Ximena Paredes - SCOME RA for Americas Candidature

Ximena Paredes Candidate for SCOME Regional Assistant for the Americas 2017/2018

Table of Contents Motivation Letter Plan of Action Curriculum Vitae

Dear Medical Education-loving family and beloved region: My name is Ximena Paredes González, fifth year medical student, current NOME and first Medical Education Trainer of IFMSAParaguay. It is a great honor, and the biggest joy in the world, for me to present my candidature for the SCOME Regional Assistant for the Americas for the 2017/18 term.

My beautiful journey on Medical Education began many years ago, growing up in an environment filled up with the topic, especially since both my parents are Doctors and Educators in the Medical field.

During my high school years, I developed a passion for Teaching, transmitting knowledge, and making human beings grow through Education.

In 2015 I discovered the IFMSA, completely by mistake, and through it I found the Best Committee in the whole world, SCOME. Thanks to a very close friend, and to whom I owe a lot of the path I traveled in this Federation, I became a candidate for Local Officer on Medical Education, and eventually was elected. Through this time, I completely fell in love with this Committee that has given me so much! I learned more about the work of the Federation, as well as SCOME, and my motivation was increasing more every day, as well as my desire to make a change and serve others.

With this will to work, the next term I became a candidate and was elected as the NOME. In this position, I wasn’t just learning more and more things, but I also began building friendships, outside my University, in the Region, and all over the world. Working and talking to them, I realized that the concept I had of Medical Education was tiny in comparison to what it really involved; I discovered that the Federation doesn’t work to just create activities that help develop students even further, but also collaborates with other organizations in multiple aspects of MedEd. This motivated me to capacitate myself further, thus attending the TMET in Puebla, Mexico. During that moment I finally understood an amazing amount of things, which only motivated me further in working for this Committee.

I postulated to become the NOME for a second term, creating a plan that wasn’t just focused on fixing my thousand mistakes from the previous term, but also in integrating all the new things I had learned to that point. I wanted to be the person that spread the word, as well as the knowledge, and I wanted many students to start working and advocating for Medical Education in my country. In my current labor, I have not only facilitated sessions, but I have also coordinated National and International SCOME Sessions and Medical Education trainings.

With all the work I have done, the work I’m still doing, and the response I get from my fellow SCOMEdians and future colleagues, I have decided to give back in a big way, providing work, effort and dedication.

I hope that, with this letter, I was able to express all of my love for both my Region and my Committee, my origins, and take the time to thank you all for all that you have made me become.

SCOME love for all,

Xime

Plan of Action Three main pillars

Continuity and Follow up

Development of SCOME in Americas

IFMSA Programs And Policy Making

Work on Continuity and Follow-up this term Promote internal and external development of SCOME in the Americas IFMSA Programs and Policy Documents

How do I plan on achieving this?

Work on Continuity and Follow-up this term • Handover: Dedicate as much time as necessary for Handover with the SCOME RA • Follow-up: Develop strategies to improve weak points and establish outlines of the most important projects that didn’t take place yet.

• Keep growing: Adopt work policies that have worked, and create proposals, together with the SCOME IT, of new work policies for a better development of the region. Become a leading region when it comes to activities, programs and policy documents.

• External Development: Work not only with LME, but also with the External Representation Assistant for the Americas, to work on the following points: • Search for new potential partnerships • Build up on the relationships already existent • Encourage representation from NOMEs, LOMEs and SCOMEdians • Encourage NOMEs to look for partnerships in their own NMOs

IFMSA Programs and Policy Documents

Promote internal and external development of SCOME in the Americas • Internal Development: Capacitation of new NOMEs, integration of experienced NOMEs with new NOMEs, implement strategic plans with each NOME taking into considerations strengths and weaknesses of their NMOs. Work on materials and documents of SCOME. Develop TMETs and assure quality of sessions during trainings, SRTs, NGAs and other events related to Medical Education. Work on translation of every document for better understanding of them. Activation and reactivation of SCOME in the NMOs.

• Capacitation for better understanding of the purpose and the importance • Work on “How to do it?”

• Promote them on the region, and on each NMO

Let’s not forget about these important details!

Teamwork Leadership Motivation and Empowerment

Curriculum Vitae Personal Data •

Name: Ximena Paredes González

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Age: 23 years old

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Date of Birth: December 21st, 1993

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Academic status: 5th year medical student at Universidad del Pacifico Privada

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Nationality: Paraguay

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Phone number: +595 994137577

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E-mail: ximepg16@gmail.com

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Skype: ximena_paredes21

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Languages: Spanish (Native) English (Fluent)

4 NGAs 2 GAs NOME (2 periods)

1 RM 1 SRT TMET trainer

SCOME related • LOME • LC: SOCEM UP • NMO: IFMSA Paraguay • Period: 2015-2016 • NOME • NMO: IFMSA Paraguay • Period: 2016-2017 and 20172018 • TMET trainer • Graduated in Pre AM Mexico 2016 • Facilitator of TMET Pre RM Peru 2017 • Coordinator and Facilitator of TMET SRT Paraguay 2017 • Member of IFMSA Paraguay Training Team

3 SWGs MedEd lover

• SWG • Member of TMET Manual SWG • Coordinator of SCOME Regional Activity for the Americas • Member of SCORE-SCOME Regional SWG: Research Focused Medical Education.

• GAs, RMs and NGAs • Participant at SCOME Sessions during AM Mexico 2016 • Support Person of SCOME sessions in RM Peru 2017 • Support Person of SCOME sessions in NGA Paraguay 2016 • Coordinator and Facilitator of SCOME sessions in NGA Paraguay 2016 (extraordinary NGA) and in NGA Paraguay 2017 • SCOME Sessions’ Team member in AM Tanzania 2017 • Coordinator and Facilitator of SCOME sessions in NGA Paraguay 2017 (September 2017)