EuRegMe 2019 Report

IFMSA Imprint European Regional Team Paulina Birula Gita Mihelčič Abdulkarim Harakow Erwin Vos Alexandru Sirbu Stefana Ciortea Blanca Paniello Castillo Viktoria Kastner Mindaugas Galvosas Dario Rosini Simina Ratiu Maria Krayem Kinsi Ahmed

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Associations (IFMSA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization representing associations of medical students worldwide. IFMSA was founded in 1951 and currently maintains 133 National Member Organizations from 123 countries across six continents, representing a network of 1.3 million medical students.

IFMSA envisions a world in which medical students unite for global health and are equipped with the knowledge, skills and values to take on health leadership roles locally and globally, so to shape a sustainable and healthy future.

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Contents

Message from the Regional Director Page 4

Pre-Regional Meeting Workshops Page 7

Morning Sessions Page 9

Capacity Building Sessions Page 20

Joint Sessions Page 23

www.ifmsa.org

Theme Event Page 26

Activities Fair Page 27

‘Love Campaign’ during EuRegMe Page 28

Message from the RD Dear IFMSA! I am proud to share the report from the XVI European Regional Meeting. This document is a summary of the work of the Regional Team, Organising Committee, sessions facilitators and participants..

By the end of April, the Region met in Saint Petersburg, Russia. We discussed topics that matter to all of us, had a chance to participate in workshops developing both soft skills and knowledge, share experiences and present projects that we’re most proud of in our NMOs. By adopting next Regional Priorities we also made decisions that will set a direction for our Region for the next term. Thanks to the adoption of the priorities, the next Regional Team will emphasize Mental Health and Health Workforce in their internal and external goals.

We hope we provided you with a platform to meet, learn and get inspired that met your expectations. Now this is your responsibility to remember as much as possible from these days and apply it to your work on the national or local level. With your involvement, the impact of these days can go beyond Saint Petersburg and beyond these 5 days.

Should you have any questions, would like to discuss a part of the agenda or share your feedback – me and the whole Regional Team will be happy to help.

I hope to see a lot of you soon in Taiwan!

Paulina Birula Regional Director for Europe 2018/2019

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European Regional Team

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Paulina Birula – IFMSA-Poland, Regional Director for Europe Gita Mihelčič – SloMSIC Slovenia, General Assistant for Europe Abdulkarim Harakow – IMCC Denmark, General Assistant for Europe Erwin Vos – IFMSA NL, Capacity Building Regional Assistant for Europe Alexandru Sirbu - FASMR Romania, Fundraising and Development Assistant for Europe Stefana Ciortea - FASMR România, SCOPE Regional Assistant for Europe Blanca Paniello Castillo - AECS Catalonia, SCOPH Regional Assistant for Europe Viktoria Kastner - bvmd Germany, SCOPH Regional Assistant for Europe Mindaugas Galvosas - LiMSA Lithuania, SCOME Regional Assistant for Europe Dario Rosini - SISM Italy, SCORA Regional Assistant for Europe Simina Ratiu - FASMR Romania, SCORE Regional Assistant for Europe Maria Krayem - bvmd Germany, SCORP Regional Assistant for Europe Kinsi Ahmed - NMSA Norway, SCORP Regional Assistant for Europe

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Organising Committee

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Alexandra Onopriychuk - Head of the OC Elena Belyantseva - Vice-Head of the OC Rafik Boutaba - Vice-Head of the OC Karina Abdullina -Visa Coordinator Ksenia Abramovskikh - Visa Coordinator Anton Eremin-Theme Event Coordinator Elmira Shaikhutdinova - Promo Coordinator Maria Vasileva Post-EuRegMe Coordinator Bogdan Onopriychuk - Social Program Coordinator Petr Gavrischuk-Pre-EuRegMe Coordinator Yaroslava Paranina - Registration Coordinator Elizaveta Iziurova - Registration Coordinator Maria Shaldina - Registration Coordinator

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PreRM Workshops Discrimination in Healthcare

high relevance for medical students.

Facilitators:

With our workshop, participants benefited from informative sessions and interactive discussions built over the backbone over our classic workshops.

• Maria Krayem, SCORP RA for Europe, bvmd-Germany • Kinsi Ahmed, SCORP RA for Europe, NMSA-Norway • Anouk Nusselder, SCORP Development Assistant, IFMSA-NL • Theis Bock, IMCC-Denmark Number of participants: 11 Number of countries represented among participants: 7 Background and Goals: Our voice as medical practitioners doesn’t just matter in our everyday clinical settings, it matters in every discussion that puts human rights and peace at stake. As health is a major determinant of a thriving society, we cannot begin the discussion without discussing the risks in our era and techniques to advocate. “ Discrimination in Healthcare ” focused on giving participants the necessary knowledge and basic skills for them to form and raise their ownvoice in the international discussions.

