Corona virus disease or COVID-19 is a newly discovered virus back in 2019 related to the respiratory system (WHO, 2021). This virus was first discovered in Wuhan City, China on 31st December 2019. As of February 19th 2021, Indonesia has…
Incoming Stories | A Colorful Month in Surakarta
Greetings, SCOPE! My name is Danaja Gnilšek, an IFMSA International Exchange Student from Slovenia. After 3 days of traveling, I finally arrived in Solo on the 4th of August for my exchange program. My Contact Person (CP) was absent and…
A SIGHT OF GERMANY AND ITS COLD SNOWFALL
“Anything can happen on a snow day,” as how Mark Webber quoted in the movie Snow Day. Truly, from experiencing a hot cocoa with marshmallow – to going on a splendid exchange program. Who would’ve thought! HOW IS THE WINTER…
WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT WHEN HOSTING INCOMINGS
2020 left us with little to no exchange activities. Some of the new Local Exchange Officers (LEOs) and members haven‘t had the chance to host incomings at their locals. With the new exchange season approaching, here are some (hopefully) useful…
A CHEAT SHEET | ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INDONESIA’S HEALTH FINANCING
The high rate of diseases in Indonesia shows that there is room for improvements Indonesian health system. A health system is built by six main aspects, including good health services, well-performing health workforce, well-functioning health information system, good health financing…
Outgoing Stories | New Life Experience in Czech Republic
“It’s a life experience”, Said my friend who had her exchange program before I went for mine. I was wondering how my 1-month experience could be a life experience, but now I realized the reason why. My name is Angelreika…
WORLD ANTIMICROBIAL AWARENESS WEEK 2020 | ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE: HOW YOUTH ARE INVOLVED?
We might start such a topic by addressing questions for you, a future health worker, is antimicrobial resistance an important issue in your community or you just don’t know where to begin in raising such an issue? If you answer…
SECOND BATCH ANNOUNCEMENT EXCHANGE SEASON 2021/2022
As the facilitator for the IFMSA Exchange Program, SCOPE CIMSA Indonesia hold the role to facilitate all medical students in Indonesia to experience and enroll in the largest exchange program for medical students all around the world. We would like…
WORLD ANTIMICROBIAL AWARENESS WEEK 2020 | INFOGRAPHICS
What is Antimicrobial Resistance? Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change over time and no longer responds to medicines, thus making infections harder to treat and increases the risk of diseases spreading, severe illness, and death.[1]…
MERCH | CIMSA FK UIN SH
As a medical student, we are known to be a lifelong learner. It means that we won’t cease learning just until we become doctors, but we will always learn until we die. Medical aspects always include continuous updates so that…

