Students 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.

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Table of Content
1. Introduction to IFMSA and SCOPE Exchange Program 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Letter to the Supervising Doctor Letter to the Student CIMSA for Millenium Development Goals Global Health Learning Objectives Academic Quality Kit a.Logbook b. Checklists: i. Clinical checklist ii. Surgical checklist c.Tutors Evaluation
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Final notes and remarks

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Introduction to IFMSA SCOPE

The International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA) is an independent, nongovernmental 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, CopenhagenDenmark 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
Standing Committee On Professional Exchange (SCOPE) was at the core IFMSAs 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

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Letter to the Supervising Doctor

Dear Doctor, We would like to thank you for participating in the largest student-run exchange program in the world. The exchange program of the IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students Associations) is a nonprofit and volunteer project run by students, for students. With over 8300 students travelling on exchanges per year, it represents a great opportunity for foreign and local students, as well as our faculties and health care institutions, to share medical knowledge in a professional context. As a tutor, you are invited to participate from this unique experience sharing knowledge and contrasting
cultural differences by guiding the foreign student during its practice in order to make the exchange a high quality and unforgettable experience.

In order to ensure that our student gets the best out of their clerkship with your department and to provide feedback about the placement, we kindly ask that you: - Meet with the student at the beginning of the clerkship to discuss expectations and goals of the clerkship - Together with the student, fill out all the parts of this handbook. - Sign the certificate of clerkship providing student has met with your expectations. We hope that this clerkship will be a memorable experience for you as much as for our students.
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Thank you for your cooperation.

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Letter to the student

Dear Student, Thank you for choosing IFMSA and SCOPE for your clerkship. You are participating in the largest student run exchange program. As such, most of the work done for your exchange is by colleagues of you, who have volunteered time out of their medical curriculum to help you have a memorable exchange opportunity. You will experience a great hospitability, an excellent chance to discover a new health care system, a wonderful opportunity to meet new friends from around the world. However, we would like to draw your attention that this exchange is first and foremost an educational opportunity. As such, we urge you to act in consequence. You are requested to attend actively 80% of your rotation, have an active participation in the plan of care of patients, and fill this students logbook seriously in order to get your Exchange Certificate. You will be requested to: Arrange to meet your supervising doctor on your first day to discuss expectations and goals of the clerkship. Fill out the logbook according to the expectations of your home Faculty and your supervising doctor. Ensure that you meet expectations of supervising doctor in order to get the certificate of clerkship signed by the supervisor. Fill out the electronic Evaluation Form (eEF) available at the IFMSA database (ifmsa.net) at the end of the exchange. Present the signed handbook and certificate to your local exchange officer when you return from you exchange. Enjoy your exchange!
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CIMSA for MDGs

At September 2000, in Millenium Summit of United Nation, 189 nation members of UN is declared a Millenium Declaration that called as Millenium Development Goals/MDGs 8 point of MDGs: 1. Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger 2. Achieve universal primary education 3. Promote gender equality and empower women 4. Reduce child mortality rate 5. Improve maternal health 6. Combat HIV / AIDS, Malaria and other disease 7. Ensuring environmental sustainability 8. Develop a Global Partnership for development MDG 1: Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger If there are no poor people, almost all case is practicaly solved. When the money is avaible people could go to the doctor to cure themself. People could get proper fascility that support their life. People could get a proper meal and drink. Because of that this point is become the first priority. MDG 2 : Achieve universal primary education Indonesia will meet the target to provide the education for all at 2015 (on track). Moreover, Indonesia is overpass the MDGs target in this point because Indonesia add Junior High School as an aim of education for MDG 3 : Promote gender equality and empower women In many things, woman rights in Indonesia is developing rapidly.
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Although it is still far from the gender equality. In this point there are 3 target. 1. Education 2. Job Field 3. Parlement Representatives We are on track at the first target but lacking in the second and third target. MDG 4 : Reduce child mortality rate Statistic said that the number of babbies death in Indonesia is decreasing significantly from 68 at year 1991 become 34 per 1000 of birth at year 2007, so the target at 23 per 1000 birth at year 2015 will be achieved. MDG 5 : Improve maternal health Every year arround 20.000 woman in Indonesia is dead because of delivering a baby. And almost every death is not need to happen. MDG 6 : Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other disease Prevalance of HIV/AIDS in Indonesia is increasing, moreover for the high risk group of drug abbuser and prostitute. HIV/AIDS in Indonesia reported to be doubled between 2004 and 2005. But the number of Malaria is decreasing from 4,68 at year 1990 to 1,85 per 1000 population in 2009. And the effort to control the Tuberculosis is meeting the target. MDG 7 : Ensuring environment sustainability Indonesia development has sacrifice a lot of environtmental field. It cuts tree, damages the land, and poluting river and air. This point is aimed to prevent more damages. MDG 8 : Developing a global partnership for development This last point is connected to international partnership that include trading issues and international economics. Indonesia is active participant in a lot of international forum. Indonesia
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has a commitment to develop partnership that give benefits to the multilateral organization, bilateral partner, and private sector to arrive at good economic growth and decreasing of poverty. Based on CIMSAs Policy Statement that created in National Leadership Summit Banda Aceh February 3-6 2011, we declare, as a medical student and future doctor, we will actively participate in effort to achieve MDGs especially in point 4, 5, and 6. CIMSA for MDGs Role of Medical Students to Achieve MDGs , is project inisiative that start at May 2011- May 2013. In this project, CIMSA encourage every people to work together help the government achieve the MDGs, especially in the medical aspect. The aim of CIMSA for MDGs Role of Medical Students to Achieve MDGs: 1. Help the government to achieve the MDGs target, especially at point 4,5, and 2. Improving medical student awareness to actively participate in achieving the MDGs target. 3. Medical students could actively contribute in health quality improvement of the society. Every local choose points of MDGs to be a focus in a project. Start from pre-survey to see the condition that connected with the MDGs status in that local. From the result of the survey, the local is developing a project that appropriate with the condition. And finally to see the impact, local should make a post-survey. Projects: 1. Point 4 MDGs
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- Social campaign that raising issues about baby and children health include a good knowledge of breastfeeding, nutrition intervention, and vaccination. - Children healths examination 2. Poin 5 MDGs - Education of the pregnant woman and woman in fertile age include contraception use, antenatal care, and birth limitation. - Examine the nutritional status and health status of mother, pregnant woman, and woman in fertile age. 3. Poin 6 MDGs - Regular education to the community that have a high risk of HIV/AIDS (prostitute, transgender, homeless child, drug abbuser, homosexual) and promote non-discriminative behavior to people with HIV/AIDS.
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Educate people to know about the prevention and medication of Tuberculosis

