cultures and developing skills please fill in the application form (attached to the page) and email it to the committee by midnight on Friday 19th April.

There are always many more applications than places. For that reason you should spend time on your application form - you need to sell yourself. Feel free to change the sizes of the boxes in the word document, but bear in mind that the National Committee have to read lots of forms, so it's not advisable to waffle.

If you have any questions please email Gemma and have a look at the work of IFMSA.

Information on IFMSA applications procedure

In order to make the selection process more transparent we are making available to you what we will be looking for in applications along with a newly designed quota of people attending the meeting.

Please Note that by submitting an application form you are applying to represent Medsin-UK as a delegate to AM08, and must have read and agreed to the points given the agreement attached this page.

Make up of the delegation for an August Meeting

Leader of delegation (Medsin President)
2 National Exchange Officers
Medsin President Elect
BMA Rep
Person with knowledge of and experience in projects (VPP if available)
Person with knowledge of and experience in campaigns (Campaigns Director if available)

The remaining 10 places on the delegation are to be made up of:

People relatively new to Medsin (30%)
People with experience in Medsin but who are new to IFMSA (30%)
People with experience in Medsin and IFMSA (30%)

Any remaining places/unfilled places will be filled by the highest scoring applicants.

The rationale for the 7 initial positions is that it is important to fulfil the role of Medsin within the IFMSA. However following this we believe it is important for people from all areas of medsin to have the opportunity to attend the conference.

What we will be looking for in applications:

People to have clear aims for whilst they are at the meeting
People to have concrete goals for their return from the meeting
How a person will be able to input into Medsin through attending the conference
Prior involvement in Medsin and the IFMSA
Enthusiasm
Ability to work in a team
A well written application.

Last updated on Thursday 17 April 2008 at 22:10.

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