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Training 4 Professional Exchange - Incomings Hakan Çirnaz & Rana Çagla Akduman TurkMSIC - Turkey
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As a medical student, going to an exchange is one of the most exciting yet challenging parts of the IFMSA journey. Preparing the incomings for this new experience is a vital and imperative component of exchanges. Upon Arrival Training (UAT) plays a major role in this process by ensuring that incomings will be ready for this new experience. We aim to lay the groundwork for Upon Arrival Training for all Local Committees (LC) in Turkey by establishing T4PEI (Training 4 Professional Exchange Incomings). This way incomings in every LC could begin their exchange fully prepared. The essential part of T4PEI is definitely the survival kit. Each country has its own cultural norms and social rules. For an incoming, compliance might become a serious issue. In order to avoid culture shock, having basic tips and rules about that country/city play a fundamental role. In a country, there are certain differences even among cities and regions, thus a detailed transportation map, list of Do’s and Don’ts in Turkey, emergency contact numbers are essential components of the survival kit. In addition, workshops play a key role in T4PEI.
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Trainings such as history taking, blood pressure and pulse measurement may endow the exchange student with certain skills that are prerequisites for the professional exchange. By providing these workshops, we hope that incomings will feel more confident and competent throughout their exchanges. In countries where there are many LCs such as Turkey, workshops can be organized regionally. These regional workshops can be hosted by a different LC in each region, thus LCs that have inadequate resources or opportunities to organize the workshops or T4PEI can join other LCs from the same region. We believe that the regional workshops will reinforce the cooperation between LCs and provide each incoming with a chance to participate in T4PEI.
Moreover, brief introduction to Turkish NMO, TurkMSIC and the Local Committees is also a significant element of T4PEI. The introduction would be followed by “Global Health and Health System in Turkey”. Global health has become a major topic in our lives and as the doctors of future, where there are less borders and more interaction among individuals and societies, it is vital to have at least a basic understanding of global health. Besides, professional exchange students need to know about the healthcare system of the country that they will be working in. Professional exchange is not only about the tutorstudent relationship. In fact it comprises the patients, the hospital and the whole healthcare system of the country. Hence as the members of TurkMSIC, we strongly believe that “Global Health and Health Care System in Turkey” is an indispensable part of T4PEI. Survival kit and basic skills workshops and introduction to global health and health care system in Turkey will provide the framework of the upcoming T4PEI. Other components of this training will vary from LC to LC due to regional and cultural differences, however we hope T4PEI will be beneficial for all incomings throughout their exchange.
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