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CALL FOR WORKGROUP By S端leymanYildiz, Sebastian Schmidt, BorislavManev, Sofia Ribeiro and Sietke Postema (Directors and VPI of the EEB 2010/2011) January 2011

January 2011

Dear members of EMSA, Have you ever thought about getting active on the European level? Do you have great ideas and an amazing vision, how EMSA might look like in 2012? Then we are pleased to present you this document full of possibilities! We would like to tell you about the possibilities of getting active on the European level, without being responsible for all formal duties that an EMSA European Board (EEB) member has to fulfill. We want to tell you about the Workgroup!! The Workgroup has been established a bit over a year ago, during the EMSA General Assembly 2009 in Heidelberg (Germany). The Workgroup consist of a collection of people who are active on the European level, but are not in the EEB.

We think it is now time to shape up the Workgroup and increase the activity and use of it! EMSA has four pillars (Medical Education, Medical Science, Medical Ethics and Public Health, and European Integration) and each pillar is guided by a Director. It is the Director’s job to help the local members to organize projects, to spread projects and lead European projects. Besides that they attend meetings that are interesting for their pillar. The current four directors have great plans for their pillars! But without people to help them, it will be difficult improve their projects and spread them around! In this document we will first give you some general information about the Workgroup and after that pillar-related information. At the end we will explain how you can apply. If you have any questions after reading this document, please don’t hesitate to contact us!! We are looking forward to your questions and applications! We hope that, with your help, we can improve EMSA’s projects and make EMSA a little bit better! (And if you don’t want to do anything on the European level, but you did get interested in organising a project on the local level, you are also very welcome to contact us!) 2

You can find our contact details on the last page of this document.

Yours, The Directors and VPI of 2010/2011: BorislavManev - Medical Science Director S端leymanYildiz - Medical Education Director Sofia Ribeiro - European Integration Director Sebastian Schmidt -Medical Ethics and Public Health Director Sietke Postema - Vice-President for Internal affairs (VPI)

CONTENT General information

Medical Science

Medical Education

Medical Ethics and Public Health

European Integration

How to apply?

Contact details

GENERAL INFORMATION “Being in the Workgroup is a great way to meet and work together with people from other European countries!!” The workgroup consist of a group of people who are active on the European level, but are not responsible for all formal duties an EEB member has to fulfill. They help the Directors with their tasks. They can be an general assistant or an project-coordinating assistant. Another possibility is being active in a brainstorm-team. More information about the ‘positions’ can be found in the next chapters. Positions: You can read about this in the next chapters. Length of term: The idea of the Workgroup is that you can be involved for as long as you want to. We do prefer that you’re active for at least four months, to ensure continuity, and preferable longer. When you want to quit, it is very important you communicate this with the Director on time. This way there will be enough time to find a successor and to give a proper handover. We’re sure you understand the importance of this! Time: It is difficult to say what amount of time exactly you will have to spend on it. It also depends on the position. But most important: it’s up to your creativity, your commitment and your dedication! You can really change things if you want to! Meetings: There probably won’t be any special face to face meetings, since it would be too expensive for most members to attend those. But when the group decides that they want a face to face meeting and it is logistically possible, of course they can!! You can meet with the Director during the National Coordinators and Enthusiast’ meeting (NCM) in May 2011 in Warsaw (Poland) and the General Assembly (GA) in September 2011 in Leiden (the Netherlands). These are the two biggest meetings of EMSA. Besides that, there will be online meetings (using Skype) with your Director and other members of the Workgroup to discuss ongoing business. The frequency of the online meetings depends on the need, but you will probably start with one meeting a month. 5

