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IFMSA-Quebec is looking for local officers for all its six committees! Read the Application Manual for all the details.
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Application Manual
Local Officers 2013-2014
Call for applications, position descriptions,
required documents, deadlines.
*Also included: call for the vacant national positions & INcommunity internship coordinators.
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INTRODUCTION This guide is designed to be an helpful resource for anyone interested in applying for the Local
Officers positions. Please find below the tasks description, the application process, a short
description of IFMSA-Québec's committees and who to contact for any information requests.
On every campus, there are 4 Projects Committees (Global Health, Reproductive Health, Public
Health, and Human rights and Peace) and 3 Exchanges Committees (Clinical, Research and
Immersions). IFMSA-Québec is currently looking for filling all the Local Officier vacant positions,
so we can complete a dynamic team committed to medical students’ social involvement.
TASK DESCRIPTION The Projects Committees Local Officer (2 for each campus and each committee) are responsible
for initiating, continuing and coordinating their committee's activities on their campus. They are supported by the National Officer and work with their colleagues from the other universities. This
is an non-exhaustive list (but not limited to) of activities that can be held throughout the year, by
committee:
Public Health : mental health awareness activities, nutrition workshops in high schools,
talks on public health matters such as non-communicable diseases and epidemiology,
mental health workshops in high schools, etc.;
Global Health : Talks on global health matters, tuberculosis campaign, climate changes
awareness workshops, attending global health conferences such as the Yale Unite for Sight
one, movie nights, etc.;
Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS: sexual health awareness workshops in high schools
(Sexperts!), HIV/AIDS awareness activities, raising awareness towards sexual diversity,
dinner talk on urban health, etc.;
Human Rights & Peace: talks on human rights matters, such as world geo-politic conflicts
and migration, raising awareness towards refugees and migrants health, movie nights,
campaigns, etc.
The Exchanges Committee Local Officers (2 for each campus and each committee) are
responsible for organizing and managing the exchanges happening on their campus throughout
the year. Specifically, they:
make sure all the internships offered by IFMSA-Québec run smoothly on their campus;
prepare the outgoing students applications and make sure nothing is missing;
welcome and manage the incoming students' internships;
work, with the support of the Social Program Coordinator, towards developing the Social
Program on their campus.
The time devoted to the position varies from week to week and depends on your campus reality (exam schedule, vacations, etc.). One should expect 1 to 3 hours of involvement per week in
average. Please note that some weeks will be less busy than other, which is totally up to you.
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HOW TO APPLY Your application must be sent in .pdf preferably (or in .doc) at [email protected] before Sunday,
September 22nd 2013, 23:59.
It should contain:
A one-page maximum motivation letter, explaining why would like the position and what
you wish to accomplish during the 2013-2014 term; A two-page maximum curriculum vitae (CV), with your contact information;
A conflict of interest declaration detailing the other decision-making bodies where you sit
(if relevant).
Successful applicants must attend the training day during IFMSA-Québec's Fall Congress
(http://congresnational.ifmsa.qc.ca) on October 5th and 6th, 2013, in Quebec City. Attendance to the
Congress is MANDATORY to take over the Local Officer's functions.
CONTACT INFORMATION For any question regarding the application process, please email:
David Alexandre Galiano at [email protected]
For any question regarding the committees, please email:
Public Health: Alissar Jaber at [email protected]
Global Health: Anne Paquette-Tremblay at [email protected]
Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS: Camille Marcoux at [email protected]
Human Rights and Peace: Camille Pelletier Vernooy at [email protected]
Clinical Exchanges: Peter Maliha and Mathieu Hains at [email protected]
Research Exchanges: Elyse Perron and Jouhayna Bentaleb at [email protected]
A short description of each committee, relevant issues and related projects follow, as well as the
call for the vacant national positions.
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PROJECTS COMMITTEES
Projects committees (in IFMSA World: Standing Committee on...) each have a specific theme and
aim at raising awareness towards their theme on the campuses using diverse tactics. The same
committees exist at the international level, which facilitates communication, knowledge and ideas
sharing across the world.
Public Health ([email protected])
The public health committee aims at promoting and
preserving health of our populations by acting
upstream on the social determinants of health, such
as life habits, access to proper healthcare, education
and environment. Specifically, the committee
organizes educational activities for the university
community, offering an exchange platform for discussions on public health matters. Acronyme: Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH)
Global Health ([email protected])
The committee wants to raise awareness and
mobilize medical students and the general
population towards global health issues and health
injustice. We aim at training a generation of
citizens aware of their role on the global scale and
their impact on health, by organizing talks on the
various campuses and by educating elementary
school children on how climate changes issues can impact on health. Acronyme: Standing Committee on Global Health (SCOGH)
Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS ([email protected])
The sexual health and AIDS committee of IFMSA-
Québec gathers medical students that wish to
promote sexual health to the public as well as to
future health professionals. The committee aims at
raising awareness towards HIV, maternal and
reproductive health, female genital mutilations and
gender and sexual diversity. Acronyme: Standing Committee on Reproductive health including AIDS (SCORA)
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Human Rights and Peace ([email protected])
The committee works towards human rights respect in a
health perspective. It tries to demonstrate the direct
link between human rights and social determinants of
health with awareness campaigns, talks and community
internships with diverse populations. Aboriginal health,
refugee rights, medicine access, urban populations
issues and world conflicts putting healthcare access at risk are all issues covered within the
committee. Acronyme: Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace (SCORP)
EXCHANGES COMMITTEES
Exchanges committees are responsible for organizing clinical, research and immersive internships
in more than 30 countries. They are in charge of finding the internships for incoming students; help
with the application processes, the pre-departure trainings and supporting the incoming students
as well as the outgoing ones from when they apply until they completed their internship.
