IFMSA | Innovate4AMR

Summary:

1. Background: The second edition of Innovate4AMR is now here!

2. Information summary: Innovate4AMR is the world´s first global innovation challenge in solving antimicrobial resistance. Innovate4AMR aims to engage the next generation of leaders in developing innovative, scalable approaches to address the challenge of conserving existing antibiotics.

1. Students can sign up to be informed about the competition.

2. Teams can register projects until 16th of September

3. The final workshop for finalist teams will take place in November 2019, during the World Antibiotic Awareness Week.

3. How can you participate:

1. Sign-up for Innovate4AMR updates here.

2. Finalize your team and your idea..

3. Learn about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and our challenge and work on a context-specific solution with your team here

4. Submit your team’s project proposal here

5. Wait for judges to review the proposals and choose the winners.

4. Promote Innovate4AMR:

a. Check the attached brochure and share it with your colleagues.

b. Please share IFMSA’s blog post

c. Please share the available posters here

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We would like to invite you to participate in the second annual Innovate4AMR, a global student design competition aimed at improving antimicrobial stewardship in low-resource healthcare settings, with the objective of ensuring access and increasing equity. Sponsored by the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA), ReAct, the IDEA Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), Innovate4AMR offers students the opportunity to join the front lines of the fight against antimicrobial resistance.

Innovate4AMR aims to engage the next generation of leaders in developing innovative, scalable approaches to address the challenge of conserving existing antibiotics. In its first year, Innovate4AMR gained wide-spread interest from both students and professionals working in the field, with more than 1200 young health advocates signing up for the competition, Innovate4AMR received 145 solutions from teams coming from over 30 countries.

 CHALLENGE

This Year’s Challenge: Antimicrobial stewardship in resource-limited healthcare settings, with the objective of ensuring access and increasing equity

 WINNERS

Finalist teams will have the opportunity to attend a capacity building workshop in Geneva, Switzerland, during the World Antibiotic Awareness Week, in November 2019. Each team will be supported to enable up to two members per team to join the event. At this conference, teams will have the opportunity to meet with health experts and make connections with groups who could help operationalize their proposed solution.

 WHO SHOULD APPLY?

Participants must be current students and at least 18 years of age, as well as meet the eligibility criteria as outlined on http://www.Innovate4AMR.org to participate. By applying to Innovate4AMR, participants are confirming that they meet these requirements. If there is any misrepresentation of any kind, the Participant may automatically be disqualified from the Competition. We highly encourage interprofessional teams.

HOW TO APPLY?

In order to apply, please follow the step-by-step registration process:

1. Sign-up for Innovate4AMR updates here.

2. Finalize your team and your idea.

3. Learn about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and our challenge and work on a context-specific solution with your team here

4. Submit your team’s project proposal here

5. Wait for judges to review the proposals and choose the winners.

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: September 16th , 23:59 GMT

Please note that after the deadline the applicants will be contacted by the orgenizers once the judging process is finalized.

PROMOTION

We are kindly asking you all to spread the word and share the competition with your colleagues. Promotion materials available:

1. The attached brochure

2. IFMSA’s blog post

3. Posters here

QUESTIONS

In case of any questions, please send an email to loso@ifmsa.org

IFMSA | Call for Participants and Faciliators, Pre-AM19 Workshop

Dear medical students enthusiasts, 

In case AMET is not your thing, then Strengthening Primary Health Care through Social Accountability may be of interest for you.

We are key pillars in our own education and it should be our social duty to try to shape it according to our own needs and not the other way around. As future workers in different medical systems, we are directly responsible for improving our professional environments. 

Therefore, the SCOME IT offers you this second workshop at which we warmly invite you in the beautiful Taichung, between 28th of July - 1st of August. What are you waiting for? Let Taiwan touches your heart!

Check out the following document on how is Social Accountability connected to Primary Health Care and start preparing your application.

You can apply as pre-GA workshop facilitator by filling in the following form, until 7th of May - 23:59 GMT.
You will hear back regarding the selection by maximum the 10th of May.

You can apply as pre-GA workshop participant by filling in the following form, until 12th of May 2019 - 23:59 GMT. 

You will hear back regarding the selection by maximum the 20th of May.

Intersectional IFMSA General Assessment Survey

Summary:

1. Background: Intersectional IFMSA General Assessment Survey

2. What Applicants need to do:

   1. Fill in the survey in order the provide input regarding discriminatory incidents and  human rights issues they face or aware of within their NMOs and IFMSA settings

   2. Share the survey with IFMSA members and encourage them to participate

3. Relevant Links:

   1. Link to survey here.

4. Deadlines:

1. 30th of May 2019 to fill in the survey

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Dearest members,

IFMSA is a platform where students from all over the world gather together to realize the universal values of medicine and human rights. However, despite the vocal and strong cause we unite for, we are not immune from the discriminatory and oppressive mindsets, ideologies and behaviours that takes over our societies. Thus the Intersectional IFMSA Small Working Group was set off during March Meeting  2019 with the aim of assessing the current situation within IFMSA, encouraging collaboration among our members, and mobilizing the whole federation to be aware of the responsibility we have.

What to do now?

As the first step of our assessment process we need you to fill in our general assessment survey which you can find here.

With this survey we aim to reach you as our individual members to assess what you think about the current situation in IFMSA, what is happening, what is done, and what needs to be done. We hope you answer every question as candid as you can and reflect your experiences.. The survey takes approximately 5 minutes to fill in and you can participate until the 30th of May.

For the future:

Of course for the work of the SWG, involvement of our members is the key! Very soon we will be also releasing a call for SWG members who will be able to contribute in analyzing input and formulating materials and recommendations! So after participating in our survey make sure to also stay tuned for the call!

 If you have any questions, recommendations or contributions please contact us through scorpd@ifmsa.org with the subject [Intersectional IFMSA].

We are looking forward to hear from you,