eVAGUS | October 2009
Still exChanging the World… Dear SCOPEans; At the core of its creation, the standing committee on exchanges was the first standing committee in IFMSA history.
Ali Cankut Tatliparmak SCOPE-Director 2009-2010
Ever since, student mobility and exchanges have always been the largest IFMSA activity in itself. Having reached over 250000 medical student participants in its exchange programs, IFMSA today offers a month-long clerkship for 8000 medical students per year in over 86 countries, 1100 faculties and 700 Local Committees.
cover even more faculties and countries
ited to exchanges, as work is continuous
Being the largest student-run exchange
around the world. Most medical faculties
on supporting these exchanges with a
program in the world, SCOPE still keeps
nowadays give their outgoing exchange
complete Incoming Package that includes
the same mission statement for 58 years:
students academic credit after partici-
"student guide"; a guide with useful infor-
"To promote cultural understanding and
pating in SCOPE programs. Morever, in
mation written by the contact persons.
cooperation among medical students and
order to receive academic credit for Pro-
I would like to stress out that SCOPE has
all health professionals, through the facili-
fessional Exchanges, the quality of the
grown and improved within decades of
tation of international students’ exchang-
clerkships must be secured. Under this
time. And now we need to carry the torch
es". The Standing Commitee on Profes-
theme, SCOPE has introduced an as-
to maintain SCOPE’s importance and im-
sional Exchange allows the students to
sessment tool that the student carries
pact in the lives of medical students.
deepen their medical understanding, their
during the clerkship. It includes a detailed
awareness of global health issues as well
logbook, a detailed checklist specific
as to widen their cultural backgrounds.
for the department and an evalutation
SCOPE is constantly trying to improve
form to be filled by the supervising tutor.
Ali Cankut Tatliparmak
the quality of its program while growing to
SCOPE's activities however are not lim-
SCOPE Director 2009-2010
www.ifmsa.org medical students worldwide
Let’s keep exChanging the world!
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