SCOME Manual 7

Editor’s note: This document is meant for internal use of National or Local Officers on Medical Education of the National Members Organisations of the International Federation of Medical Education (IFMSA) only.

Permission to copy and distribute this document is only granted by the Medical Education Director provided that (1) the copyright and permission notices appear on all reproductions; (2) use of the document is for non-commercial, educational, and scientific purposes only; and (3) the document is not modified in any way.

Written permission from the IFMSA Medical Education Director is required for all other uses.

Beside the regular updates of this manual, up-to-date information on medical education issues can be found in the SCOME-wikipedia at http://wiki.ifmsa.org/scome If you have any input, improvements or additions for the SCOME-manual or to receive additional copies, please contact the Medical Education Director of IFMSA at scomed@ifmsa.org or send a letter to: IFMSA General Secretariat c/o WMA B.P. 63 01212 Ferney-Voltaire CEDEX France Tel. +33 – 450 40 47 59 Fax +33 – 450 40 59 37 1st – 3rd edition compiled by Jan Hilgers, Medical Education Director 2005-2006 & Liaison Officer on Medical Education Issues 2006-2008.

4th – 5th edition compiled by Nikos Davaris, Medical Education Director 2008-2009 6th – 7th edition compiled by Margot Weggemans, Medical Education Director 2009-2010 Note: this is a print (shorter) version of the SCOME manual, to be distributed during the August Meeting 2010. The full version is available at the files section of the SCOME yahoo!group and at the SCOME Wikipedia.

Written by members of the Standing Committee on Medical Educatio n Special thanks to: Ana Babic, Elisa Berioja, Maja S. Basnov, Vasile Bintintan, Lars Choritz, Nikos Davaris, Becca Fenech, Vlad Gavrila, Alexander Geube, Torstein S. Hansen, Jan Hilgers, Petar Kresimir Hodzic, Jonas Johannink, Katja Kovac, Katharina Kulike, Sebastian Manoleasa, Özgür Onur, Aydogan Orhan, Camille Piguet, Emily Rigby, Dani Rodriguez Muñoz, Carl Savage, Tina Schweickert, Jacco Veldhuyzen, Hans Jacob Westbye, Vanessa Wennekes, Jan Westermann, Patrik Zamecnik