As medical students, we have chosen a profession aiming to prevent and alleviate other people’s suffering. In order to effectively do this, we must see and understand not only the disease, but the person in front of us, the society that we live in, and the social and structural discrimination that could be tightly interlinked with health. Furthermore, medical professionals often possess skills, knowledge and a role in society where we are well apt to work with these issues. Thus, nonviolence, social justice, human rights, awareness about health inequalities is of

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Outcomes: During the sessions, the active participation by the participants and the engaging discussions that touched upon sensitive and rarely touched upon aspects of social injustice and discrimination were the outcomes that we hoped for and we were able to achieve. Raising awareness and empowering our 11 Participants to go on and do the same and be advocates for change and tolerance by providing them with the needed skills and tools as well as having them come up with project and campaign ideas while providing them feedback and follow-up on the implementation. The material used in the preparation of the sessions and a separate evaluation will be sent to the participants.

Mental Health Essentials for Future Healthcare Professionals Facilitators: • Katja Čič, SCOPH Director • Gita Mihelčič, General Assistant for Europe on Mental Health, • Viktoria Kastner, SCOPH Assistant for Europe

Regional

The number of participants: 10 The number of countries they were from: 8 Background and Goals: MHE aims to equip medical students

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with the knowledge, skills and values necessary for improving the standard of Mental Health in medical students and the general population. During 3 days, we will introduce participants to a number of Mental Health conditions, address different determinants and factors and discuss stigma and terminology related to this topic. We believe that medical students, as future health professionals, have a key role in improving Mental Health and its understanding among the population and also among peers. We want to empower and prepare them for this.

This workshop advocates for a psychosocial approach to mental health that treats factors such as person’s life, working and social environment, as well as purely biological factors, as equally important in understanding mental health and well-being. Through this workshop, we wish to erase the stigma and raise awareness and understanding that people with mental health disorders live as full citizens with equal access to opportunities and appropriate services, while at the same time being experts of their lives.

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Outcomes: The main outcome of the workshop is the empowerment of 10 future healthcare professionals in the field of mental health services and providing wholesome healthcare.

Several of the participants have already started working on different mental health initiatives in their NMOs in order to spread the knowledge even further and the facilitators of the workshop will be offering their full support to their initiatives.

Feedback forms and follow up resources are in the works and will be shared with the participants shortly.

As for additional follow up - participants will be invited to take a leading role in the creation of the SCOPH campaign for World Mental Health Day (10th of October) and to participate in the IFMSA-Europe Mental Health Month (September), as well as the SWG on development of training manual on Mental Health.

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Morning Sessions Presidents Facilitators:

submissions

• Paulina Birula – Regional Director for Europe • Gita Mihelčič – General Assistant for Europe • Abdulkarim Harakow – General Assistant for Europe • Erwin Vos – Capacity Building Regional Assistant for Europe • Katja Čič – SCOPH Director • Tanya Zebrova – SCOPE Director • Charlotte O’Leary – LWHO • Teodor Blidaru – LOSO • Nebojsa Nikolič – VPA, • Julian Liebaert – EMSA Organisations Liaison Officer

Student

• Lisa Kelm – UNTF Number of participants: 74 Number of countries represented among participants: 37 Topics covered: ●

Follow up on the European Strategy

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Policy-making on the national level

● Collaboration organisations ●

with

During the first day of the morning sessions, participants discussed submissions for the EuRegMe2020 host and Regional Priorities proposals. Presentations, Q&A sessions and small working groups were held to ensure informed decision making during the last day of the Regional Meeting. Later we focused on the topics prioritised by the NMO Presidents in the input form and by our European Strategy. Participants could understand the goals of the Regional Strategy and give input to its realisation, get familiarised with the guidelines and manuals IFMSA is providing, and discuss among each other topics like mental health, capacity building or policy making in your organisation. The goal of these sessions was to both introduce participants to the work of IFMSA, but also provide information and tools that can be used on the national level. The teambuilding aspect is also important – by getting to know each other, sharing problems and success stories participants are encouraged to continue working together also throughout the term.

students’

Mental Health in the NMOs

● Developing Structure

Capacity

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Exchanges in the NMOs

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Introduction from the UN Task Force

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Discussions on the EuRegMe2019

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SCOPE and SCORE Facilitators:

- How to fill in the Project Form

• Stefana Ciortea, SCOPE RA for Europe, FASMR Romania

- NMO Exchange Glory

• Simina Ratiu, SCORE RA for Europe, FASMR Romania

1. Social Program

• Tanya Zebrova, SCOPE Director, HCCM Russia

2. SCOPE/SCORE Collaboration 3. Outgoing Selection

• Elina Osi, SCOPE General Assistant, EstMSA Estonia

4. How to PDT&UAT

• Martina Miklavčič, SCORE Supervising Board, NORE SloMSIC Slovenia

6. Exchange Conditions

• Marc Margulan, Germany

NORE-Out

bvmd

Number of countries among participants: 27

represented

Topics covered: - Sustainability in Exchanges - Small Working Groups: 1. Preclinical exchanges VS Research Internships 2. Working with tutors 3. Access to research and research education 4. Recruiting members

new

exchange

team

5. Educational Activities in collaboration with SCs 6. Solving visas issues - Social Accountability in Exchanges - Intercultural Learning and Ethics - Problem Solving - Global Health - Public Health Exchanges

5. Promotion - Recognition of ExchAnges - Debate: elect vs select Summary:

Number of participants: 52

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- Sharing is Caring

We started off the SCOPE SCORE Sessions in the EuRegMe 2019 with welcoming the participants to our meeting with a short presentation about IFMSA, our committees but also the opportunities we offer. Then we continued with some team building games and a Quiz in order for our participants to learn more about Exchanges in a fun way.

