IFMSA European Regional Meeting 2018 Follow up report

A message from the Regional Director Dear European Friends, In the end of April, the whole region has summit and I am more than pleased to share this report with you.Not only that we have had a successful preEuRegMe with a diversity of workshops never seen at any preEuRegMe before. Additionally, to these unique workshops we had a fruitful EuRegMe with the focus on sustainability with nearly all NMOs from the region present.

The members of our beloved European Region had the chance to exchange ideas, learn about new topics and build up new friendships from people around Europe. With the morning sessions, members have been empowered with knowledge about Exchanges, Human Rights & Peace, Public Health, Medical Education, and Reproductive Health. In the afternoon, plenty opportunities offered the ground to interact, connect and reflect.

The Theme Event about Climate Change & Health with the catch phrase of “Walk the Talk” has been important step to educate youth about the impact of environmental health.

Awareness has been set for everyone attending the event to cut down on the usage of resources for a better tomorrow, today.

I would like to use this special occasion to thank all members of the European Region for their participation, the Organization Committee for their hard work, and especially the European Team Members for tremendous contribution, session planning, coordination of session teams and development of the content for the EuRegMe 2018. Without all everyone involved in the process, it would have not been possible to achieve what we have achieved to this moment of time and I am hoping that medical and health care students will take the lead in the future to advocate for youth rights.

With love

Birk Bähnemann IFMSA Regional Director for Europe 2017/18

European Regional Meeting 2018 at a glance

European Region

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National Member Organizations (NMOs) NMOs represented at EuRegMe 2018

294 Participants

Pre-Regional Meeting

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Participants trained

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Workshops

Medical Students in Europe taking step towards to tackle climate change Development started for new Regional Priorities for Europe

European Regional Team

EuRegMe Organizing Committee

Table of Contents 1. Pre-Regional Meeting Workshops

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2. Standing Committee and Presidents’ Sessions

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3. Capacity Building Sessions

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4. Theme Event

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5. Activities Fair

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6. Other Sessions

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7. The Regional Meeting in Numbers

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Pre-Regional Meeting Workshops

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TACSE - Training Advanced Comprehensive Sexuality Education Participants

6 Countries

A positive sexual development contributes enormously to the Facilitators Lisa Schulte general health. Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) plays a PC on CSE big role in acquiring and fostering sexual health. To ensure the quality and effectiveness of the CSE programs within IFMSA the Eva Weber bvmd-Germany workshop will focus on becoming clear about motivation and values for delivering CSE, on how to build a good environment for CSE, Pietro Filitto SISM-Italy how to apply a sex-positive approach in sexual education, how to develop capacity-appropriate and pedagogically proven methods and how to handle different audiences. The workshop is developed for experienced peer educators on sexual health to advance their skills and knowledge used to facilitate CSE in schools. This workshop provides participants with the tools and knowledge to increase the effectiveness of their CSE projects by learning to prepare for different audiences, revising their applied methods and gaining confidence in handling difficult situations.

In the long term the content of the training will be spread on local level to ensure high quality CSE and hence contribute to the promotion of sexual health among adolescents.

The participants will receive an evaluation form from the EuRegMe OC. The questions regarding the content of our workshop are in close relation to the originally stated objectives and indicators of the TACSE. Additionally participants have written a "Letter to my future self" as part of the workshop, that will help them evaluate to what extent they have been able to implement the skills and knowledge they gained in their local committee.

All materials used will be shared with participants through a common google Drive folder.

A what's app group serves as continuous communication channel among participants and trainers.

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sPRead it Participants

The main topic of the side event was Public Relations, with an emphasis on promotion for IFMSA local groups and their projects.

Approximately 50h of training sessions were delivered all in all, covering topics about: 1. Public Relations (general intro to PR and it's importance, what it is and what it's not; target audience; PR as means of enforcing brand & public identity of NGO and project;

5 Countries

Facilitators Robert GrĂźnberger GreenGood Productions

Muhammad Rizky Nur Karim RA CB Asia Pacific

Andrej Filipic EESTEC Alumni

communication, listening, persuasion; writing skills [different lengths of messages; names/titles; slogans/mottos; press release as one page text, brochure as multiple page text, soc media post as single paragraph text]; social media toolkit; campaigning) 2. Graphic Design (visual brand identity, logo design, poster design, infographic design) 3. Filmmaking (storytelling, basics knowledge of technical equipment, lighting, sound, filming, editing).

