LiMSA (Lithuanian Medical Students' Association) is an independent voluntary nongovernmental professional organization, that unites Lithuanian medical students.
LiMSA mission:
LiMSA mission:
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to unite Lithuanian medical students;
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to inspire medical students to educate their personality, gain ethical and humanistic skills, acquire ultimate professional knowledge in order to become good specialists, active citizens, members of the national and global society.
The members of LiMSA:
All medical students studying in the Faculty of Medicine at Vilnius University or at Kaunas University of Medicine can become the members of LiMSA.
The main facts:
LiMSA is a modern public organization that has been established in 1989.
Since 1991, LiMSA has been a member of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA), that unites about 3 million of medical students all over the world.
What do we do?
The projects of Public Health:
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The "Teddy Bear Hospital” project. It is a project for teaching kids about health. The aim of this project is to help the 3-6-year-olds to get rid of the fear for doctors, to give children simple information about health, to teach medical students the pecularities of intercourse with small patients. Everything is based on a play: children play parents and bring their “ill” toys to medical students who play doctors. “Doctors” cure toys and communicate with children thus showing that there’s nothing to worry about when going to hospital in real life.
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The “One Jab and That’s it!” project. During the project we invite medical students to be vaccinated against Hepatitis B. Moreover, we prime about the threat of this very common and dangerous disease among medics.
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The “Flu Day” project. Flu is a very cunning disease. Hundreds of thousand of people catch this virus every year. The aim of the project is to invite all medical students and teachers to be vaccinated against flu.
The International Student Exchange:
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The Professional Exchange Program for Medical Students. The program offers a one-month medical clerkship in the various clinics of foreign countries. Every year about 50 medical students from Lithuania go abroad, while the same number of foreign students comes to our clinics. The goal of this program is to gain professional and practical skills, to get acquainted with the culture and students’ life of other nations, to meet colleagues and to find a lot of friends from all over the world.
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The Research Exchange Program for Medical Students. This program gives an opportunity for students who are intrested in sciences to do the scientific research for 1-6 months at the foreign universities. Original analyses are pursued and later presented in Research Assembly of Europe Medical Students in Berlin. Medical students who want to take part in the program are to do at least one original research at their own university.
The International Assemblies:
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General Assemblies of International Federation of Medical Students Associations
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Baltic Friendship Club – the annual assemblies with the Baltic region countries
Cultural events organized by LiMSA:
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Annual thematic assemblies
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Motivated trips
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“White ball”
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“Valentine - day”
LiMSA offers every medical student not only to study hard but also to take part in social activity. In this organization students have an ability to find new friends, to be acknowledged, to meet both junior and senior colleagues from Lithuania and foreign countries, to be an active society member, to gain experience in organizing various projects, while travelling and communicating.
LiMSA is an organization where you are free to turn your ideas into actions!
