Medsin – a potted history

1951• IFMSA is formed

• British Medical Students Association is founding member

• First IFMSA GA in London

• Rex Crossley from UK is first president of IFMSA

1950s

• 1954-5 Alan Gilmour, UK is president of IFMSA

• 1957-8 Bernard Hill, UK is IFMSA Standing Committee Director for Population

• 1959-60 Graham Lister, UK is president of IFMSA (and several other UK officials).

1960s

• 1960 Exchange Officers Meeting in Edinburgh

• 1969 Geoffrey Lloyd and Bob Graham President and Vice-President of IFMSA

1970s• 1970 General Secretariat of IFMSA moved to

London

• 1970 President, Sec Gen and Treasurer all from UK

• 1971-1973 ? BMSA dissolves

• 1973 British Medics Working Party attends IFMSA meeting as observers

1980s

• Nothing known of UK involvement in IFMSA

• IFMSA struggles to survive…

1991

• UK has a member of IFMSA - National Association of Medical Students (NAMS) International Officer reports to IFMSA that UK cannot offer exchanges

• International Officer – Rob Hadden, Oxford

1993-1994

• Wigs Bateman attends IFMSA Conference in Alexandria, Egypt and decides we should be involved…

• Jess Westall, Rachel Lindley and Wigs start a few local projects in Sheffield

• Medact and Mike Rowson also developing student groups – UCL and Georges

• Nottingham set up exchanges

1995

• IFMSA has an official from the UK - Liaison Officer to WHO Nick Shenker

1996• Sheffield, Georges, UCL and Nottingham

students get together…

…MedSIN (Medical Students International Network) was born

1997

• MM97 in Slovenia

• Became a candidate member of IFMSA at AM97 in Athens

• First president Wigs Bateman (Sheffield)

MM1997 in Slovenia

1998-99

• Small national conference at UCL

• UK Gained Full Membership of IFMSA at AM99 in Mexico

• Committee– Co-ordinators Arti Maini (Georges) and

Rachel Lindley (Sheffield)– Secretary – Tim Baker (Sheffield) – Pete

(current national committee)’s older brother!

1999-2000• National Conference in Sheffield• Committee:

– Coordinators: Vic Wykes (UCL) and Mike Moneypenny (Dundee)

– Treasurer: Chris Hopkins (UCL)– News: Andy Khodakabus (Liverpool)

• IFMSA Training Support Division Director is Zana Khan from UK

• Jubilee 2000 campaign: Global chain reaction. Sarah Finer

• MM2000 in Finland• AM2000 in Portugal

Jubilee 2000: Breaking the Chains of Debt

MM2000 - Finland

Toga party in the snow

Paul (Belfast), Penny & Libby (Nottingham), Stefan (Edinburgh),Gajan & Vic (RUMS) Michael (Dundee)

Gaj (RUMS), Paul (Belfast)Penny & Libby (Nottingham)

2000-2001

• First big national conference in Edinburgh (>300 people)

• Chris Hopkins coordinator

• MedSIN grows – 18 Member Branches

• MM01 in Malta

• AM01 in Denmark – wrote MedSIN Action plan for restructure

AM 2001 - Denmark

2001-2002

• National Conference in Cambridge• First full national committee elected• MY PLESHA 2 – Sexpression conference

– First big project conference

• Homed National Conference• Training Conference in Manchester• Marrow started• MM02 in Yugoslavia• AM02 in Taiwan

MedSIN-Cambridge, National Conference

First National CommitteePresident - Emily Spry, George’s

Vice President – Anna Last,

Birmingham

Treasurer - Laurence Kemp,

Cambridge

Secretary - Chris Hopkins, UCL

News - Andy Khodabukus,

Liverpool

National Conference - Sam Pollock,

Birmingham

Fundraiser - Dave Lissauer, Birmingham

Webmaster - James Gamble, Cambridge

President – Emily Spry (Georges)

My PLESHA 2 in Liverpool

Sexpression

Dan Bernstein

(Georges)

- coordinator

Started by James Kustow in Nottingham

MM2002 - Yugoslavia

NEOs (Nottingham) – Toby Hillman and Lopa Ghosh

AM2002 - Taiwan

UK professional as ever has a potato as a stamp!