The day continued with 2 parallel sessions, one for newcomers, Exchange Officer Behind the Scene and one for the advanced members, Sustainability in Exchanges.

Afterwards we gave the participants the opportunity to discuss in one of the 6 small working group6 on a specific topic and come up with guidelines or recommendations on how to approach this topic. At the end of the day we had our 2 Joint Sessions, Social Accountability together with SCOME and Intercultural Learning and Ethics together with SCORP. The second day started with the Problem Solving Session, where the participants were given some problems that can occur during an exchange and they had to come up with solutions and also think of ways to

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avoid the situation in the future. Afterwards, we continued the day with the Global Health session where our participants learnt in more depth about social determinants of health and universal health coverage.

In the end we split our sessions in SCOPE where Public Health Exchanges topic was tackled and in SCORE where the LOREs and NOREs were showed how to fill in correctly a project form.

The third day began with Sharing is caring, after which we presented the Small Working Groups outcomes. Then we continued with 2 parallels, Recognition of Exchanges and the Debate on the topic Elect vs Select. We ended our Regional Meeting sessions with Q&A and Wrap Up where we went again through all the topics tackled and asked the participants to describe every session with a representative word. Afterwards, we ended the day with filming a short video for every Region and sending them regards from our RM. Because

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communication are very important, we wanted our participants to have the opportunity to interact more with each other and get to know one another better.

Therefore one of the main highlights and beloved games was the Crazy 22, which was an ongoing contest during the whole event, where the participants split in teams had to fulfill a list of tasks.

We designed the sessions with a gradually increasing level of difficulty and it was a pleasure to watch our mostly new and inexperienced participants grow during these 3 days and go home with many ideas and a lot of new knowledge in order to improve the Exchanges and raise the Academic Quality in Europe. We hope the sessions were inspiring and productive and that the participants had fun and communicated between each other while attending them!

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SCORA

Facilitators:

Coverage

• Dario Rosini, SISM-Italy, SCORA RA for Europe

• How to advocate empowerment

• Eglė Janušonytė, LiMSA-Lithuania, LRA

• Maternal Mental Health and Perinatal Depression

• Annelien Cordonnier, BeMSA-Belgium • Anne Rudbeck Juhl, IMCC-Denmark • Mantė Šmigelskaitė, LiMSA-Lithuania Participants: 35 Countries represented: 22

women

• Obstetric Violence and Humanized Birth • Creation of CSE methods on: • Sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression • Gender based violence

Topics covered: • Portrayal of the LGBTQIA+ community in the Mass Media • Intersexuality • Sexual violence, with a focus on consent-based laws • Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights within Universal Health

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This year, as you can notice from the number of topics, we decided to prioritize quality over quantity, allocating more than one single hour per session; also, we had themed days, so that the first day was all about the LGBTQIA+ community, the second one about GBV and the third one

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about Maternal Health.

After the usual team-building exercise, which are fundamental to create the safe and very inclusive SCORA atmosphere, we had our first session, in which participants have explored the many ways the LGBTQIA+ community is portrayed in TV shows and other mass media, identifying some models proposed by experts and trying to tackle the most critical aspects of this issue. Then we moved to identify the issues the intersexual community is still facing nowadays, such as stigma, lack of recognition and pathologization, which lead to invasive sex-reassigning surgeries with usually take place without the consent of the patient. At the same time, some participants have created amazing CSE methods which can be delivered in classes to educate to diversity. We also tackled the issue of consent and how this concept is implemented in several countries to

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define sexual violence, moving then to a UN Simulation around the topic of Access to Safe Abortion, which is a key battle towards UHC in the field of SRHR. Then two different groups came up with actual CSE methods about GBV (also discussing the difficulties of such a delicate topic) and some advocacy actions to foster women’s empowerment, which is often lacking from GBV campaigns. We addressed Regional Priorities through the topic of Perinatal Depression, and eventually, we discussed Obstetric Violence in all its forms, which are sometimes subtle, not very recognizable and for this, unnoticed.

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SCORP

Facilitators:

treaties within Europe

• Maria Krayem, SCORP RA for Europe, bvmd-Germany

• Advocacy on MIgrants and Refugees

• Kinsi Ahmed, SCORP RA for Europe, NMSA-Norway

• - Climate change [Parallel 1a]

• Hazal Erdinç, NORP, TurkMSIC-Turkey • Gianluca Ceccarelli, NORP, SISM Italy • Jiřka Sýkora, Republic

NORP,

IFMSA-Czech

• Access to medications homelessness [Parallel 1b] • Protected fundamental Declarations

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Space: Children‘s rights and Universal

• Anne Galaurchi, NORP, IFMSA-NL

• Disadvantaged children

Number of participants: 35

• Advocacy on Children’s Health and Rights

Number of countries among participants: 22

represented

Topics covered: • Vulnerable Groups within the Migrants‘ & Refugees‘ Population and their Health • legal frameworks and international

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• SCORP Out of the Box Group Sessions

• International Humanitarian Healthcare in danger

Law

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• Nuclear Abolition with IPPNW and ICAN • Advocacy in Humanitarian action and an Open Space to reflect on.