Clinical Exchanges ([email protected])
The committee aims to give the opportunity to medical
students across the globe to participate into an
exchange program. The committee also strives to
offer an educative cultural experience that goes
beyond the traditional medical school curriculum,
allowing medical students to know the different ways
to practice medicine as well as the health problems of other countries. Acronyme: Standing Committee on Professional Exchanges (SCOPE)
Research Exchanges ([email protected])
The committee aims to give an opportunity to students
worldwide to participate in a research exchange of
IFMSA and to offer and educative experience, which
goes beyond the traditional medical school
curriculum. Acronyme: Standing Committee on Research Exchange (SCORE)
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VACANT NATIONAL POSITIONS
We are looking for interested members to fill those positions on the National Team, left vacant after
the Spring Congress 2013 in Sherbrooke. We warmly encourage you to consider applying, shall
you be tempted by national challenges.
National Officer for Immersions ([email protected])
The national officer for Immersions oversees the promotion of ethical student internships, by
working on the intercultural understanding and stimulating students' global health interests. The
main tasks are the feedback and evaluation of the internships, relations with Québec medical
faculties and the internship environments. The national officer for Immersions oversees the work of
around 12 students by demonstrating strong leadership. A motivation letter (1 page), a CV (2
pages) and a plan of action (1 page) must be sent to [email protected] before September 22nd
2013, 11:59 PM. Please note that working knowledge of French is required.
Healthy & Proud Coordinator ([email protected])
Healthy & Proud is a peer education project for high school students exploring the concepts of self
esteem and body image. The Healthy & Proud coordinator ensures that the project runs smoothly
throughout the campuses, works with the national officer for the Public health committee, makes the
liaison between the partners (Jeunes et en santé) and manages the promotional and educational
material. A motivation letter (1 page), a CV (2 pages) and a plan of action (1 page) must be sent to
[email protected] before September 22nd 2013, 11:59 PM. Please note that working knowledge of
French is required.
Health & Environment Coordinator ([email protected])
Health & Environment is a new IFMSA-Quebec project for primary school students. The purpose of
this initiative is to inform and educate students about how the environment affects health and why it
is important to preserve it. It is divided in four sessions on different issues, taking place each week
for four weeks. The first presentations in Montreal English schools were extremely successful.
Coordinator of the Social Program ([email protected])
The national coordinator of the social program has the mandate to ensure a fun and diverse social
program for all our exchanges incoming students from SCOPE and SCORE, mostly in summer time.
This person works in close collaboration with the local and national exchanges officers, and with
the exchanges contact persons, all year long. This is a new position, so IFMSA-Quebec is looking
for a creative, enthusiastic and hard-working person!
For any inquiries : David Alexandre Galiano
Vice-president for Internal Affairs
[email protected] | www.ifmsa.qc.ca ©2013-2014
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INcommunity ([email protected])
The INcommunity team is looking for the following coordinators: Migrant internship, Offender
internship, Urban internship, Aboriginal internship, Saguenay representative and Sherbrooke
representative. A motivation letter (1 page), a CV (2 pages) and a plan of action (1 page) must be
sent to [email protected] before September 22nd 2013, 11:59 PM. Please note that working
knowledge of French is required.
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INcommunity est un programme d’apprentissage orienté vers la découverte des communautés
négligées et marginalisées du Québec. Dans l’optique d’une action orientée vers les besoins
locaux, des stages de quatre semaines (précédés par des journées de formation) sont organisés
l’été pour les étudiants en médecine dans l’une des quatre populations identifiées : migrants,
contrevenants, milieu urbain et autochtones.
Description des postes
Le masculin est utilisé uniquement dans le but d’alléger la lecture
Coordonnateur de stage
Chacun des stages INcommunity (urbain, migrants, contrevenants, autochtones) est supervisé par
au moins un coordonnateur de stage. Les tâches du coordonnateur se divisent en 3 volets :
planification du stage, sélection et accompagnement des stagiaires, et participation à l’équipe
INcommunity
1. PLANIFICATION DU STAGE
Dans l’année précédant le stage, le coordonnateur :
revoit les rétroactions des stagiaires des années passées afin d’améliorer son stage;
si nécessaire, met à jour les objectifs et les questions de réflexion relatifs à son stage;
si nécessaire, met à jour le document des partenaires associé à son stage;
prend contact avec les organismes partenaires afin de vérifier leurs disponibilités et
confirmer leur participation au stage pour une nouvelle année;
prend contact avec de nouveaux organismes qui pourraient être intéressés à recevoir des
stagiaires et dont les activités rejoignent les objectifs du stage, en leur envoyant le
document des partenaires;
tient à jour un document des partenaires accessible aux autres coordonnateurs (via le
dossier Google Drive d’INcommunity), où sont mentionnées les coordonnées de
l’organisme et d’une personne-contact au sein de l’organisme, ainsi qu’un historique du
partenariat avec l’organisme.
