International Tropical Medicine Summer School (ITMSS) is an annual event organized by Muhammadiyah Medical Students’ Activities (MMSA) in Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, UniversitasMuhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY). MMSA is non-political and non-profit organization and it has an affiliation with Center for Indonesian Medical Students’ Activities (CIMSA) and International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA). MMSA produced the first medical summer school and now become the biggest one in Indonesia which we called International Tropical Medicine Summer School. ITMSS is a unique summer school program combining the academic and students’ activities. The aims of the summer school are to broaden the students’ knowledge in the emerging tropical medicine diseases, able to perform physical examinations, laboratory findings, diagnose and treatments in the modified Problem Based Learning (PBL) system. ITMSS was first held on the year 2005, as the first ever summer school has been held in Indonesia and is currently the leading and the biggest. This year it will be the 12th ITMSS and as usual, it will be held at the UniversitasMuhammadiyah Yogyakarta around the period of 1st until 18th of August 2016. Approximately 40 students from worldwide are welcome to participate in ITMSS 2016, though each country’s quota is limited. ITMSS has two main activities: academic and tourism (social programs). For the academic activities, the main topics are Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF), Malaria, and Tuberculosis (TB). Participants will be given lectures by experts, have tutorials, forum group discussions, hospital visits to affiliated hospitals, laboratory works, and endemic/non-endemic area visiting. As for the social programs, participants will be able to go to cultural places in Yogyakarta such as the Sultan Palace, Borobudur Temple, Prambanan Temple, Ramayana Ballet performances, Beach Camp and many more. Throughout the program, participants will stay with host families whom are students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science of UniversitasMuhammadiyah Yogyakarta. They will be given meals twice a day, and also transportation for the activities. This way, participants are able to know about the people and culture of Indonesia, especially Yogyakarta. Many participants have said that ITMSS is an experience that cannot be forgotten. Something different that every medical student from all around the world should try. for more information : twitter/ Instagram: @itmss_umy facebook: Itmss SummerSchool website: itmss.umy.ac.id email: itmss.indonesia@gmail.com Project Manager : Amina Noor Aisyah +62 81329 172 694 amina.noora@yahoo.com Liaison Officer: Vera Dwianggita Dimmarcia +62 89 7227 4740 dimmlovaa@yahoo.co.id

• published: 02 Jan 2016
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