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Description and Outcomes: Each day of the three days of the session was dedicated to one of our global priorities, which are Migrants & Refugees health and rights, Children’s health and Rights and Humanitarian action. We started each day with an introduction to the global priority then covered it more in-depth as the sessions progressed in order to provide for varying levels of knowledge and experience our participants had. We ended each day with an advocacy session in order to To provide the participants with a practical applicable context to the theoretical knowledge we covered each day, with the addition of an open space session on the last day we were able to further discuss the global priorities, share experiences and find cross-NMOs collaborators for future projects. We also had two SCORP out of the box session which we tried to cover topics that are not often covered in SCORP that are relevant to today’s society.

We started day one with establishing a foundation and connection between the facilitators and the participants. Then had a session on Vulnerable Groups within the

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Migrants‘ & Refugees‘ Population and their Health where we focused on women and children. We then had a session on legal frameworks and international treaties concerning migration and Asylum-seeking within Europe and finished the day with Advocacy on Migrants and Refugees.

One day two we started the day with two parallel SCORP out of the box session on Climate change and Access to medications and homelessness. Then had a session on Protected Space: Children‘s fundamental rights and Universal Declarations Followed by a session on the Disadvantaged children were we covered child labour, abuse and neglect. We ended the day with Advocacy on Children’s Health and Rights. On the last day we started with a session on International Humanitarian Law + Healthcare in danger, we then briefly had a session on Nuclear Abolition with the support of IPPNWStudents, before moving on to advocacy in Humanitarian action and an Open Space in which we had really productive discussions.

We ended with a “ goodbye” session in which the participants got to reflect on their expectations and fears from the first session in their respective buddy groups.

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SCOME

Facilitators:

based activities from their NMOs)

• Mindaugas Galvosas - SCOME RA for Europe • Silvia Matilda Aștefanei - SCOME DA • Hana Kadrić - LOME CroMSIC Croatia • Teodor Blidaru - LOSO

• Global Health Workforce

Number of participants: 22 represented

• Externals on Medical Education (incl. other students’ associations working in the field of healthcare education)

Topics covered:

• Research in Medical Education

• SCOME Structure and work in IFMSA (eg., baseline assessment results, SCOME IT)

• Social Accountability

• SCOME activities in Europe (general point of view from the RA was made that was followed by the participants introducing their advocacy or project

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• IFMSA Programs (enrollment process was overviewed and the benefits of enrolling your activities were made clear) • Campaigning and advocacy

• Maria Shaldina - PC TMS Number of countries among participants: 20

• Activity management

• Vaccination in Medical Education • Sensitive anamnesis conduction for the victims of sexual violence (incl. discussing the curriculums and planning concrete improvements)

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Outcomes of the sessions: The participants were introduced to the structure of SCOME in IFMSA and what is the picture of medical education in European Region. They have received the basic knowledge on how to enroll activities under programs, what are the benefits, what is activity management, what are the differences between campaigning and advocacy, followed by developing practical skills as elevator pitch technique, stakeholder mapping. Some advanced topics were also covered as global health workforce crisis, externals on medical education (IFMSA externals and also other healthcare students’ organisations that are working in the field of education), social accountability. A SCOME Hackathon

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has also taken place, where teams were competing for the best frame for a social media campaign on the topic of global health workforce crisis: migration of health workforce. The sessions were mostly interactive, content ranging from basic information on the first day to more advanced as the event continued. Daily feedback was collected for the ambience, facilitation, content and ST evaluation, which helped to adjust the facilitation for the following days. Overall, work in small working groups / buddy groups (that were preselected before the meeting) inspired a lot of new participants to seek for more information on specific topics, collaborate on common issues and also bring back the ideas to their local level.

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SCOPH

Facilitators: • Anna Herzeg - SCOPH GA • Blanca Paniello - SCOPH RA for Europe • Katja Čič - SCOPHD • Laura Jung - NPO bvmd-Germany • Riza Ozal - NPO TurkMSIC (Turkey) • Viktoria Kastner - SCOPH RA for Europe • Charlotte O’Leary - LWHO • Teodor Blidaru - LOSO Number of participants: 44 Number of countries among participants: 27

represented

Topics covered: The sessions were planned according to the regional priorities, which are MH, AMR and vaccination as they are highly related with SCOPH. Therefore, we decided to

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dedicate one whole day per topic also adding Climate Change in order to cover the maximum of the current European issues. Regarding Vaccination, we aimed to have an introductory session and also another one with the advocacy approach.

We also had a soft skill session about Advocacy. AMR and Climate Change had two sessions, respectively, thus having an introductory session at the beginning of the day and also an interactive one at the end as a simulation or a hackathon. About Mental Health, we had a session focused on our main target group within the IFMSA, the healthcare professionals, and also other sessions about Activity Management and how to create an efficient project on Mental Health.