Responsibly: The final responsibility will still be for the Director. That is why you have to be in close contact with him/her and keep him/her updated about your activities. Creativity: Most positions are new. So there won’t be anybody to give you a handover, but the Director will be there to guide you and help you to make the best out of it! Together you will decide how you will reach the goals the Director has for the project and how to improve the quality and quantity of it. A new position is a big challenge, but also gives you a lot of possibilities and freedom to use creativity. Teamwork: Depending on the amount of people that fill in the application form, one or two people will be appointed to coordinate each project. When you are part of a (brainstorm-)team it is obvious that you will work in a team. Besides with other people from the Workgroup, you will be in close contact with the Director. Communication with the Director: The Director holds the final responsibility for the project. Because of that, he/she wants to know what you’re doing. Contact with the Director will go by email or by an online meeting. Together you will discuss and decide what you exact tasks will be, so you will be able to do the best job possible! Communication with the VPI: It is the job of the VPI to lead the four Directors. If you have any problem with your Director, you can contact the VPI, in order to work it out together. Besides that, the VPI will of course also be very happy to receive positive emails on how you’re doing in the Workgroup! Experience: For some positions experience with the project is necessary or very much appreciated. This is so that you can give the members of EMSA better advise and help, when they have questions about the project. Of course the Director will be there as well, to help you and the members of EMSA. For other positions experience is not required.

MEDICAL SCIENCE â&#x20AC;&#x153;Search for the old questions with new medical technology; unlock the processes of disease and the mechanisms of possible cure. Medicine is the biological science and the art of healing.â&#x20AC;? After discussing the needs of each pillar it was clear that something special was needed for the Medical Science pillar. On both the local and the European level are not many projects organized that belong to this pillar. That is why Borislav, the Medical Science Director, wants a team that can brainstorm on new projects and the implementation of these projects. Of course, he has some ideas, but he wants your input in order to create the perfect project, that can run on the local level. Do you like science? Do you have ideas on how to implement scientific oriented projects on the local level? Or do you just want to take this opportunity to learn more about how to start new projects? Join the brainstorm-team of the Medical Science pillar! Medical Science brainstorm-team: Number of people: 10-12 Tasks: brainstorm on new projects for the Science pillar. Help to implement these projects. Special requirements: enthusiasm! Besides a Medical Science pillar brainstorm-team Borislav also likes to have a personal assistant. Somebody to help him with the daily management of the pillar. Are you interested in the work of a Medical Science Director? Or are you just interested in Science and want to do something extra in EMSA? Than this is the position for you!

Medical Science Director â&#x20AC;&#x201C; assistant: Number of people: 1 Task: being personal assistant of the Medical Science Director. Help him lead the Medical Science pillar brainstorm-team. Special requirements: experience with Medical Science would be nice, but is not necessary.

MEDICAL EDUCATION “The Medical Education pillar seeks to improve the quality of medical education by joining both students and organisations with shared interest and responsibilities in the topic of medical education.” The Medical Education pillar has a few well running projects on the European level, like the MEDINE2 Student Taskforce. And Teddy Bear Hospital is a well known project organized on the local level. Süleyman, has already appointed project coordinator for a few projects (like Teddy Bear Hospital and Health Erasmus Project), but he wants project coordinator for other projects as well. Besides that he wants a team for several projects. Süleyman would like to have one or two assistants, who can help him with his general tasks as a Medical Education Director. Are you interested in medical education? And would you like to get more involved in medical education on the European level, this might be the job for you! Medical Education Director – assistant: Number of people: 1-2 Task: being personal assistant of the Medical Education Director. Collecting Medical Education related documents. Collecting information about different curricula form the FMOs. Creating an online database. Special requirements: experience with Medical Education would be nice, but is not necessary.

Teddy Bear Hospital: Teddy Bear Hospital is a well known project, organized by many faculties in many countries. Little children take their sick teddy bears to the hospital to be treated by a doctor. The child will learn that white coats aren’t that scary and the student, who dresses up like a doctor, learns how to speak with young children. There is already a European Teddy Bear Hospital Coordinator appointed, but since it is

such a big project Süleyman would like to have a team to work on Teddy Bear Hospital. European Teddy Bear Hospital team: Number of people: 4 Tasks: keep an overview of all Faculty Member Organisations (faculties that are member of EMSA; FMOs) organising the project. Bring organizing committees in contact with each other. Answer questions from FMOs relating Teddy Bear Hospital, give advise and help when necessary. Creating a website for TBH, including an online database. Enhancing channels with other organizations that organize TBH (EPSA, IFMSA). Writing a TBH handbook. Special requirements: experience with the project.

MEDINE2 Network: MEDINE stands for ‘Medical Education in Europe’ and the ‘2’ is because there was a first MEDINE active from 2004-2007. MEDINE2 Network wants to improve medical education in Europe. They have eleven ‘work-packages’; these are subjects MEDINE2 is active in. Four of them deal with the central coordination of the Network, the other seven are theme specific. These subjects differ from language skill, to define learning outcomes, improve the research component in the curricula and mobility. You can find a lot more information about MEDINE2 and the Work packages on their website (www.medine2.com). Süleyman needs a Student Taskforce for MEDINE2. This Taskforce serves as a bridge between the ideas of medical students and the professional regulated ideas. This student team will include both IFMSA and EMSA members. You can be a general member or assigned to one of the workpackages. A general member will be responsible for reporting and coordinating the group. When you’re assigned to one of the workpackages you will report about that work-package to Süleyman and the others. You will be responsible for that work-package and may attend meetings and workshops (if possible) about the subject. The seven work-packages are: 1. MEDINELingua – they gather and present language learning materials 2. Mobility Toolkit – to promote openness and mobility in medical education and training

3. Tuning process – about the development of learning outcomes 4. Bologna 1st cycle – implementation of learning outcomes for 1st cycle Bachelor degree in Medicine 5. Curriculum trends – keep track of and report on development in curricula around Europe 6. Progressing Bologna – keep up to date with the adoption of the Bologna Process in medical schools in the Bologna countries 7. Research – to promote the integration of research in the medical curriculum

For more information about MEDINE2 Network and the workpackages you can contact Süleyman (contact details on the last page) or check the website: www.medine2.com. MEDINE2 Student Taskforce: Number of people: 10-20 Tasks: keeping in close communication with other members. General members are responsible for coordinating the group and reporting to the director. Members assigned to a work-package are responsible for that work-package and to report about that to Süleyman. Special requirements: enthusiasm for medical education (and if you want to apply for a work-package, enthusiasm for that subject), being able to take active part in discussions (since promoting the students ideas is very important).

MEDICAL ETHICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH “We would like to invite you to the exciting fields of Medical Ethics and Public Health. We are facing great challenges and countless opportunities shaping our future and making the world a healthier place for everybody. “ The Medical Ethics got renamed as the Medical Ethics and Public Health pillar during the EMSA GA 2010 in Athens. A new name, means a new point of view and possible projects! There is one well running project, which is Movies & Medicine. This project is organized by many FMOs, although sometimes under a different name. There are currently two open positions within the Medical Ethics and Public Health. Medical Ethics and Public Health Director – Assistant: Number of people: 1 Tasks: - Advocate important Medical Ethics and Public Health issues and inspire European medical students to get active. - Support the establishment of an amazing pillar committee, empower all its members and work together with them on great ideas, projects and plans of action. - Support the design and presentation of workshops for the NCM and GA and help to make the MEPH section on EMSA’s official website informative, inspiring and fun! Special requirements: be passionate about what you do

Movies & Medicine Movies & Medicine is a project that basically consist of two parts: watching a movie with a medical or ethical topic and a debate or presentation about this topic. It enables medical students to think of the ethical side of medicine in a fun way, because, who doesn’t like to watch a movie?! It is organized by several FMOs.

European coordinator for Movies & Medicine: Number of people: 1-2 Tasks: - Be friendly and help EMSA members whenever they have questions on the project or need any kind of support. - Be inspiring and enable more FMOs to start the project. - Be creative and help to bring the project to a completely new level. Special requirements: participated in at least in one Movies & Medicine event.

Working Committee: Then there is one more thing that Sebastian, the Medical Ethics and Public Health Director, wants to tell you about! There is another way to get involved in Ethics and Public Health. This pillar has a working committee, where they discuss, design and develop projects based on the following hot topics:      

Global Health (education package) Climate Change and Health (students’ guide) Women’s Health (interdisciplinary collaboration) Healthy Lifestyle Urban Health E-Health

Do you want to meet passionate, like-minded enthusiasts from all over Europe, share unique experiences and work on great ideas to make Europe a healthier place? Don’t hesitate and become part of the Medical Ethics and Public Health pillar working committee!! You can contact Sebastian for more information! Contact details can be found on the last page of this document.

