Busca promover el desarrollo de actividades académicas en el ámbito médico cuya finalidad sea mejorar y/o elevar el nivel académico del estudiante de medicina, complementar su currículo e impulsar el desarrollo de sus capacidades.
En ASCEM U de A, el Comité Permanente de Educación Médica (CPEM - SCOME), nace de la fusión de los Comités Académico y Científico, tomando la bandera de la búsqueda de la excelencia académica y de la investigación en los estudiantes de medicina de la Universidad de Antioquia; así como la comunicación con los Comités similares, miembros de la ASCEMCOL, FELSOCEM e IFMSA.
Éste Comité, es liderado por un Oficial Local de Educación Medica o LOME (por sus siglas en inglés: “Local Officer On Medical Education”), a su vez, cuenta con dos coordinadores, uno para las Actividades Académicas (revisiones de temas, club de revistas, etc.) y otro para el Semillero de Investigación; ambas labores fundamentales y principales del Comité; cuenta también con un Tesorero y un delegado al Comité de Comunicaciones de ASCEM U de A.
"Medical Education should be a concern of every medical student as it shapes not only the quality of future doctors, but also the quality of healthcare.
The International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) has a dedicated organ which aims to implement an optimal learning environment for all medical students around the world – the Standing Committee On Medical Education (SCOME).
It was one of IFMSA's first standing committees from the beginning of its foundation in 1951. IFMSA SCOME acts as a discussion forum for students interested in the different aspects of medical education in the hope of pursuing and achieving its aim.
Healthcare is changing at an unprecedented rate and at multiple fronts. Medical science has increased our understanding of the body and created an explosion of new information. However, medical schools are not or only slowly introducing changes in their curriculum. Teachers at many medical faculties are not educated to teach; they are doctors and mostly lack knowledge of how to show their skills to their students.
As medical students are directly exposed to medical curricula, they are the first quality check of medical education and they should rightfully have an influence on the creation of new curricula and curriculum development. The second check of medical education is if the graduates are able to meet the standards of the medical profession, of their healthcare systems and the needs of their communities. From IFMSA's experience, it is often the medical students who are the strongest proponents for adapting their education to the needs of their community.
We are concerned of facing the needs of healthcare in a modern society and are willing to commit to make sure our education prepares us for them. Scientific data show that modern medical curricula are a lot more likely to teach students in an appropriate way in order to create doctors equipped with various skills and knowledge. Although there are a number of innovative approaches to teaching medicine, partly based on findings of cognitive science, change in medical curricula occurs slowly. The need for change is either not recognized or ignored in many universities.
Here SCOME enters the game. We try to promote modern medical education. Convinced by many positive examples we go on that mission by teaching and training students, teachers and professors, exchanging experiences and spreading information.
As a global grassroots organization of medical students locally active in more than 94 countries worldwide, IFMSA has made meaningful contributions to improve medical education over the last decades."
