TRANSPARENCY

i.e. your VPA can answer the phone, because he's not dead (of overwork)...

Availability 2023/24

Given the heavy workload of the VPA position, I want to make it clear to all parties what my availability for 2023/24 looks like:

If I am elected, I will have the option of adjusting my university schedule with my faculty that will provide me with the flexibility to delay some of my clinical rotations to a later date, moving my graduation date a bit forward. I will be able to give more details during March Meeting through this, I will be able to achieve a daily availability of up to 6 hours/day + even more during the weekends.

No matter when my internship starts (and it might be even as late as October 2024), I will be able to take time off to travel to Copenhagen to visit the Office and participate in any meetings with employees of the office of the Secretariat.

In any case, I will have full availability to attend the following events in person (provided no force majeure): TOM4 (May 2023) as VPA-Elect, TOM5/AM23/TOM0, TOM1 (October 2023), TOM2 (December 2023), TOM3/MM24, TOM4 (May 2024), TOM5/AM24 + all the necessary meetings in Copenhagen.

I am very much used to the high amount of workload in IFMSA - in the term 21/22, I held three positions (PC, NPO and Local SupCo President) and it never interfered with my academic or other commitments. Decreased university schedule will be an additional help to keep my daily routine healthy and fully commit to the VPA tasks.

Leadership

For the past two years, I have been working under excellent leadership, which will constitute the main source of inspiration for me, if I am elected as VPA. Having led two NMO teams of Activity Coordinators, and multiple IFMSA SWGs and assisted in the coordination of the Programs Team 22/23, I do have a clear idea of what kind of a leader I want to be as VPA.

I will follow my predecessor in fully taking responsibility for the leadership role, even if many of the administration tasks are and will be delegated to the PT Core Team. I have a strong belief that success in IFMSA work lies in developing sound working relationships and building up teams with an emphasis put on trust and open communication. I cannot imagine myself being seen as a remote and unapproachable figure for my PCs and assistants.

One of my primary objectives will be to avoid burnout within the Programs Team. IFMSA has never caused any mental health issues to me personally, but I do have the background of burnout as a medical student, something that I had to manage long-term IFMSA has been the perfect safety net in my case, one that helped me feel well in both of these worlds - every IT member deserves a similar one when the source of problems happens to lie within our structures I am waiting eagerly to follow up on the results of the work on the Mental Health Framework.