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Student Exchange Project
in New Clothes
 As
the first session of MedEx,
Medical Student Exchange Project of IPPNW students could not work out
as was
planned, more flexible, more versatile and more attractive model has
been tried
out. MedEx (Medical Exchange), which was supposed to give medical
students from
all over the world the chance to practice abroad for a certain amount
of time
will now use IPPNW's greatest asset - socially responsible doctors all
over the
world - to faciliate medical exchanges;
at the same time strengthening local groups and international networks
of
medical students.
From now
onwards, local student
groups or IPPNW physicians will have to register with the MedEx project
and
offer placement at their university hospital, clinic, private practice
etc. To
help in this process, a MedEx site has been desinged which consists of
three
components: accomodation for incoming students, a clinical rotation and
a
social project.
Any student interested in participating in the exchange can download
the
application form from the website. MedEx team will will put the
applicant in
contact with the local organizers. While students are generally
expected to pay
for their travel to the exchange site themselves, financial aid can be
applied
for and the local organizers also try to minimize costs for incoming
students,
for example by offering free accomodation.
Looking that it's very simple process, a few new countries have
recently joined
the MedEx family. Local student groups in Dublin
and Cologne have sat down and organized
placement in a local hospital, arranged for possible accomodation and
have
decided on a social project so that Germany
and Ireland have
now joined
the list of MedEx sites, which already included the Philippines, Egypt, Zambia,
Kenya
and Canada.
Each exchange is unique and very different.
So, now it's time to sit down with your local student group and decide
whether
you would like to also offer a MedEx placement. The more people
participate,
the broader the program will be, the more networking will be possible
and the
more the IPPNW student movement will grow together.
For more information go to: www.ippnw-students.org/MedEx.html.
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