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Outcomes of the sessions: Regarding AMR, the participants were able to receive the basic knowledge about the topics but they also experienced a simulation thus getting to know to advanced concepts as the One Health approach and a crucial topic within AMR, interdisciplinarity. For the Climate Change Session, we have been first delivering essential knowledge to the participants to be followed by a hackathon on ECCH. Through this method participants could not only gain an insight into activity management but also improve their skills regarding this topic. Same goes for the Mental Health Activity Management session. As for the Mental Health for healthcare professionals session, apart from a knowledge section, practical exercises

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were experienced together. For sessions such as the forum of representation and the Small Working Groups we discussed the needs of the SCOPH members and implemented their requests immediately such as a bi-weekly update about our work. For the SWGs there were many plans created concerning capacity building, mental health groups and others and the topics are being followed up by the SWG members. Other sessions such as the advocacy sessions should not only deliver knowledge, but also essential skills for the future external representation of the participants.

Overall, the participants learned about crucial topics within Europe and IFMSA.

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Training Sessions Conflict management in practice Facilitators: Marc Margulan (bvmdGermany) and Dominika Kocmanová (IFMSA-Czech Republic).

Strategic Planning Assessment

Number of participants: 20 Goals and methods: Conflicts arrive on a daily basis in various extensions. Solving these is a crucial everyday skill. During this session, we talked about reasons for conflicts to arise and ways to solve these. Theories explained include Four sides/ears model, conflict styles model and the conflict evolution model.

Evaluation and follow up: A small evaluation was done by the facilitators directly after the training session. Reactions were positive and people were satisfied in general. A more extensive evaluation was done in the general post evaluation.

Mental Health organisations

in

youth

Facilitators: Matilda Stjernqvist (IFMSASweden).

Number of participants: 14 Goals and methods: In this session, we looked at Mental health from an organisational perspective and through interactive exercises evaluated how participants can use this in their NMOs. Evaluation and follow up: A small evaluation was done by the facilitator directly after the training session.

Reactions were very positive and people

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were satisfied in general. A more extensive evaluation was done in the general post evaluation.

Facilitators: Ruben Netherlands) and (SloMSA-Slovakia).

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Impact

Visser (IFMSA-The Alžbeta Holotová

Number of participants: 19 Goals and methods: During this session, we discussed at a beginner level the basics of strategic planning and impact assessment. Theories explained include the VMOSA model and theory on different parts of assessing impact.

Evaluation and follow up: A small evaluation was done by the facilitators directly after the training session. Reactions were positive and people were satisfied in general. A more extensive evaluation was done in the general post evaluation.

What kind of leader will you be?

Facilitators: Ilayda Serimozu (BeMSABelgium) and Serkan Car (IFMSA-The Netherlands).

Number of participants: 20 Goals and methods: During this session you will get an idea of what leadership means and what kind of leader you are or could be. Theories explained include the leadership compass model and an open discussion for participants to find out what style suits them best.

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Evaluation and follow up:

Goals and methods:

A small evaluation was done by the facilitators directly after the training session. Reactions were positive and people were satisfied in general. A more extensive evaluation was done in the general post evaluation.

Handover is essential for your NMOs sustainable work. Leaving your position or taking up a new position can be stressful without proper handover practice.

During Handover training, the facilitators introduced and explained why and how to do and receive a proper handover.

Theories included the different parts of a handover, the handover process and how to prioritize.

Introduction to UN and getting involved in IFMSA opportunities Facilitators: Eglė Janušonytė (Liaison Officer on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights including HIV and AIDS) and Charlotte O’Leary (Liaison Officer on the World Health Organization).

Number of participants: 19 Goals and methods: This session introduced opportunities to get involved with IFMSA external representation. This included how to stay up to date with opportunities and also how to write high-quality applications for external events. It also included a quick introduction to the UN and its important agencies such as WHO.

Evaluation and follow up: A small evaluation was done by the facilitators directly after the training session. Reactions were positive and people were satisfied in general. A more extensive evaluation was done in the general post evaluation.

Emotional and cultural sensitivity in facilitation Facilitators: Yoanna Zlatkova Bulgaria) and Daniel Jaffal Bulgaria).

(AMSB(AMSB-

Number of participants: 20

Evaluation and follow up:

Goals and methods:

A small evaluation was done by the facilitators directly after the training session. Reactions were positive and people were satisfied in general. A more extensive evaluation was done in the general post evaluation.

Being aware of the cultural and personal differences, and being considerate is necessary no matter the training we are facilitating. By respecting all differences we ensure our message is delivered and has a bigger impact. This session was a more open approach to the topic and mainly consisted of general tips and discussion between participants and facilitators.

How to give a handover Facilitators: Elina Osi (EstMA-Estonia) and Nikola Krūmiņa (LaMSA-Latvia).

Number of participants: 13

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facilitators directly after the training session. Reactions were positive and people were satisfied in general. A more extensive evaluation was done in the general post evaluation.

