MAHA REHMAN | IFMSA Supervising Council Member 2021-2023 Candidature Package

MAHA REHMAN

CANDIDATURE FOR

Supervising Council.

FOR THE TERM 2022-23

CONTENT. MOTIVATIONAL LETTER PLAN OF ACTION CURRICULUM VITAE

MOTIVATIONAL LETTER Working for the youth, for its identity and recognition of voice made me believe that young minds can offer insight, perceptiveness, solutions, perceptions, and most importantly innovative ideas. They have the potential to hugely contribute toward economic growth, and social stability and ensure an educated and balanced society. I believe that we; young people are the future of their country’s development and that they can positively contribute to the primary operational areas; necessary for the rise of any nation.

I am Maha Rehman, a senior year student of medicine at Rashid Latif Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan, thrilled to be applying for the position of Supervising Council 22/23 While working with different organizations and unions, I stumbled upon IFMSA: an efficient organization governed by students fulfilling a dire need for diversity in the medical system. It seemed like the haven that I had been looking for the entire time. My journey with IFMSA started at GA MM2016, all friendly yet challenging environments motivated me to apply for this position to bring my knowledge and skills to work and to formulate my thoughts into practical projects. From being a TNHRT/TDMT trainer to conducting numerous ITDM training has sharpened my capacity-building skills.

For the past year of being IFMSA Pakistan, NMO President, SCORP Director, and Regional Assistant SCORP[1] for AP (twice), I have been working with the UN MGCY regional focal point of AP on SDGs and its implementation.

Journeys don’t always turn out the way you first plan- ask anyone who travels a lot. At times there are setbacks, unfortunate events, and delays that can be discouraging. Although journeys come with their hang-ups, the experiences along the way are as important as the destination.

My motivation to work for IFMSA never faded. Working with different people and attending multiple events and meetings made me realize how we are excelling towards a better world full of opportunities. Observing this region by working closely with the members for 2 years now pushed me to do something to bring out the best in the Asia Pacific and bring the best to its members.

6 years of working with different people, and their way of working, and handling situations, I can bring in a lot with my knowledge by working on focus areas and loopholes to strengthen my term through sustainability and transparency, if given the opportunity.

I hereby tender my interest to be given this opportunity. I would try to make the most of this potential opportunity by going beyond learning and will play the role of a good-willed ambassador of IFMSA. I believe that I have gained enough exposure through my years of working to pursue this work as I have engineered in understanding the statistics of it and how to play the role with maturity during challenging situations. I am also endowed with the quality to take initiative as well as I am a very organized individual, responsible for the work that is assigned to me, and able to handle the pressure of deadlines very well. Believing in my past experience and performance I sure can uplift the standard of work by bridging the gap between two sites and by making their meetings productive.

It would be a pleasure serving Supervising Council 22/23 and I would really appreciate a chance to work on such a big scale.

Thank you. For any queries or questions do contact me at maharehman99@gmail.com

PLAN OF ACTION Participation: Meetings - Ensure my participation in all the meetings when necessary- be it online or in person (TOMS and GAs) Decision making - Ensure that the decisions are made by consensus after discussion, if that cannot be done then to reach a decision through open vote.

Strategy devising - Ensure the IFMSA policies or decisions made are transparent, justified, and sustainable for operation

Communication: 1. Keep necessary communications with all officials, other Supervising Council members, and different IFMSA parties 2. Ensure to abide by the reporting system within the Supervising Council and to report to the NMOs on the work within the Supervising Council 3. To ensure constant communication with the members of the Team of Officials 4. Ensure responsiveness by my timely responses

WITH TO: 1. Have Regular meetings with my TO Buddy 2. Inform in case of any important DLs approaching 3. Keep a mental health check 4. Listen to all the problems and

WITH Other SUPCO members: 1. Have an active communication with the team 2. Making unanimous decisions by discussing it will all

concerns if any and handle through a

3. Check on the mental health of all

professional approach

4. Be there if anything

5. Guide on the basis of bylaws and constitution.

(input/assistance/help) is immediately requested, or required.