The side event was happening in parallel to both preEuRegMe and EuRegMe. It was relatively successful, although there's still a lot of work to do to improve it, in case IFMSA wanted to do similar workshops in the future. One big advantage was, that external trainers, who are professionals in the field could deliver their expertise to participants.

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Young Advocates in the Global Health Workforce Participants

The workshop focused on deconstructing the Health Workforce Crisis, raising an understanding amongst the participants about the topic and capacitating them to advocate for the implementation of the policies adopted. In terms of content, we have elaborated on the following topics: Health Workforce Crisis; Agenda 2030 and SDGs; Education and Training (Competency framework, Academic Accreditation, Social Accountability, Continued Medical Education and Professional Development); Health Labour Market (Health Systems, Migration and Workers Retention, Working Conditions and Healthy Staff); Policies and work related (Global Strategy on HRH and framework for action, GHWN and EU Joint Action, IFMSA Policy Documents) and Meaningful Student Involvement (Concept and tools, Development of an action plan).

5 Countries

Facilitators Catarina Pais Rodrigues, SCOME Regional Assistant for Europe

Katerina Dima, Liaison Officer for Medical Education Issues

Matteo Cavagnacchi, SCOME General Assistant

Paulina Birula, IFMSA Poland

Tessa Noijons IFMSA-NL

In terms of the previous participants experiences, it was a very diverse group of people with different levels of involvement, from countries with different level of development and not much knowledge about the topic. By the end of the workshop, participants seemed to have clearer ideas on the topic and seemed to be motivated to take action on it. There will be a follow up on the plans worked on during the workshop within the next 6 months, as to assure support on the implementation of the advocacy work. With this workshop we were also able to collect and organize a lot of materials on the topic and this will be hopefully useful for the Federation’s members to get information and promote knowledge on the topic.

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Policy; the word to change the world Participants

In this workshop we aimed to bridge the gap between the deficit of youth health policy and the crucial need for meaningful youth involvement in decision making processes in this area. We planned to create a European regional policy document within IFMSA on Peacebuilding & conflict transformation in healthcare, which is closely tied with the Council of Europe’s Youth Sector Priorities for the 2018-2019 program of activities. Such policy will reinforce IFMSA's global focus on Peace, Peacebuilding & Health. It also complemented the Peace and Conflict Resolution Capacity Building Workshop, which was focused on peer-to-peer education aspects of peace and peacebuilding.

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Facilitators Charlotte O'Leary AMSA Australia

Katja Čič SCOPH General Assistant

Pelle Harris Krog IMCC Denmark

Marian Sedlak Liaison Officer for Human Rights and Peace Issues

The policy workshop used a wide variety of non-formal and innovative education techniques, such as group debates, small working groups, case studies, group online work, videos, icebreakers and games. It aspired to increase participants' understanding of governance and decision-making processes in Europe, so they were able to realistically reflect on the procedural feasibility of their suggested calls to actions in the drafted policy. The second half of the workshop was dedicated to the policy creation itself and was combined with interactive sessions with the aim to foster participants critical thinking and to make them understand the complex and interdisciplinary approach towards policy formulation.

Following the 4 days of the workshop, we achieved these concrete outcomes: 1.) regional policy document draft on Peacebuilding & conflict transformation in healthcare 2.) the agreed follow up strategy for the implementation of policy and connected advocacy activities 3.) participants equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills, able to return to their national organizations and communities to mobilize youth activists, create working teams, and initiate work on the agreed upon follow-up strategy.

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Peace and Conflict Resolution Capacity Building workshop Participants

4 Countries

The workshop was held during 4 executive days with a total of 27 Facilitators hours. 9 participants attended the workshop; 8 of them were Danielle Kresse AMSA Austria medical students and 1 was a student in a healthcare related field. The workshop was facilitated by 4 trainers and 1 external Jessica Zhang speaker.

IFMSA-Sweden Goals: Increasing knowledge on the topic of peace and conflict, building Natalia Sot awareness of their relevance to health care and stressing why SCORP RA for Europe defining these terms is important for us as peace advocates; Relating health, human rights and peace, putting it in context of Juliette Mattijsen IFMSA-NL medical ethics and international health law; Understanding today’s hot topics concerning conflict: Hanna Kaade demoralization, radicalization, terrorism; External Speaker Providing hands on information and train skills by simulations and exercise to contribute to peacebuilding (on conflict resolution, conflict management, negotiation and civil courage); Providing insights on actual issues in Europe, encourage critical thinking Clarify the role of different organizations within the field; revealing opportunities to get involved by placing Peace and Conflict activism in the IFMSA context. *Participants evaluated the average gain of skills and knowledge on spot on a skill form 0-5; * Trainers uploaded the materials and sources for participants on Google drive; * Trainers created a FB group, where participants can use their newly built network and share resources; * Post-EuRegMe evaluation.