and other infectious

disease to the society.

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Global Health Learning Objectives

Within SCOPE, we think the idea of Global Health Education is very important. We recommend that you take a bit of time to consider the objectives below and research some of the health issues that you host country faces and how this contrasts with your own country. 1. To know the primary health concerns and basic epidemiology of the host country and how it differs from the home country 2. To understand the structure of the healthcare system in the host country and how it is funded 3. To have a knowledge of the medical education system in the host country 4. To observe professional and doctorpatient relationships in the host country and compare them to the home country 5. Identify any differences in public health regionally and nationally in the host country

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Academic Quality Kit

I, _____________________________have read through the suggested SCOPE logbook document and have edited it according to our Medical Schools requirements. I am satisfied that this document is sufficient enough to meet the standards required by __________________________________________________________ Certified by:
(Name of Medical School, Country) (Name and Title) (Name of Head of Faculty)

______________________________________________ Signature: Stamp:

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First Two weeks of attachment

Date Learning Experience/Skill Hours attende d Signature or Initials of Tutor (Whichever is required by home faculty)

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Second Two weeks of attachment:

Date Learning Experience/Skill Hours attende d Signature or Initials of Tutor (Whichever is required by home faculty)

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Checklist for Internal Medicine

Performance Does under supervision Assists Observes Item

Comments Does

Taking Anamnesis Physical head & examinatio neck n Chest Abdomen Extremiti es Diagnosis/DD Treatment plan Commenting on lab results Taking blood pressure Taking blood samples Perform & interpret ECG Prepare i.v. and give i.m. injections s.c. Interpretati X-rays on CT MRI Sonograp hy

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Checklist for Surgical Rotations:

Performance Item Observes Taking Anamnesis Physical head & examinati neck on Chest Abdomen extremitie s Diagnosis/DD Treatment and operation plan Commenting on lab results Informed consent Surgical hand washing and wearing sterile clothing Removing drainages Wound management Hygienic protocols Stitches/ Making Staples Removin g Interpretati X-rays on CT MRI Sonograp hy Basics on using local anesthesia Bladder catheterization
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Does under supervision Assis

Comments

Does

Operations

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Doctors Evaluation of Students Performance

Instructions to supervising doctor: Please read through the logbook to assess whether the student has fulfilled expectations. In order for the student to receive a certificate of clerkship, he/she must have at least met expectations. If the student has done so, please also sign the additional Certificate of Clerkship in order for the clerkship to be recognised. Please circle as appropriate. Poor Sub-Standard Met Expectations Exceeded Expectations Pass Excellent

Excellen Good t History taking Physical examination Assessment of findings Plan of management Presentation and discussion of cases Adequacy of progress notes Acquisition of technical skills Fund of knowledge Use of medical literature Command of language Curiosity & motivation for learning Responsibility & dedication to patients Professional attitude & behavior Relation with colleagues & supervisors Ethical principles Potential for professional & academic growth Areas of special weakness: Comments: Name of evaluator ____________________________
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Fail

Does not Apply

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Signature: ____________________________________________Date: ____________________________

Doctors comments and suggestions:

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Students comments and suggestions:

Additional Requirements:

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Acknowledgments:
This Students Handbook was first assembled in May 2009, with the great efforts of SCOPEs Academic Quality Coordinators: Laura Sommer Hansen-- (National Exchange Officer of IMCC; Denmark) Chris Phillips --(National Exchange Officer of Medsin-UK; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Sleiman Haddad-- (IFMSAs International Director on Professional Exchange, Lebanon) Further developed by : Hiba Bashari (Academic Quality Coordinator, National Exchange Officer of NMSA; Norway) Simon Tallowin (Academic Quality Coordinator, National Exchange Officer of Medsin-UK; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Re-edited in March 2011 by: Jennifer Jahel Vlez Gonzlez - (National Exchange Officer of IFMSA Chile) Izak Juri - (Exchange Project Coordinator SloMSIC ; Slovenia) Aviad Lampner - (National Exchange Officer SISM ; Italy) In cooperation with: Pablo Vega Rojas - (IFMSAs International Director on Professional Exchange; Chile) Rada Popescu - (National Exchange Officer of FASMR; Romania) Kaisa Kyllonen - (National Exchange Officer of FiMSIC; Finland) Charlotte Peal - (National Exchange Officer of Medsin-UK; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Federica Balzarini - (Laison Officer to Research and Medical Associations) Last edition in August 2011 by:

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Aleksandra Starzynska IFMSA-Poland)

(Academic Quality Coordinator,

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