Quelques semaines avant le début du stage, le coordonnateur :
prend à nouveau contact avec les organismes partenaires pour leur rappeler leur
participation au stage et préciser leurs disponibilités;
bâtit les horaires des stagiaires;
si nécessaire, met à jour le codex des stagiaires pour son stage, en y rajoutant des lectures
qui lui semblent pertinentes et en finalisant la liste des partenaires;
si nécessaire, met à jour le formulaire de rétroaction de son stage.
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2. SÉLECTION ET ACCOMPAGNEMENT DES STAGIAIRES
Avant le stage, le coordonnateur :
participe aux efforts de promotion des stages INcommunity auprès des étudiants;
participe à la sélection des stagiaires et s’assure de contacter ses stagiaires pour leur faire
part de leur sélection et de certaines informations pertinentes, notamment la date de la
formation INcommunity;
participe à la journée de formation INcommunity, lors de laquelle il dispose d’une certaine
période de temps pour rencontrer ses stagiaires et leur expliquer les détails du stage.
Pendant le stage, le coordonnateur :
effectue un suivi régulier avec ses stagiaires, par courriel et/ou par téléphone, afin de
pallier rapidement à tout problème concernant le déroulement du stage;
rappelle à ses stagiaires l’importance de leur présence aux debriefings, ainsi que
l’importance de faire les lectures requises dans le codex;
participe, dans la mesure de ses disponibilités, aux debriefings, stimulant la discussion à
l’aide des guides de debriefings;
reste à l’écoute de ses stagiaires, de leurs difficultés, de leurs questionnements.
Après le stage, le coordonnateur:
transmet aux stagiaires le formulaire de rétroaction du stage, le questionnaire d’évaluation
des acquis et le gabarit du rapport final;
s’assure de la réception des formulaires de rétroaction, des questionnaires d’évaluation des
acquis et des rapports de stage dans les délais prescrits;
remercie les organismes partenaires de leur participation;
lit les rapports de ses stagiaires. À la lumière des réflexions du stagiaire, le coordonnateur
s’assure de proposer les modifications nécessaires au stage, au codex ou aux autres moyens
d’apprentissage pour assurer l’apprentissage le plus complet et pertinent possible.
3. PARTICIPATION À L’ÉQUIPE INCOMMUNITY
Tout au long de l’année, le coordonnateur
participe, dans la mesure de ses disponibilités, aux réunions d’équipe d’INcommunity;
assiste le coordonnateur de projet dans ses tâches;
rend compte de l’avancement de la planification de son stage aux autres coordonnateurs;
Si vous avez des questions, vous pouvez envoyer un message à Delphine Roussel-Bergeron,
coordonnatrice d’INcommunity 2013-2014 à [email protected].
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Global Health Colloquium ([email protected]) Edition 2014 Coordinator: Fannie Lajeunesse-Trempe
The Global Health Colloquium (GHC) is an IFMSA-Quebec project organized each year since 2009.
It gathers medical students from the four medical faculties of the province, as well as individuals for
the public for a weekend filled with talks and workshop on diverse global health challenges. The
participants are asked to reflect and to debate on the questions raised, and are encouraged to
recognize their roles as young professionals in facing those complex health challenges.
The team is looking for motivated members willing to invest time in organizing the GHC Edition of
2014. The event is to take place next spring in Montreal. The organizing committee is made of
8 members meeting twice a month (and each week after between February and the weekend of the
event). If global health is your thing, you might consider applying for the GHC team! Please note
that working knowledge of French is required.
Available positions:
Logistic Director (1): In charge of the logistics of the Global Health Colloquium (location, menu,
material, coordinator, volunteers training, etc)
Marketing Director (2): Conception and production of promotional material (logo, theme,
pamphlets, etc), and promotion of the event across Quebec.
Multimedia Conception (1): In charge of the website and registration platform. In charge of the
multimedia during the event.
Finances Director (1): In charge of the budget.
Fundraising Director (1): In charge of the fundraising for the event. Is expected to fundraise for at
least 5,000$.
External Affairs Rep (1): Ensure GHC visbility across medical faculties of Quebec, several
faculties of Montreal University and other universities, CEGEPs, and general public.
Program Director (1): In charge of reaching out to speakers (approximately 20-30) and to ensure a
diverse range of talks and workshops aligned with the theme event.
To apply, please send the following requested documents to [email protected] either in .doc or
.pdf before September 22nd 2013:
Name
Program, University and School Year
Position you are applying for
Relevant past experience and interests (½ page)