The HIFA2015 Steering Group is delighted to announce the ratification of five new HIFA2015 Supporting Organisations: BioMedical Student Research Initiatives (India), Clinical CURRENT (UK), IFMSA-Palestine, Indian Medical Students Association, Medical Students’ Foundation Pakistan.
1. BioMedical Student Research Initiatives (India)
‘We’re a team of medical students who strive to bring the much needed awareness and appreciation for research work to Eastern India.’
‘Clinical CURRENT is an online platform for medical professionals, clinical researchers and related students to share information, knowledge and expertise. It also provides a central point of access to thousands of medical journals and we are adding new content sources all the time. The site will be free to use and available in all countries when it launches.’
‘IFMSA-Palestine is the Palestinian medical students association, the Palestinian branch of the IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students Association), we are a network of motivated medical & healthcare students active in curriculum issues, community projects,international exchanges, campaigns & conferences we help students to raise awareness of and take action on humanitarian and global health issues & to work and to think globally with our colleagues all over the world, having more experiences inside and outside Palestine, with local and international projects targeted to our society.’
4. Indian Medical Students Association
‘India today is home to about 260 medical colleges that churn out about 30,000 undergraduate students a year. At any given time, there are a total of about 100,000 undergraduate medical students in India. An urgent need is felt to establish a be-all-and-end-all umbrella organization for all medical students in India. Hence, we come forward with the establishment of the Indian Medical Students’ Association. Our Mission: “To endow a common platform for representation to all the Medical Students of the Nation irrespective of the University they study in, grades, age, sex, caste, and region they belong to.”‘
5. Medical Students’ Foundation Pakistan
‘It is non-political, non-profit volunteer organization founded by graduates of Dow medical college (DUHS) Karachi for the Electives /Rotations benefit of medical students all over the world specially Pakistan. Aims and objectives of this foundation are to provide medical students a platform where they can find everything they need and provide them awareness about their career options so that they can decide career of their choice, get needed information about research to start their own and can join and work with people who have research experience and benefit medical sciences. They can get information news and updates about electives, scholarships, local & international conferences and find good resource of medical knowledge to help in their studies. They can read about and meet medical students who have done something outstanding to get inspiration, can read clinical cases to improve their clinical knowledge. This platform is complete resource centre for medical students and we hope every one will find it useful.’
133 organisations worldwide have now officially declared their commitment to the HIFA2015 goal.
If the goals of YOUR organisation align with the HIFA2015 goal, please join us!
- HIFA2015 Supporting Organisations are under no obligation to provide financial support
- HIFA2015 Supporting Organisations are promoted on HIFA2015 publications and website
- HIFA2015 Supporting Organisations are invited to present and discuss their work live with other HIFA2015 members in the HIFA2015 virtual conference room (please contact us if you are interested to explore options).
To date, 14 HIFA2015 Supporting Organisations have chosen to provide also a voluntary annual contribution to HIFA2015, ranging from £50 (75 US dollars) to £1000 ($1500 US dollars). These organisations are displayed on the HIFA2015 home page.
Download an application form from our home page.
Neil Pakenham-Walsh
Coordinator, HIFA2015
On behalf of the HIFA2015 Steering Group
http://www.hifa2015.org/about/administration/
