August 2018
Discovering the Advocate of my Education Jerry Sabio Durón IFMSA-Honduras jerrysabio96@gmail.com
For me, this academic period has been very different from others. The classes I am currently taking are a whole lot more interesting than they used to be. I can say that somehow, I have done advocacy for a better education in my medical education system. Finally, I approach my classes in a way that I had not thought of before. In such a short time, SCOME made me fight for a better education, not only for me but for all my colleagues. What I value the most in SCOME is the way to change a mindset, from accepting the way education is, to one that cannot be satisfied by any type of educational system but the best. With the tools SCOME provides us, we can make small impacts that will add up in the minds of the medical students and propel the capacity to make changes in our communities. You might be wondering what SCOME did to have the impact it has on my life. The experience that opened my mind to a new way of thinking was the first ever AMET held in this year’s America’s Regional Meeting in Paraguay. I learned so much from my facilitators, Ximena, Pablo and Pahua. To be honest, I had never experienced this learning experience anywhere else. The way of transmitting knowledge on improving medical education was astonishing. Every day I would wake up wanting to know what I could do to make my education system better. The approach they had for us to learn how to change and improve our medical education system was efficient. They worked on the way we think, the capabilities we have, and the inspiration we need to have an impact in our universities. I firmly believe that each one of the friends I made in the AMET are making important changes in their communities. Since the AMET, I have grown in my ability to teach and create educational opportunities. As a SCOREan, I worked with SCOME
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to make a workshop on the writing of clinical cases back in Honduras. I owe it to the AMET for teaching me about the influence I could have by advocating for medical students all over the world. I do not plan on staying here, SCOME made me realize that I have a lot of work to do and working in my university is just the start. I encourage every medical student to know more about education and how they can change it for the better. As future doctors, we need to transmit our knowledge as widely as possible to our communities to bring real change in our health systems.
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