Wondering what AMSI is a part of when we head away twice a year to IFMSA's General Assemblies? Here's a lovely recap of what was achieved in Tanzania earlier this month :D We played a role in co-creating the Policy of IFMSA on Active Lifecourse and Ageing as part of our Déan Athrú project and the AMR policy as per our continued work on the subject of anti-microbial resistance. We also drafted bylaw changes, presented as part of taskforces and of course, we became FULL Members of IFMSA!!! <3 :D #IFMSA #AMSI #FullMembership #Tanzania

Dublin's RDS will be playing host to the WHO event the "Global Forum on Human Resources for Health" this November and AMSI is delighted to be playing its part in co-operation with IFMSA! Early Registration for this fantastic 4 day event is now open with reduced early bird prices enabling you to attend for just €100 (normal price €650) until next Friday August 25th for full-time students/young professionals under the age of 32. NB if you are applying for this reduced rate you MUST fill out the pre-pregistration form for the Youth Forum aspect of the event on the attached webpage. Should you not do this, your application for the reduced rate will be declined. This will be a great opportunity for learning, networking and working with people from all over the world on one of the biggest issues affecting worldwide healthcare systems. If you are an AMSi member and want more info/want to be involved in any way with the event, get in touch with us here on our FB page or at amsi-ireland@ifmsa.org. Thank you <3 #HRH #Dublin #WHO #IFMSA

We were delighted to play an important role along with our colleagues from IFMSA Pakistan in producing the now official IFMSA policy on "Active Ageing and Lifecourse" that was adopted last week in Tanzania by the IFMSA General Assembly. We believe that this policy statement will provide an important stepping stone to enabling our project Déan Athrú in achieving its goals in 2017-18 :) #makeachange #ageing #advocacy

WE DID IT!!! AMSI-IRELAND - Full Members of IFMSA! Thank you so much to all of our friends from NMOs all over the world who unanimously voted to upgrade our status, and to the Executive Board of IFMSA and our Regional Director for Europe Priit Tohver and former RD Diogo Silva for all of your assistance over the past 3 years. Further, to our former Presidents Pishoy Gouda and Nicola Wlash who worked very hard in the early days of AMSI and whom were an integral part of getting us to where we are today. To our NMO Buddies LemSIC-Lebanon and CromSIC-Croatia and our amazing TO Buddy Marie Hauerslev for all of their advice and ensuring that we were as involved in our federation as we could be <3 Further, to our NMO colleagues whom we have signed MOUs with in the past year, AMSA - Austrian Medical Students' Association, UMMSA - University of Malawi Medical Students Association Malawi and Students for Global Health- Training - we simply cannot wait to continue our work together and grow our relationships over the coming years. Also, to our fellow upgraded NMOs from Syria, Cypus, the DRC, Togo and Fiji - huge congratulations and we were delighted to share in your celebrations! Our sponsors have been crucially important for securing our financial stability and ensuring that our projects are of the quality that we would always strive for - thank you National Dairy Council, Medical Protection, The Unofficial Guide to Medicine - Dr Zeshan Qureshi, Bank of Ireland and our amazing colleagues in our partner Medical Societies and Universities, without whom through their support and backing since 2013 would have made this journey so much tougher! Thank you UCD Medical Society, TCD Biosoc, NUIG Medical Society, UCC Medical Society, RCSI Students' Union, UL Medsoc and BMSA. Finally, to our own Executive Board, Local Committees, and delegates to all previous General Assemblies, Sub-Regional Trainings and National General Assemblies - you made this possible <3 Asante Sana agus go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir! <3 #FullMembership #IFMSA #onwardsandupwards

We presented our candidature for Full Membership to IFMSA's General Assembly on Thursday...we'll be sharing whether we were successful or not with you all later ;)

Summer 2018 Exchanges! We had a very busy morning here in Arusha organising unilateral and bilateral SCOPE exchange contracts from all around the world for next summer! We will be hosting 9 students between our Local Committees in Trinity, NUIG and UCD and we will be sending 21 students abroad from countries like Chile to Uganda, Indonesia to Tatarstan :) We'll have full details of how you can apply to go to one of these 16 countries in the near future <3 #Exchangetheworld #SCOPE #IFMSA #summer2018

AMSI is in Africa! Coming to you from Arusha, Tanzania where we have 9 delegates attending the IFMSA August General Assembly. We are delighted to have also presented our Candidature for Full Membership of IFMSA to our friends and colleagues yesterday - photos to follow (wifi dependent ;) ) Follow the page for updates throughout the week - Hakuna Matata :D <3 #IFMSA #GeneralAssembly #Tanzania #FullMembership

A very important message from AMSI's Public Health Committee this afternoon. AMSI will be joining other organisations over the coming weeks as part of a HPV Vaccination Alliance. As part of this, we are looking for girls who have had the HPV vaccination to get in touch with Muiriosa Ryan from the HSE to take part in short interviews on the topic on August 2nd. Vaccines work. There is an onus on us as the healthcare professionals of tomorrow to ensure that the misinformation that exists in the public domain is dispelled by scientific fact. Should you be available, please contact Muiriosa at - muiriosa.ryan@hse.ie #VaccinesWork #PublicHealth

AMSI's #SCOPE Exchange Program went West at the weekend with Joan and Königin who are finishing their electives at School of Medicine Trinity joining Anna in Galway who is being hosted by the School of Medicine NUIG. Very friendly people in An Cheathrú Rua in Connemara, and even friendlier hoofed friends! We hope to keep growing our program in the near future with our colleagues at AMSI UCD working hard to be able to have UCD School of Medicine involved next year :D #Exchangetheworld #mindyourfingers #sunnysalthill #IFMSA

#DublinsBiggestFans Joan Riera, Königin Lioba Heuschrecke and Anna Christamentl​ thoroughly enjoyed their trip to the Leinster Gaelic Football Final between Dublin and Kerry at Croke Park as part of AMSI's SCOPE Exchange Social Program :D Shout-out to our local contact person from AMSI TCD​ Josh Olaniyi for doing a great job for our incoming students! More pics to follow from the Social Program <3 #Exchangetheworld #IFMSA #SCOPE

Ethics, medicine and research all at play. "Prof Hirano says the therapy he is developing could improve the condition of Charlie who suffers from a form of mitochondrial disease. He believes there is an 11-56% chance the nucleoside therapy would improve the baby's muscular strength and that there is a "small but significant" chance it would also help brain functions."

A wonderful look at the social and cultural aspect of our SCOPE Exchanges Programme in Dublin 😊 Great work by our NEO Hongying Chenying, LEO for AMSI TCD Josh Olaniyi and their wider Exchanges team. Welcome to Ireland Lioba and Joan, we are delighted to have you here 😊🇮🇪<3