upcoming projects
Indonesian Disease Today 2013
Indonesian Disease Today (IDT) is one of the annual activities of the national SCOPH which attended by members of various local CIMSA throughout Indonesia. In 2013 it will be held by the local Sebelas Maret University (UNS) Surakarta with the theme “Medical student in action: Preventing Non -Communicable Disease by Caring to Others “. We choose this issue because of the fact that the prevalence number of non-infectious diseases are increasing day by day, especially hypertension, stroke, and diabetes mellitus. Although those disease aren’t infectious diseases (non-communicable disease), but it’s still giving a high threat which cause high number of death in Indonesia. It is the responsibility of all parties, not just the government that has an important role, but the contribution of the public (include us the medical students) to control and prevent these diseases. What we can do as a medical student is to become “agents of change” to improve nation health. IDT 2013 will be held on 5-7 April 2013, in Selo, Boyolali district, Central Java. There will be a lecture, public speaking training, welcome party, SCO sessions, social events, and camp (live in). The purpose of all these activities to gain knowledge and ex-
perience of the participants about health issue concerning non-infectious diseases (non-communicable disease) in particular diabetes mellitus, stroke, and hypertension and to increase awareness and knowledge of local communities so that these diseases prevalence and the number of patients can be decreased. In addition, through this activity are expected to intimate between local CIMSA. By following the IDT 2013 “Medical student in action: Preventing Non-Communicable Disease by Caring to Others”, you’ll get not only new-and-unforgettable experiences, you also share knowledge in order to serve the communities, learn the language and culture of the local residents, and definitely get new friends! So don’t miss this rare opportunity. Let’s join IDT 2013!
Training for Research Exchange 2013 T-REX 2013, Training for Research Exchange 2013, is SCORE’s first national training and will be held from 22nd March 2013 to 24th March 2013. It is a great honor to announce that Universitas Gadjah Mada was chosen as host this year. Via T-REX, participants (members of Standing Committee on Research Exchange throughout Indonesia) will be exposed to the wonders of research and let us not forget, SCORE itself. This year, we chose to focus on the process of making a good questionnaire. This questionnaire will be associated to disaster management, whereby we took advantage of Yogyakarta being prone to Mt. Merapi eruption and earthquake. With T-REX 2013, we hope that members of SCORE can further know about SCORE as there will be sessions regarding SGP (SCORE Goes Public), PET
(Pre-Exchange Training), GAP (Global Exchange Project), Prohunt (Project Hunting), Incoming and Outgoing. Participants are also given the opportunity to conduct a survey to the villagers who were the victims of the Mt. Merapi eruption few years ago in 2010. We also hope that with T-REX 2013, SCOREPUBLIC may bond with each other regardless of which Local Committee they are from. Before I end, to my fellow committee members and those who are involved in making T-REX 2013 a dream come true, words cannot describe my gratitude and appreciation to you guys. May T-REX 2013 be a blast and an encouragement for many more SCORE national trainings in years ahead! Go SCOREPUBLIC!!
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