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How to train the dragon

Participants

7 Countries

Goal 1 To increase self-awareness of participants: Facilitators > To recognize different kind of emotions and understand their Adomas Danilevičius LiMSA Lithuania origins; > To understand your own feelings: what makes you angry, envy Sophia Tolle etc. bvmd Germany Goal 2 – To improve pax skills in dealing with their emotions: > To improve staying calm under pressure and recover quickly Viktoryia Panfilovic from setbacks; NaturKultur e.V./AEGEE > To keep any stressful feelings in check – instead of blowing up at people they will be encouraged to share what do they feel with others and find the solution.

Goal 3 – To raise participants’ empathy towards their fellows and colleagues: > To improve reading another person’s feelings accurately; > To improve listening skills.

Goal 4 – To help pax manage their relationship with other people and handle difficult situations:

> To understand how to react to difficult situations.

At the end of each session participants were checked if they had understood the delivered message (example, theory, model) by having to apply their understanding to their daily life situation.

At the end of each day there were a time for Reflection groups where Trainers could find out participants’ improvement by asking oriented questions.

Participants shared that the workshop had been useful to for them.

They were glad that it was based on searching inside yourself instead of just providing information.

Each participant has written a letter about how s/he would like to feel after one year. Contact will be maintained through WhatsApp group.

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Europe in Action Participants

4 Countries

IFMSA offers plenty of opportunities to engage with projects, Facilitators Dino Mehic advocacy and policy. Everyone can choose their field of AMSA-Austria interest. But, doing that, we are all working towards the same goal: to impact the communities we live in positively. During Khalid Al Sadder IFMSA-Jo this training participants had the opportunity to gain a better understanding of IFMSA structure, the key areas of IFMSA Miguel Angel Castilla Moreno AMSB-Bulgaria her work, the work in IFMSA Europe specifically and the European regional priorities. Subsequently, participants acquired essential soft skills that they can use in their local committee work (e.g. leadership presentation skills, fundraising). The training also introduced the participants to successful ty management.

Standing Committee and Presidents’ Sessions

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Standing Committee on Medical Education (SCOME) Participants

Topics covered: SCOME Activities IFMSA Programs Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources Activity Management Advocacy and Student Engagement Medical Education Systems External Representation in Medical Education Influence of pharmaceutical companies in Medical Education

24 Countries

Facilitators Catarina Pais Rodrigues SCOME Regional Assistant for Europe

Katerina Dima Liaison Officer for Medical Education Issues

Matteo Cavagnacchi SCOME General Assistant

Michal Cholubek IFMSA Poland

External Paul Scheffer, Formindep

These SCOME Sessions were designed to take participants through the different approaches students can take to improve their Medical Education and promote understanding on how we can learn from each other’s experience and build on the cooperation within the European Region. The first day was dedicated to the different activities implemented around Europe and how IFMSA Programs make up the platform for this discussion. We also had a session about Open Access, Data and Open Education following the suggestion collected on the input form. On the second day, we discussed ways to improve and maximize the impact of some of the most common activities, using Project Management concepts and models.

Then we discussed how NMOs are working on advocacy in Medical Education and how others can start it. We wrapped up the day with a discussion about Medical Education Systems focusing on approaches to the Curriculum, introducing the SPICES Model and on access to specialties. For the last day we had an external, Paul Scheffer from Formindep, talking about how medical students can acknowledge and take action towards the independency of formation and information of healthcare professionals. After that discussion we introduced SCOME related external representation work being developed, talking about IFMSA partners and opportunities. To sum up the ideas of the 3 days, we discussed the NMOs different approaches to their NMO work related to SCOME, if they were the official body or not, member engagement, etc. as well as the ongoing work on the alignment of priorities.

