Medics worldwide:news and opportunities from the IFMSA

Future global health

Medical students all over the world are preparing to attend the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) general assembly in Hurghada, Egypt, from 1 to 7 August. The medical students' associations of more than 70 countries will be represented. During the meeting, about 600 student delegates will be trained in leadership, project management, and other skills important for their extracurricular work back home. The theme of the meeting is health and the millennium development goals. Workshops before the meeting will educate students on malaria, human rights, and other important health topics. All this is run by students for students. See www.am2005-eg.com/ga.htm.

Travel and educational opportunities

Malta—Worldmaps, the first global student conference for medical, pharmacy, and other healthcare students; 7-12 November 2005; topics include patient centred care, interdisciplinary work, education, and public health; great social programme on this beautiful island; register online at www.worldmaps2005.org; email worldmaps@mmsa.org.mt.

All over the world—The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Student Section, offer a range of international opportunities for exchange. The exchange includes accommodation, a clinical rotation, and a social project. See www.ippnw-students.org/MedEx.

Belgrade, Serbia, and Montenegro—Students' International Congress Of Medical Sciences 2005; 13-16 October; abstract deadline 25 September 2005. For more information, registration, and submission of abstracts visit www.sicoms.org.

Egypt—Banha Students' Scientific Society offers an International Summer School on Emergency Basics and Traumatology; 7 August to 1 September and 1 September to 21 September 2005; www.bsss-eg.com; email Adhem Maher at doctor_n_mission@yahoo.com.

Do you have a story to tell?—Global Medicine is a magazine produced in English by IFMSA-The Netherlands; email ideas and contributions to globalmedicine@ifmsa.nl; see the latest edition at www.globalmedicine.nl.

Unite For Sight—Many new volunteer opportunities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and eastern Europe for summer and autumn 2005 and Spring 2006. Opportunities are available in rural villages, urban locations, and refugee camps (including in the tsunami region); www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer.