IFMSA Training Training is the backbone of IFMSA... Medical professionals are continually pressed to take roles in management and improvement of health systems performance. As IFMSA is taking a key role in developing future leadership for global health, training and developing key human resources is becoming increasingly important to provide medical students with these necessary skills that the strained academic field often fails to provide. By providing training sessions from both in-house and professional trainers, the Training Team aims to provide training around the globe for IFMSA members. We believe training is a vital component of capacity building within the IFMSA, providing National Member Organisations, individuals and IFMSA projects with the skills and resources they need to carry out their IFMSA tasks. Through the years IFMSA has been developing high quantity trainings and training methods which have been passed on generation to generation. This has equiped us to maintain important skills and knowledge which enabled us to improve ourselves and each other. Some examples of the trainings designed in IFMSA are: • Leadership • PR & Marketing • Fundraising • Handover & Continuity • Empowerment 22
Think globally. Act locally.
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Time Management Conflict Prevention Body language Negotiation Intercultural Learning The world of IFMSA Debating skills Project Management Motivation Skills Facilitation Skills Communication Financial Management Advocacy
New trainers are trained in a so called Training New Trainers workshop (TNT). During this workshop IFMSA members are trained to become a trainer themselves. To ensure continuity and keep trainers motivated the Training Old Trainers workshop (TOT) was established. Here trainers will be trained in maintaining their training skills and improve them as well. During General Assemblies, congresses, conferences and other meetings IFMSA members are trained in all these different skills. Through these trainings we ensure ourselves that the knowledge gathered will stay and other people can benefit from it. We are all in the same organisation, so training is all about sharing!!!