The sessions met the participants expectations in being informative about the different SCOME activities and medical education systems around Europe and how to improve them, on how NMOs can develop their advocacy work and what is done at an international level in terms of Medical Education. To follow up on the session, we will develop the Regional SCOME activities database, asking for participants involvement and sharing it with them. We should also look to keep in touch and make this a broader member engagement by the newly established SCOME Europe facebook group where participants will be invited to share their work, as well as we will share with them opportunities for further involvement in SCOME. On the introduction of Formindep and the pharmaceutical influencing on Medical Education, our external collected and is developing the contacts with NMOs to promote action on a national level.

Standing Committee on Public Health Participants

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Topics covered What is Public Health Mental Health (introductional session, session on mental health & refugees, session on mental health stigma) Activity Management and IFMSA programs Non-communicable diseases Alcohol Tobacco Antimicrobial Resistance (Simulation) Global Health Coverage Vaccination Hesitancy Climate change & health

Countries

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Facilitators Alina Negrila FASMR

Amil Druzic SaMSIC

Georgina Dimopoulou CyMSA

Isaac Florence SfGH-UK

Josip Antic CroMSIC

As Mental Health and Antimicrobial Resistance are the regional priorities of Europe we discussed a broad spectrum of Mental Health topics in 3 sessions (general introduction to mental health, mental health of refugees, mental health stigma in collaboration with SCORP) and Antimicrobial resistance in an extended session. Next to that we discussed topics as activity management & IFMSA programs, non-communicable diseases, alcohol use, tobacco use, Universal Health Coverage in collaboration with SCORP, climate change and health and vaccination hesitancy. Participants were also given a space for 7 minutes speeches about public health related topics in one collective sessionSCOPH talks.

Karolina Twardowska IFMSA-Poland

Kim van Daalen SCOPH RA for Europe

Maciej Bugajski SCOPH RA for Europe

Vicky Kastner bvmd

External Orsolya Süli

EMSA During sessions participants deepened their knowledge on European Public Health issues and were challenged to discuss its different perspectives. All the topics were based on a European setting and hard data, which allowed to reflect global issues into local and national levels. Special attention was given to use acquired knowledge into practice by simulation games, competitions and interactive group tasks.

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Main outcomes of the sessions are: ● Increased awareness about key public health topics in Europe ● Establishment of strong network among public health leaders in Europe ● Sharing experiences about common struggles, opportunities, activities, national diversities ● Development of practical skills on activity management, advocacy, leadership, Strengthening of involvement of SCOPH members in Europe in international action of IFMSA Creating and promoting of role model of medical and healthcare students in society Empowering participants to take an active role in changing social norms in order to develop healthier communities

SCOPE & SCORE Exchanges Sessions Participants

Topics covered International updates Academic Quality Financial Planning of the Exchanges Social Program Insurances Accommodation and Boarding Cancellations Recognition of Exchanges Educational Activities Exchanges Week European Collaboration Recruitment (Outgoing, CP, Tutors) Handover Preclinical Exchanges Projects Form Global Health and Ethics within Exchanges

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Countries

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Facilitators Tanya Zebrova HCCM-Russia

Wing Cheung IFMSA-NL

James Janani IFMSA-Sweden

Tommaso Pomerani SISM-Italy

Matthieu Pierre BeMSA-Belgium

On the first day we started with teambuilding and then we continued with discussion of the following topics: Ground Rules, Introduction to SCOPE-SCORE, the participants played the SCOPE-SCORE Quiz, listened to the International updates. After that they had parallel sessions on Academic Quality and Financial Planning and management of exchanges, and then the Sharing is caring session took place, within which the following things were discussed: Social Program, Liability/Malpraxis Insurances, Accommodation + Boarding, PDT/UAT, Cancellations. Day 2 was dedicated to discussion of the following topics: Recognition of Exchanges, Educational Activities, Exchanges Week. We also worked in the small working groups discussing: European Collaboration, Outgoing and CP Recruitment, Perfect Handover, Tutor Recruitment. In the morning of Day 3 SCOPE and SCORE teams worked in parallel, SCOPE discussed Preclinical Exchanges, SCORE worked on becoming the experts of filling in the projects form. Then we discussed SWG outcomes and had 2 more parallel sessions: on Global Health Within Exchanges and on Ethics in Exchanges. In the end we had a wrap up and warm closing with the participants.