Advice provision Proactive advice should be given as per bylaws and through interventions by facts and institutional memory and to form it as objectively as possible.

To ensure my availability to manage inquiries from NMOs or Officials and be informed and aware through a close follow-up of the discussion happening in the Federation Provide support and reflection on matters being discussed

Reporting Timely reporting on my work through monthly reports in addition to biannual GA reports.

Regular updates of ongoing activities to NMOs and TO through the official monthly report system.

Financial oversight With the VPF, review matters with financial implications for the federation, including grant applications; budget changes; unplanned expenses; use of the emergency funds; and expenditures over 1000 euros.

Ethics and accountability To act upon both the betterment of IFMSA and the desires of the majority of NMOs if they are known under all circumstances.

Abide by the bylaws and IOGs whenever reaching a decision.

Investigations Will try to resolve issues through advice giving and mediation rather than investigations Actively review the results of Task Forces and Working Groups according to the fields assigned by the Council

Confidentiality Ensure Confidentiality by not revealing any details about, or commenting upon decision processes, ongoing investigations or other matters within the Federation to any external party.

After the completion of their term, undergo a smooth handover process by transferring all relevant documentation remaining in the inbox/drive to the remaining SupCo members.

Curriculum Vitae Experience:

Collaboration with IPPNW and MGCY at NMO level 6 GA’S AMEE STF 2020 IFMSA Delegate to 14th world conference on bio ethics, medical ethics and health law.

Successful webinar series on Disaster management @IFMSAPakistan'20.

2 Asia Pacific regional meetings, 2018 Korea & 2019 Hongkong.

2 times regional assistant for Asia

Email: Maharehman99@gmail.com Contact: 00923211406149 Twitter: @MahaRehman11 LinkedIn: Maha Rehman

Pacific’ 18-19 Attended EMR 2019 2 SCORP CAMPS 2016 Lithuania & 2019 Turkey.

2 SRT’S (SRT TALE’19-Pakistan, SRT 2018-Kurdistan) 6 NGA’s IFMSA-Pak

Most Recent Experience: IFMSA Pakistan President 2021-22

IFMSA SCORP Director 2020-21 IFMSA Pakistan VPE 2020-21

1NGA- IFMSA-Kurdistan 2 External representation meetings Contact person of IFMSA and CRIMIDEM 2018-19 3 times COC Coordinator of UHC Multiple press releases and policy papers

Webinars: •SC-CAMPs, international webinars on all SCs •Webinars with MGCY, IPPNW • Webinars with INSPIRE IT • Webinars with IFMSA TO Part of three small working groups: SCORP Camp manual SWG, abolition of nuclear weapons (advocacy letter), ITDM guidelines.

Policy commission team on Child health and rights policy in AM'17

TRAININGS: TNHRT trainer TDMT trainer ITDM Trainer Basic life support and advanced training by rescue 1122

IFMSA INTERNATIONAL-IFMSA PAK: ICMA delegate 2019 BY IFMSAPakistan 68th General Assembly, AUGUST Meeting, Taiwan 2019 ITDM trainer at SCORP CAMP 2019, TURKEY. Gave SCORP sessions in APRM 2019, HONGKONG Winner of Health innovation challenge 2019 Speaker at HIC-APRM'19 Attended EMR'19 (observer) TNHRT trainer at SRT-TALE 2019 Attended external meeting WISH Qatar.

ITDM TRAINER at SRT kurdistan 2018 Head of Delegation APRM 2018, Seoul-Korea.

Organised SCORP sessions at APRM 2018 Activities fair judge at APRM 2018 National General Assembly IFMSAPakistan 2018 67th General Assembly, March Meeting, Egypt 2018 -Facilitated SCORP and Asia Pacific regional sessions in 67th General Assembly 2018 66th General Assembly, August Meeting, Tanzania 2017 -SCORP Sessions team in 66th General assembly 2017 65th General Assembly, March Meeting, Malta 2016 -Presented poster on Human Trafficking