TEDxIFMSA Facilitators: Annelien Cordonnier (BeMSA-Belgium) and Martin Kapper (AMSA-Austria).

Number of participants: 7 participants and 12 observers.

Goals and methods: TEDxIFMSA, an advanced training on public speaking. 12 people in total were able to talk in front of the group for 3-5 minutes and afterwards get thorough feedback. Things were also mixed up with tips and tricks in between so observation was also useful.

Evaluation and follow up: A small evaluation was done by the facilitators directly after the training session. Reactions were positive and people were satisfied in general. A more extensive evaluation was done in the general post evaluation.

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Joint Sessions Vaccination in Medical Education (SCOPH-SCOME) Facilitators:

• Eglė Janušonytė - LRA • Mindaugas Galvosas - SCOME RA for Europe

• Anna Herzeg: SCOPH GA • Abdulkarim Harakow: GA for Europe

Number of participants: 60

• Silvia Matilda: SCOME DA

Number of countries represented: 35

• Teodor Blidaru: LOSO

Topics discussed: what is sexual violence, who can be the victims, how they feel when they seek for help (a simulation of an Emergency Department with a few victims coming was carried out). Looking into curriculum: what subjects and what methods teach about sensitive medical examination? What is necessary to have in the curriculum, and what methods?

Number of participants: 42 Number of countries represented: 26 The session: SCOPH and SCOME joint efforts brought the Vaccination in Medical Education session, meant to offer a glimpse on the importance of this topic in medical schools and in what way is the society affected by the overwhelming medical information spread all around. Vaccination in the real world and Communication with patients still remain the most impactful issues for medical students, as they already face different struggles in their daily academic lives.

Outcomes: More than 70% of the participants stated that their knowledge in this field increased with at least 50% after the session. They will continue making a change by organizing connected activities in their NMOs, advocating through awareness campaigns or by developing their scientific skills by participating in relevant medical events.

How to conduct a sensitive medical examination for victims of sexual violence (SCORA+SCOME) Facilitators: • Dario Rosini - SCORA RA for Europe

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Outcomes of the session: participants got introduced to the idea of what sexual violence is and what are the different forms of if; a simulation followed where few sexual victims were coming to the emergency department - what should be done and in what way? It is very important in these situations to be prepared and to know how to behave in order to be really supportive and to always make the patient feel comfortable; sensitivity of the examination was discussed and every step was commented to understand how it should be performed. The session was really interactive and turned into a discussion about what we as medical students have in the medical curriculum that prepares us to deal with such patients; good practice examples were discussed among the participants, followed by drafting a plan what should be included in the curriculum of every medical school.

The session ended with small working groups developing the activity on how

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to update the curriculum with relevant teaching methods. Overall, participants learned about the sexual violence and steps to follow on admission of a victim, got ideas for what activities could be organised locally by their NMOs and later discussed in order to be included in the curriculum.

Intersectionality in IFMSA (SCORE + SCOPE + SCORP)

Mental Health among Children (SCOPH + SCORP)

Number of countries represented: 17

Facilitators: • Viktoria Kastner - SCOPH RA for Europe • Jiřka Sýkora, Republic

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Number of participants: 26 Number of countries represented: 19 Agenda: • Causes and root factors in Mental Health Issues and Stigma • International Treaties relevant to MH in European Region • Mental Health Stigma Activity • Policymaking Method:

Facilitators: • Hazal Erdinç, NORP, TurkMSIC-Turkey • Marc Margulan, Germany

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Number of participants: 21 Starting off the Joint Session, the participants had room to introduce themselves and mention what level of experience they have with different cultures and globalization of cultures. Next we discussed and defined the terms ethics, values, ethical dilemma, cultural glasses, culturocentrism and cultural relativism.

Next the participants illustrated the “Abigail” story and did discuss previous terms in the context of their cultural background.

Following the Abigail story, participants had to describe a picture and were then presented the DIVE-Model (describe, interpret, verify, evaluate). Using the DIVEModel participants had the chance to use the model on a different culturally sensitive example.

Last but not least, there was a recap of the Session and a discussion on how to use the learned skills in everyday life and in the participants’ IFMSA work.

• Powerpoint • Stand up presentation • Plenary and group discussion • Activity Learning outcomes: • Relevant laws and policies • Knowledge about stigma and causes of MH problems Objective: • Address causes and solutions • Help develop own policies

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Gender Inequalities and Migration (SCORA + SCORP)

Social Accountability (SCOPE/SCORE + SCOME)

Facilitators:

Facilitators:

• Maria Krayem, SCORP RA for Europe

• Stefana Ciortea, SCOPE RA for Europe

• Anne Galaurchi, NORP, IFMSA-NL

• Hana Kadric, SCOME Sessions Team, CroMSIC Croatia

• Annelien Cordonnier, NOCB, BeMSABelgium

Number of participants: 24

Number of participants: 23

Number of countries represented: 19

Number of countries represented: 16

The session started with team building activity and the definition and values of Social Accountability were introduced.

Then the participants were asked some “yes or no” questions that referred to how socially accountable their medical schools are, followed by short explanations from each side about why they chose “yes” or “no”. Afterwards groups were made to compare exchanges with and without social accountability and what can NMOs and International Teams do to include it in the exchange program.