As every NMO manages their exchange program differently, we believe that the EuRegMe is a good opportunity for the exchange enthusiasts to learn from each other. In the exchange sessions, participants were able to share their experiences and problems. We also helped each other solving the problems they are facing in their NMO. Besides that, the participants learnt different aspects to and topics within the IFMSA exchanges, such as ethics, recognition and global health.With several team building games and enjoyable punishments, the participants have developed a team spirit and family bond through the three days event, creating a very open and comfortable space to share stories.With these tools, new friends and motivation, we believe the participants are more than ready to improve their exchange programs back home. After the event, we will share a follow-up kit with the materials and photos of the event.

Photo: Exchanges sessions

Photo: SCORA sessions

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Standing Committee on Sexual and Reproductive Health incl. HIV/AIDS Participants

Topics covered TACSE (Training on Advanced CSE) sex-positive approach of CSE how to include alcohol/drugs education CSE methods database Gender Based Violence (GBV) within intimate relationships GBV minorities how to include GBV in CSE different ways to tackle GBV transgenders health gender confirmation

29 Countries

Facilitators Sohayla Bendaoud SCORA RA for Europe

Iheb Jemel SCORA RA for EMR

Robin Schwalbach IFMSA-The Netherlands

Laura Nørager Jacobsen IMCC-Denmark

Dario Rosini SISM-Italy

We discussed a variety of topics based on three of the SCORA Focus Areas. The first day was focused on Peer education, Lisa Schulte CSE Program Coordinator ensuring quality within NMOs and advocacy methods/approaches. We discussed the outcomes of the preEuRegMe training TACSE (Training on Advanced CSE), sex positive approach of CSE and how to include alcohol/drugs education. We also introduced the CSE methods database. The second day was focused on Gender Based Violence (GBV) within intimate relationships. We discussed the minorities and how to include GBV in CSE. Then we discussed ways to tackle GBV. And the third day was focused on Equal access to healthcare regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. New topics were Transgender's health and gender confirmation.

The participants have learnt: - new tools to tackle a difficult topic in Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and combine two topics within CSE; - what a sex-positive approach is and how it can be used in CSE; - how to use advocacy in relation to CSE; - about the SCORA-related programs of IFMSA, the outcomes of the TACSE and the CSE-database; - about Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in refugees and it's relation to Gender Based Violence (GBV); - what the minority groups in GBV are and how GBV can be addressed in CSE; - to set up a implementation plan on GBV within their NMOs; - the difficulties LGBTQI+ face in relation to access to healthcare and how to address them; - about the different aspects of transgender health and the specifics about gender confirmation; - how to build a LGBTQI+ Health Curriculum.

Standing Committee Human Rights and Peace Participants

Topics covered HR 101 & Stigma and Discrimination Advocacy Alignment Process SCORP Fair GBV Refugees' and Migrants' Health Sharing best practices UHC Stigma & Mental Health nationalism and of course the closing session.

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Countries

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Facilitators Natalia Sot SCORP RA for Europe

Ugonna Nwankpa SCORP Director

Daniela Kresse AMSA Austria

Marian Sedlak LRP

Over the three working days that we were fortunate to share with our fellow European SCORPions, we tried to cover all bases for well experienced members as well as introductory subjects to SCORP. The topics were chosen based on member input, feedback from the SCORP IT, consultations with our Sessions Team, the regional priorities and our perspective as Regional Assistants.

Jan Kremen IFMSA Czech Republic

Haris Campara BoHeMSA

Jan-Marcus Haus SCORP RA Europe

Our first day of sessions was focused on establishing a foundation and connection between facilitators & participants. We also provided participants with 2 parallel sessions, HR 101 & Stigma and Discrimination and parallel to that Advocacy. We closed our sessions with an introduction to the ongoing internal and external alignment process.

The second day started off with our SCORP activity fair, during which participants were able to present their activities to the European community. Initially a slow start, we soon launched full throttle into a very fruitful and enriching conversation. Afterwards, participants were given the chance to choose between GBV or Refugees and Migrants Health, which were facilitated parallel to each other. This second day was wrapped by a "Sharing best practices" session, in which participants were able to tackle obstacles in their NMOs / projects in an interactive and freeway.

Our final day of sessions started with our collaborative SCOPH-SCORP sessions on UHC and Mental Health & Stigma. After this enriching experience we met back in our full group to discuss the impact of populism, identify the "early symptoms" of populism and ended our day and therefore event with our "Goodbye" session.

Through a streamlined process, feedback was gathered & discussed with the Sessions Team to find room to improve. Additionally, the feedback will be catalogued, analyzed and uploaded to our drive to ensure corporate memory. We ensured a steady communication between us RA's and the ST members and were fortunate to benefit from Ugonna's and Majko's personal feedback, as well.