2002-2003

• Birmingham National Conference

• Cardiff International Health Conference

• Medsin-BMA Joint Training Day

• MM2003 in Estonia

• AM 2003 in The Netherlands – Emily Spry (Georges) elected president IFMSA

National Committee

President – Baljit Singh, CardiffSecretary – Elaine Tennant,

NottinghamPublicity – Gemma Dignan,

NottinghamVP – Ben Lawton, WarwickNews – Vittal Katikireddi,

EdinburghTreasurer – Rob Metcalfe, ManchesterWebmaster – Colin Brown, Edinburgh

MM2003 - Estonia

AM2003 - The Netherlands

Emily elected

IFMSA President

Emily and Kristina – IFMSA Presidents Handover

2003-2004

• Medsin formalised with Constitution and Bylaws• First Medsin-UK General Assembly• New Logo • Name altered (Medsin-UK, opening up to non-

medical students)• Nottingham National conference• London GH Conference• MM04 in Venezuela• AM04 in Macedonia

National Committee

President – Bryony Whipp, GKTVP Branches – Julia Fortes, NewcastleVP Projects – Charlotte Allan, LeedsTreasurer – John Forrest, George’sSecretary – Katie Garman, BirminghamPublicity – Claire Procter, NewcastleWebmaster – Naomi Sims, George’sTraining – Jonny Brett, Newcastle

New Logo

MM04 in Venezuela

AM04 in Macedonia

2004-2005

• Branch Resource Pack

• New Website

• Logo made legal (grey cross!)

• First UK TNT (Training New Trainers)

• Glasgow National Conference

• Peninsula GH Conference

• MM05 Turkey

• AM05 in Egypt

National CommitteePresident – Claire Procter,

NewcastleSecretary – Natalie Sibbald,

ManchesterVP Branches – Robbie Harris,

GKTVP Projects – Rob Hughes,

BristolTreasurer – John Forrest,

GeorgesPublicity – Abi Smith, BristolTraining – Geri Keane, GKTWeb – Matt Francis, GKT

New website

Logo made legal

UK TNT 2005

MM05 in Turkey

AM05 in Egypt

IFMSA Officials

2005-2006

• Medsin-UK gets charity status

• Leeds National Conference

• London GH Conference

• Leicester hosts IFMSA European Regional Meeting

• MM05 - Chile

• AM05 - Serbia

National CommitteePresident – Katie Garman, BirminghamVP Projects – Abi Smith,

BristolVP Branches – Dave Biles,

BristolSecretary – Flora Ogilvie,

ImperialTreasurer – Gerard Millen,

BelfastTraining – Natalie Sibbald, ManchesterWebmaster – Tom Taylor, LoughbroughPublicity – Catherine Sikorski, Cambridge

MM06 in Chile

TNT 2006

AM06 in SerbiaAM07 - SerbiaAM06 in Serbia

IFMSA Officials

2006-2007

• Medsin’s 10th Birthday Party

• Alumni launch

• Bristol National Conference

• Newcastle GH Conference

• MM07 - Australia

• AM07 - UK

National CommitteePresident – Abi Smith, BristolVP Branches – Sunil Bhopal, LeedsVP Externals – Gerard Millen,

BelfastVP Projects – Bal Singh,

SouthamptonTreasurer – Gemma Owens,

BelfastSecretary – Jenny Jones,

ManchesterCampaigns – Pete Baker,

ManchesterTraining – Joel Burton, ManchesterWebmaster – Tom Taylor, LoughbroughPublicity – Qasim Ihsan, Birmingham

MM07 - Australia

Now

• Medsin has:– 30 Member Branches– 10 National Projects– 2 Affiliate Projects– 8 Campaigns– 2 Large National Conferences a year– 2 General Assemblies a year– Regional conferences– Annual TNT

UK hosts first GA in 50 years

To be held in Kent, August 2007

2007-2008

• Where will the future take Medsin-UK???

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