Agenda: • Reverse Privilege Walk with different migrant situations and characteristics (emphasize on different binary and nonbinary genders) followed by a discussion and a debrief.

• A reflection walk through different questions and statements about gender in migration.

• A whole group discussion about the statements and the questions.

Method: • A mostly interactive session a reflection exhibition, whole room discussions and privilege walk.

Learning outcomes: • Relevant questions and discussions about the interlinkship of gender and migration.

• Adding the gender lens intersectional perspective.

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Learning outcomes: • Understanding the concept of Social Accountability • Reflection about SA in their NMOs and universities • Become aware of the importance of promoting Social Accountability in Exchanges • Come up with a strategy on how to make exchanges socially accountable

Objective: • Starting the discussion • Presenting the participants with relevant data and link to follow up on the subject on their own.

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Theme Event The theme event was focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights through the response to HIV and AIDS - “Ending HIV/AIDS in the Sustainable Development Goals Era: the role of the future healthcare providers”. It consisted of two panel sessions accompanied

by Q and A as well as several keynote speeches during the opening ceremony and was coordinated by the theme event coordinator Anton Eremin and Liaison Officer for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Issues including HIV and AIDS (LRA) Eglė Janušonytė.

The first panel: “Challenges and Successes in HIV response in Europe” The speakers included: • Mr. Vinay Patrick Saldhana, UNAIDS Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Mr. Saldhana introduced us to the current efforts of the UNAIDS and inclusion of healthcare professionals towards achieving the proper response, shared relevant statistics and encouraged youth to walk the talk in the fight against HIV. • Mr. Pavel Lobkov, TV anchorman, openly living with HIV. Mr. Lobkov elaborated on the situation in regards to response to HIV and AIDS discrimination as well as access to healthcare in the last decade in Russia.

• Ms. Anastasiia Antonova and Ms. Ekaterina Ozhmegova, specialists on HIV molecular epidemiology and drug resistance. Ms. Antonova and Ms. Ozhmegova focused on the scientific aspect of the modern treatment of

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HIV and the increasing resistance to antiretroviral therapy.

The second panel: “Open discussion: Meaningful Youth participation in HIV response” The speakers included: • Ms. Elena Kiryushina, UNAIDS youth advisor for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Mr. Kiryushina explained how UNAIDS assists young people and provides opportunities to be actively involved in the HIV response and meaningfully engage.

• Mr. Anton Eremin, MD, project manager of AIDS.CENTER foundation, HCCMRussia VPA, and Mr. Nikolay Lunchenkov, MD, project manager of AIDS. CENTER foundation. Mr. Eremin and Mr.Lunchenkov presented us grassroot and national level projects carried out in Russia on HIV and AIDS and shared their experiences on implementation of these campaigns.

• Mr. Dario Rosini, SCORA Regional Assistant for Europe. Mr. Rosini elaborated on the regional IFMSA’s efforts and meaningful youth participation towards achieving 90/90/90 goals.

Both of the panels were moderated by LRA Eglė Janušonytė.

The keynote speeches during the opening ceremony were given by Mr. Vinay Patrick Saldhana and Mr. Anton Krasovsky.

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Activities Fair AF in numbers: Participating activities: 38 activities Votes through the online voting system: 138 votes Top 3 activities: Selected by participants: - BVMD - Viola Selected by judges: - ANEM - Burnout Buddy - CroMSIC - Global Surgery Croatia Symposium 2019 The Activities Fair at EuRegMe19 took place on the second day of the meeting from 15:00-17:00 local time. It was held in the Berlin room on the 18th floor of the Azimut building which presented us with an astonishing view of the city.

As music was playing in the background, 38 activities found their distributed spots in the room and started presenting their amazing activities to the interested participants.

All activities were sorted in the room in alphabetical order, firstly by the name of their NMOs and thereafter by the name of their activities.

The top 3 activities from the event were invited to present their activity at the plenary on day 3 during any other business.

The selection of the top 3 activities was done for the first time through an online voting system, and by 12 judges that were selected through an open call among TO, IT, PC and ST members present at the meeting. The online voting system was open to all participants, and each vote was validated by the use of a specific code

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assigned to each NMO. The activity with the highest number of votes through the online voting system was selected as one of the top 3 activities. The other two activities were selected by the judges, and each activity was graded by two different judges.

The top three activities that were invited to present their activity at the plenary were: Burnout Buddy from ANEM, Viola from BVMD & Global Surgery Croatia Symposium 2019 from CroMSIC

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The Love Campaign SCORP stands for not only human rights and peace but it also stands for love and compassion. We use the word love with a very specific intent, we use those words because the opposite to hate, bigotry, discrimination and rise of extremism is love.

Love is a public display of the antithesis of existing intolerance, violence, and hate.

Human Rights were founded after the devastating aftermath of WWII to show that´humanity can still love and can still feel compassion for others’ pain and fight for them, not against them. The showcasing of love is an explicit action and not a reaction of quiet desperation, but an active demonstration of rejection of the status quo. Sadly, it is much easier to capture attention with hate than with love. Europe and the world have experienced and is still bearing witness to many public displays of hate and violence. An exhibition of love can serve to remind us that we can come together in a rejection of hate to live in peace.