Specifically, the session to share best practices yielded representable results gathered on flip charts that are going to be shared with the participants.

Presidents’ Sessions Participants

Topics covered Networking among Europe Policy making in IFMSA Plenary Procedures and Plenary Documents Sub-Regional Collaborations Updates about the work of the GAs for Europe Working on European Regional Priorities for the Term 2018/19

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Facilitators Georg Schwarzl Finances and Development Assistant for Europe

Daniel Memarpour Regional Assistant for Capacity Building Europe

Anusheh Javaid General Assistant for Europe

Valentina Pugelj General Assistant for Europe

During the Presidential Sessions, participants of different Marian Sedlak knowledge and background have joint the discussions. For Liaison Officer for Human Rights and Peace Issues some participants it was the first time to attend presidents’ sessions and others have been already involved in the Birk Bähnemann Regional Director for Europe decision-making body of IFMSA for previous meetings. The diversity of the group gave a perfect opportunity to transfer knowledge from one generation to the next and to use this state to develop on new priorities and policy documents with the knowledge of the experienced and the ideas of the newcomers.

As part of the European Strategy, the participants got engaged to increase their knowledge in policy making. Based on a survey that was done during March-Meeting in Egypt and further questioning on the European-Email Server, 6 topics have been chosen to work on and to develop upon these priorities and policy documents. Participants of the sessions had the opportunity to be part of the process of the development of these documents from hour 0. IFMSA’s LRP provided the participants with the base knowledge on how policy documents are produced and used within IFMSA. With this approach, the documents baseline is the true input and opinion by members of the European Region. All draft documents and inputs have been further shared with more members during the open spaces after dinner.

The documents have been finished by engaged members and the European Team and all 6 topics (AMR, Vaccinations, LGBTQ+ Rights, eHealth, Mental Health and Health Workforce) got proposed for the August Meeting 2018 for potential Regional Priorities.

For a stronger Europe, more collaboration has to take place. As financial barriers are often the reason for missing collaboration, Sub-Regions came together to discuss Sub-Regional collaboration on board level, following the examples of FINO (Nordic NMOs) and the swimsa-bvmd-amsa (Austria) collaborations.

Capacity Building Sessions

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Let’s Talk about “Sex” Participants

The goal of my training was to acquire in depth knowledge Facilitator about LGBTQI+ and umbrella terms. The trainees were Nilay Öner introduced to the concepts of sexuality, gender presentation and gender identity through the Gender Unicorn (through which they were asked to express themselves as well). The training consisted of diverse activity including but not limited to; small working groups (SWGs), presentations, group discussions and idea cafes. Every trainee had the chance to share and exchange ideas and opinions. During one of the SWGs we focused specifically on LGTBQI+ advocacy. Unfortunately, there were some technical issues in regard to the internet connection which resulted in on the spot (successful) improvisation. The trainees indicated to have had a great and satisfying training that felt as a safe space for opinions.

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中文 101 Participants

The goals of the session was to provide the participants with Facilitator Jessica Zhang basic understanding of the Chinese language, and in particular IFMSA Sweden Mandarin Chinese, to give them some useful tools in case they encounter Chinese in daily life, and to possibly inspire them to learn more. A brief overview of the language was followed by an exercise to recognize Chinese characters, to show that although it is difficult, it is not THAT difficult –and most of all, it can be fun! The participants were then introduced to the basic of Chinese writing and the composition of characters, and taught some potentially useful words and phrases, pronunciation rules with letters and tones through practice and interactive exercises. We finished by practicing a bit of writing, and a quiz to highlight the main messages of the session. A number of small challenges, sometimes with prizes, were also presented to the participants throughout the session.

The training received overwhelmingly positive feedback, collected on sticky notes. All of the notes found the training fun and useful, however, only approximately 75% of participants left feedback (as we were running out of time, due to some initial logistical challenges).

Participants were able to leave their email address after the training in case they wanted to receive the presentation and some useful links. The email was sent to 9 of the participants. No further follow up will be carried out.

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Some Salsa on your IFMSA Participants

During this session participants learned about salsa, a popular Facilitator form of social dance that originated from the Caribbean. In the Buse Ertabaklar TurkMSIC first part of the session we listened to the music and made ourselves familiar with the beats of the bachata and salsa. After this we practiced salsa moves without music and with music. The participants indicated to really enjoyed the session (95% satisfaction).

