Yetenaweg and EMSA collaborative project
Background:
There are many identified gaps within Career and Professional development for medical students and Junior doctors in Ethiopia, one of them being a lack of capacity building in core technical and management competencies. Discussion and guiding future health leaders have become a necessity, now, more than ever. Sadly, Medical Education is unprepared for this task. The curriculum itself is still archaic, and unable to adapt to new and integrated concepts that will allow for teaching the above-mentioned core competencies required to produce leaders who build robust health systems.
EMSA has taken the initiative to start discussions with professionals that can share experiences in relevant concepts that may not necessarily be taught in classrooms, but are vital to their role as future health workforce and National/International Global Health Leaders.
The Ethiopian Medical Students Association (EMSA), in partnership with Yetenaweg, presents a series of webinars on the topic Career and professional development
Format:
This will be a series of online webinars hosted on the Zoom platform. It would ideally involve a “personal profile” segment where invited guests will share their Medical and/or global Health journey. This segment is meant to share experience and discuss future possibilities of medical students and junior doctors, and inspire participants. After which there will be a few (2) Q & A sessions. Then, the invited guest will give a presentation on a key career development, on how to navigate career path and other relevant topics. Q&A
Objectives
● To introduce the main aspect of Career development and professionalism
● To introduce participants to relevant resources needed to make informed decisions and attain the necessary and skills to enhance their leadership capabilities.
● To inspire young Ethiopian medical students and junior doctors with experiences of distinguished leading experts in the field.
● Attain the necessary knowledge needed to start working on a career path.
● To earn a valuable perspective on what the present-day medical education, other country job opportunities, different licensing examinations and global health programs
Target Audience
● Member of EMSA Medical students all over Ethiopia
● Recent graduate Junior doctors
Monitoring and Evaluation: Pre and post-webinar surveys
About EMSA
The Ethiopian Medical Student Association is a student-led, non-profitable, non-religious, non-political legally registered and licensed association in accordance with the charities and societies proclamation No. 621/2009 of the country. It is an association which operates with seventeen chapters around the nation. It is run according to the guidelines of International Federation of Medical Students Association (IFMSA) and has been a member since 2005. The vision of EMSA is to support and empower Ethiopian medical students through service, professional development and international collaboration. EMSA wishes to empower medical students to become leaders dedicated to find solutions to the health care challenges that face Ethiopia. Furthermore, hopes to promote and foster the dissemination of information pertinent to the health needs of Ethiopians.
About YetenaWeg
The mission of this project is to promote Culture of Evidence Based Health Information. The goal is to Create regular Podcast sessions on different health topics in an easy, understandable way to patients. Create Regular interactive Facebook live sessions on different health topics with experts, maintain a website as a resource for patient Health information which can be accessed for free , form partnership with different professional societies to strengthen evidence based medical education and patient health information, ensure an easily accessible platform for health care professional to share their expertise to the public and Work with Medical students and other Health care students to encourage evidence-based learning and writing. Generally, to Create regular platform for Health students and professionals to discuss for career development and Professional growth.
Contact Person:
EMSA : Heaven Y. Tatere – hevyeshaneh@gmail.com
Yetenaweg: Yetenaweg@gmail.com
