Introduction to IFMSA - SCOPE

Student’s Handbook

Professional Exchange Program – IFMSA

Name of the Student:

Nationality:

Hospital:

Department:

Supervising doctor:

Start date:

End date:

Dear Student and Doctor,

Student Handbook is part of IFMSA official documentation system.

Please fill it in during your clerkship.

Table of Content

1- Introduction to IFMSA and SCOPE Exchange Program

2- Letter to the Supervising Doctor

3- Letter to the Student

4- Global Health Learning Objectives

5- Academic Quality Kit

a. Logbook

b. Checklists:

· Clinical checklist

· Surgical checklist

c. Tutor’s Evaluation

6- Final notes and remarks

Introduction to IFMSA - SCOPE

The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) is an independent, non-governmental and non-political federation of medical students gathering more than 1 million medical students from over 100 countries.

The IFMSA was founded in May 1951, Copenhagen-Denmark and it is officially recognized as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) within the United Nations’ and recognized by the World Health Organization as the International Forum for medical students.

The S tanding C ommittee O n P rofessional E xchange (SCOPE) was at the core IFMSA’s foundation with the mission to: “Promote cultural understanding and co-operation among medical students and all health professionals, through the facilitation of international students’ exchanges”.

Today 8400 exchanges are being done by IFMSA-SCOPE. These combined make SCOPE the largest students-run exchange program in the world, having “exchanged” more than 232,000 medical students throughout its history.

For more information, visit the IFMSA website: www.ifmsa.org