Theme Event | Climate Change & Health The whole EuRegMe was focused around one topic: Walk the Talk Climate Change & Health. Not only the accommodation was with the main focus on sustainability, but additionally all merchandize, and training materials have been provided by the OC in a sustainable manner.

For the Theme Event, we have had four different speakers.

The theme event was opened by, Dr. Klaus Renoldner, M.Sc. He is not only a medical doctor and the Austrian President of IPPNW (International physicians for the prevention of nuclear war) - after retiring from being a doctor he went back to Uni and studied Sustainable Development. Since then he is doing research in the field of sustainable development. After completing his medical studies, he worked as physician, researcher and university lecturer in Austria, Congo, Paraguay, Argentina, and Swaziland. He was also active in the evaluation of health projects in countries of the Global South, for various international organizations. While working as a family physician in Austria in the 90's, he started developing the Triple Benefit Principle, a personal approach to cope with the challenges of climate change. In order to disseminate respective knowledge and expertise, he developed teaching materials like the MOBILITY game and workshops. His university lectures encompass "Sustainability and Health" , "Triple Benefit Principle", "Sustainability Literacy", and the Sustainable Development Goals. An Interview about Triple Benefit Principle in German language appeared recently at SCIENCO where he talked about Climate Change and Health, and the advantage of applying the Triple Benefit Principle.

The second speaker on the list was Vijoleta Gordeljevic. She is HEAL’s (Health and Environment Alliance) Health and Climate Change Coordinator and Focal Point for Healthy Buildings and Energy Poverty. Vijoleta leads HEAL's global work around the health impacts of climate change and coordinates the organization's engagement with international institutions such as the WHO and the UN as well as international member organizations. Beside all of that, Vijoleta is in charge of HEAL's EUlevel policy and communications activities around health-promoting buildings and energy poverty for which she is working around key policy files including the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Her recent articles include Doctors worldwide speak up for healthier energy choices published in the Lancet Global Health Blog (2016) and the Huffington Post under The New Climate Change Warrior: Your Doctor (2017). She also appeared on BBC World News where she was interviewed for her work on pollution and health (2017). Vijoleta holds an Master of Science in Health Economics, Policy and Law with a focus on Global Health from the Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Our third speaker was dr. Bernd Franke. He is a biologist and geographist from the University of Heidelberg and has 39 years of professional experience in environmental risk assessment. He was a co-founder of the IFEU-Institut fĂźr Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg GmbH in Heidelberg, Germany, where he currently holds the position of Scientific Director. He also was a co-founder of the US-based Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) in Takoma Park, Maryland. A major focus of his work is promoting the energy transition to a low-carbon society in the national and international context.

Last but not least, our Liaisons Officer for Public Health 2017/18, Sanne de Wit was our final penalist.

Besides her volunteering activity, Sanne holds both a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and in

Medicine and is currently working on her Master degree in Medicine. Beside her vast experience in student-run organizations and the topic of Climate Change & Health form the point of view of a medical student, Sanne spend her time establishing and supporting a nursery school in the Gambia as cofounder of ‘Gambia Nyodema: Grow with a Smile’ foundation. During the panel, Sanne focused on the position and action of IFMSA regarding Climate Change & Health as well as her personal experience.

After the panel, participants of the EuRegMe were divided over four workshops to dive deeper into the topics presented by the panelists. Participants had the chance to further engage with the speakers and the topic.

Additionally, to the overall approach of the event and the panel with invited guests, participants of EuRegMe2018 had the chance to not only Walk the Talk, but additionally Walk the Walk in form of a small hike. During the hike, participants had the chance to exercise in between the session and increase their mental and physical health. Furthermore, the hike gave the participants the opportunity to network with fellow health care students from Europe to further forge bonds and collaboration among peers for a peaceful future.

In summary, medical students became more engaged with climate change, environmental health and their impact on the happenings. The theme set the foundation on a more engagement of youth regarding their surroundings, habits and contribution towards a more sustainable usage of our resources.

Activities fair Activities fair took place on the 1st day of the EuRegMe. There were 44 activities listed to be presented, 3 activities were not present at the event. Four lines of tables were created, and activities were ordered according to Standing Committee because not all activities were enrolled into Programs. There were 10 judges judging and scoring the activities. Activities fair was planned to run for an hour. Participants had so much fun presenting and sharing the experience that the activity went 30 minutes over time. After all the fun, judges handed over their scoring and the scores were calculated.

Five activities had the highest score and were presented at the last plenary: Child abuse and neglect - clinical approach and prevention measures from AMSBulgaria, Red Ribbon Night from SaMSIC Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sexekspressen from IMCC, NorWHO from IMCC, Healthsphere from SaMSIC Bosnia and Herzegovina..

41 Activities presented

1. Place: Child abuse and neglect - clinical approach and prevention measures AMSBulgaria 2. Place: Red Ribbon Night SaMSIC Bosnia and Herzegovina 3. Place: Sexekspressen IMCC Denmark 4. Place: NorWHO IMCC Denmark 5. Place: Healthsphere SaMSIC Bosnia and Herzegovina

Other Session With two Side Events (Alumni and Trainer Side Event) EuRegMe offered a wide variety of new opportunities.

Trainer Side Event This workshop based side event aimed to offer an advanced educational opportunities for IFMSA trainers, however also happily welcomed trainers from other Youth NGOs. 9 experienced trainers had the chance to learn from a diverse trainer team, which consisted of three trainers from three different youth organisations. The 9 participants were able to go into depth with training design, gamification and group dynamics in order to increase the impact of their future sessions and workshops.

Alumni Side Event 12 participants from mainly AMSA Austria had the chance to reunite during the first regional meeting happening in Austria. Beside sharing previous IFMSA moments with each other, they also use the opportunity to pass on their experiences with newer members. Alumni have also been part of many parts of the agenda, such as Activities Fair, Theme Event and Social Program.

The Regional Meeting in numbers Evaluation processes 1. Pre- and post-knowledge evaluation 2. Logistics evaluation 1. Pre- and post-knowledge evaluation Background: For the first time in IFMSA we have decided to try to measure the impact we are making to our members in terms of knowledge gained during the meetings. The process itself was discussed during TOM1, and Regional team worked to provide questions for this Regional meeting.

Every session had its own set of questions, made by the Regional Assistants. The questions were based on the agenda of specific morning session. Participants were guided to answer questions based also on parallel sessions they attended.

The questions for pre and post evaluation were the same, with the addition of some questions regarding logistics in the post-evaluation questionnaire.

Data collection: The form for pre-evaluation was sent 3 weeks before the meeting, with the deadline of 2 weeks to fill it out. The post-evaluation was sent 1 week after the end of the meeting, also with a 2 week deadline for completion.

We received in total 206 responses for the pre-evaluation and 162 responses for the postevaluation. One of the questions in the post-evaluation was regarding the percentage of attendance to the sessions, which was in order to make sure the consistency of their attendance and remove the participants with less than 70% attendance from the calculations.

In the end, we had 142 participants who filled out both pre- and post-evaluation and satisfied all the criteria.

The number based on the sessions is the following: •

Morning sessions: Presidents - 32; SCOME - 18; SCOPE & SCORE - 25; SCOPH 23; SCORA - 23, and SCORP: 21

Data analysis: The method to analyze the data use was t test for dependent samples, since we cross-checked the responses in the pre- and post-evaluation to compare the difference.

We used p<0.05, as it is usually used in research in order to prevent the coincidental results.

According to it, most of the sessions have scored in the span from 0.01 to 0.05, which means that there is a statistically significant difference in knowledge before and after the regional meeting. Those sessions include: SCOME; SCOPH; SCORP and exchanges sessions.

Both Presidents and SCORA sessions didn't have p<0.05, which means that according to the evaluation that is currently used, there hasn't been statistically significant difference in knowledge.

Conclusion: At this moment after so many evaluations done, we will be making the recommendations how to continue with it in the next terms and hopefully remove all the potential factors that might impair our results.

Comments regarding the evaluation process: â&#x20AC;˘ Mostly participants were satisfied with the evaluation process â&#x20AC;˘ Some wanted to receive more reminder emails 2.

Logistics

Comments regarding the logistics: • There was a lot of praise for the OC; • Suggestions were to have better organization of the transportation (more frequent buses mainly for less waiting time on arrival/departure) • Some participants waited a long time to enter rooms • Check out time to be announced earlier • Suggestion to mix delegations instead of putting delegations from same regions together.

• To have snacks and coffee till the end of the meeting • Some participants didn't appreciate the lack of meat on some days and had problems on vegetarian days to eat anything.

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