EUROPEAN INTEGRATION “Wouldn’t it be great to be able to experience how medical students live a few hundred miles away? To improve general health not only in your own city or country but all over Europe?” Also the European Integration pillar has a few well running projects on the local level. Sofia, the European Integration Director, would like to have a European coordinator for the four biggest projects. You will work together with her to improve the quality of the project and together you will attempt to spread the project to other FMOs. Below you find a short description of each project and information about the position.

Twinning Project: Maybe the best running project of EMSA! Twinning Project is an exchange program where a group of medical students from one faculty visit a faculty in another country and receive their hosts later on in their city. Each student is matched with another student from the other city, and the couple is called a twin, hence the name of the project. European coordinator for Twinning Project: Number of people: 1-2 Tasks: keep an overview of Twinning Projects that are organized. Bring organizing committees in contact with each other. Answer questions from FMOs relating the project. Give organising committees advise and help if necessary (of course together with the European Integration Director). Keep the Twinning Project map up to date with information about the FMOs that want to organize the project. Make a handbook. Special requirements: experience with the project would be nice.

Eurotalk: Eurotalk is a 4 days to 4 weeks intensive language course for medical students. They learn a language and its medical terms, in combination with practical training in the hospital. It isn’t a very big project yet, 14

but has a lot of potential! Do you want to help to spread this project in Europe? European coordinator for Eurotalk: Number of people: 1-2 Tasks: keep an overview of Eurotalks that are organized. Bring organizing committees in contact with each other. Answer questions from FMOs relating the project. Give organising committees advise and help if necessary (of course together with the European Integration Director). Spread the project to other FMOs. Make a handbook. Special requirements: no.

Best Buddy Project: This project is organised by a few FMOs. Medical students are paired with children or young adults with a chronic disease or disabilities. They become each othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Buddy and together they participate in several activities. This way the student gets a better perceptive on how it is to have a chronic disease or a disability and the child or young adult receive support and gets to enjoy nice activities. European coordinator for Best Buddy Project: Number of people: 1-2 Tasks: keep an overview of the Best Buddy Projects that are organized. Bring organizing committees in contact with each other. Answer questions from FMOs relating the project. Give organising committees advise and help if necessary (of course together with the European Integration Director). Spread the project to other FMOs. Make a handbook. Special requirements: no.

Different Christmas: There are always sick children in the hospital and Christmas eve isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an exception. The goal of this project is to distribute presents to the children in the hospital during Christmas.

European coordinator for Different Christmas: Number of people: 1-2 Tasks: keep an overview of the Different Christmases that are organized. Bring organizing committees in contact with each other. Answer questions from FMOs relating the project. Give organising committees advise and help if necessary (of course together with the European Integration Director). Spread the project to other FMOs. Make a handbook. Special requirements: no.

HOW TO APPLY? Of course we hope that you are very enthusiastic about a position in the Workgroup! And after reading all those things you can do, we hope that your next questions is ‘how can I apply?!’ Well, that isn’t difficult at all! We made an application form, using a google spreadsheet. In this application form we ask some general information (name, FMO, country, etc.) and specific information about your interests. You can give us information about the pillar and project you’re interested in. Last we would like to know a little bit about your motivation and experiences within EMSA. The link for the application form: http://bit.ly/dXU6KB. Or click here. The deadline for filling in the application form is: February 24th2011. After this day the Directors will read the applications and appoint people for each position. Within two weeks after the deadline for application they will update each person that filled in an application form about the outcomes. You can still apply after February the 24th, but people who applied before this day have the first right. If you have any problems filling in the questionnaire, please contact us!

CONTACT DETAILS Sietke Postema The Netherlands Vice-President for Internal affairs (VPI) 2010/2011 vpi@emsa-europe.eu

For general information about the Workgroup or when having problems with filling in the application form.

BorislavManev Macedonia Medical Science Director 2010/2011 science@emsa-europe.eu

For information related to Medical Science.

S端leymanYildiz Turkey Medical Education Director 2010/2011 education@emsa-europe.eu

For information related to Medical Education.

Sebastian Schmidt Germany Medical Ethics and Public Health Director 2010/2011 ethics@emsa-europe.eu

For information related to Medical Ethics and Public Health.

Sofia Ribeiro Portugal European Integration Director 2010/2011 integration@emsa-europe.eu

For information related to European Integration.

More information about the projects can be found on the website: www.emsa-europe.eu.