What are exchanges?
The International Federation of Medical Students Association (IFMSA) offers the largest and oldest medical student exchange programme in the world, with over 13,000 exchanges happening every year.
Exchanges are an equitable and fun way for medical students to experience different healthcare systems across the world. Due to the nature of an ‘exchange’, this model promotes equity in opportunities for students, both economically and educationally. It is different to our traditional electives where often only the UK student benefits from experience abroad, as the exchange means the student from overseas also has the chance to experience a different healthcare system by coming to the UK on exchange for 4 weeks.
How does Students for Global Health fit into this?
We are the national member organisation (NMO) of the IFMSA in the UK. Currently, 101 national member organizations offer exchanges, and Students for Global Health is the organisation through which all exchanges for students in the UK happen.
There are currently no exchanges on offer.
Experiences
Read about what UK students have got up to on their exchanges here!
Get in touch
Interested in finding out more about exchanges or setting them up at your university? Get in touch! neo.outgoing@studentsforglobalhealth.org
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