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Organisation of Medical Students from Cluj-Napoca, Clinicilor 5-7, code: 400006, Romania
Madalin Barac, Phone: +40740804876, E-mail: madalinbarac@gmail.com, web: www.ifmsa.ro/transmed
Brief History
TransMed is a national exchange program, conceived by and for the medical
students, representing an official IFMSA-Romania project. It was created by a local
committee in 2000 aiming to offer an opportunity for medical students to find
information about the ways of studying and teaching medicine in other universities
in Romania. It now involves 9 medical universities from Romania, exchanging more
than 15 students from each university, in the same time, twice a year.
Aim
�To improve the academic
quality, the learning and
professional development of
medical students by living and
sharing the experience of the
national exchange program.
Strengths
� Explore:
new methods of learning
new cities / universities
new culture and social environments
� Professional development
�Unity of medical students community
Weaknesses
� Exchange period:
only two weeks
� Lack of compatibility:
in curricula
in university programmes
� Number of students:
not more than 20 from each centre
National National
Students Students Exchange
Exchange
Laura Tanca and Madalin Barac
Project National coordinators 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Standing Committee on Medical Education – IFMSA Romania
University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, Cluj-Napoca
Get to know your colleagues throughout the country!
Further development
�Mobility is desirable on all levels of medical
studies, allowing access to a lot of new
opportunities, therefore we will soon upgrade
the program to a transnational level by
establishing foreign partnerships.
Students exchange – The fastest way to learn