Those are the idea that The Love campaign was based on. During the EuRegMe the participants wrote their “ Love messages” on heart-shaped paper, which we will donate to an organisation that works with SCORP related topics. We want to thank each one of you who participated in the campaign and the OC. It truly warms our green heart and it would not have been possible without each of you.

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IFMSA

International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations

Lebanon (LeMSIC)

Algeria (Le Souk)

Dominican Republic (ODEM)

Libya (LMSA)

Senegal (FNESS)

Argentina (IFMSAArgentina)

Ecuador (AEMPPI)

Lithuania (LiMSA)

Serbia (IFMSA-Serbia)

Egypt (IFMSA-Egypt)

Luxembourg (ALEM)

Sierra Leone (SLEMSA)

Malawi (UMMSA)

Singapore (SiMSA)

Aruba (IFMSA-Aruba)

El Salvador (IFMSA-El Salvador)

Malaysia (SMMAMS)

Slovakia (SloMSA)

Australia (AMSA)

Estonia (EstMSA)

Mali (APS)

Slovenia (SloMSIC)

Austria (AMSA)

Ethiopia (EMSA)

Malta (MMSA)

South Africa (SAMSA)

Azerbaijan (AzerMDS)

Finland (FiMSIC)

Mexico (AMMEF-Mexico)

Spain (IFMSA-Spain)

Bangladesh (BMSS)

France (ANEMF)

Montenegro (MoMSIC)

Sudan (MedSIN)

Belgium (BeMSA)

Georgia (GMSA) Germany (bvmd)

Morocco (IFMSAMorocco)

Sweden (IFMSA-Sweden)

Bolivia (IFMSA-Bolivia) Bosnia & Herzegovina (BoHeMSA)

Ghana (FGMSA)

Nepal (NMSS)

Greece (HelMSIC)

The Netherlands

Syrian Arab Republic (SMSA)

Grenada (IFMSAGrenada)

(IFMSA NL)

Taiwan - China (FMS)

Nigeria (NiMSA)

Tajikistan (TJMSA)

Norway (NMSA)

Thailand (IFMSAThailand)

Armenia (AMSP)

Bosnia & Herzegovina – Republic of Srpska (SaMSIC) Brazil (DENEM)

Guatemala (IFMSAGuatemala)

Brazil (IFMSA-Brazil)

Guinea (AEM)

Bulgaria (AMSB)

Guyana (GuMSA)

Burkina Faso (AEM)

Haiti (AHEM)

Burundi (ABEM) Cameroon (CAMSA)

Honduras (IFMSAHonduras)

Oman (MedSCo)

Switzerland (swimsa)

Pakistan (IFMSAPakistan)

Tanzania (TaMSA)

Panama (IFMSAPanama)

Trinidad and Tobago (TTMSA)

Canada (CFMS)

Paraguay (IFMSAParaguay)

Tunisia (Associa-Med)

Hungary (HuMSIRC)

Canada – Québec (IFMSA-Québec)

Iceland (IMSA)

Peru (IFMSA-Peru)

India (MSAI)

Peru (APEMH)

Turkey – Northern Cyprus (MSANC)

Catalonia - Spain (AECS)

Indonesia (CIMSA-ISMKI)

Uganda (FUMSA)

Chile (IFMSA-Chile)

Iran (IMSA)

Philippines (AMSAPhilippines)

China (IFMSA-China)

Iraq (IFMSA-Iraq)

Poland (IFMSA-Poland)

China – Hong Kong (AMSAHK)

Iraq – Kurdistan (IFMSAKurdistan)

Portugal (ANEM)

United Arab Emirates (EMSS)

Colombia (ASCEMCOL)

Ireland (AMSI)

Costa Rica (ACEM)

Israel (FIMS)

Republic of Moldova (ASRM)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (SfGH)

Croatia (CroMSIC)

Italy (SISM)

Cyprus (CyMSA)

Jamaica (JAMSA)

Republic of North Macedonia (MMSA)

United States of America (AMSA-USA)

Czech Republic (IFMSACZ)

Japan (IFMSA-Japan)

Romania (FASMR)

Jordan (IFMSA-Jo)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (MSA-DRC)

Kazakhstan (KazMSA)

Russian Federation (HCCM)

Uruguay (IFMSAUruguay)

Denmark (IMCC)

Korea (KMSA)

Dominica (IFMSA Commonwealth of Dominica)

Kosovo - Serbia (KOMS)

Kenya (MSAKE)

Kuwait (KuMSA) Latvia (LaMSA)

Qatar (QMSA)

Togo (AEMP)

Turkey (TurkMSIC)

Ukraine (UMSA)

Uzbekistan (Phenomenon)

Russian Federation – Republic of Tatarstan (TaMSA)

Venezuela (FEVESOCEM)

Rwanda (MEDSAR)

Zambia (ZaMSA)

Saint Lucia (IFMSA-Saint Lucia)

Zimbabwe (ZIMSA)

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