PUBLIC HEALTH
(SCOPH)

The Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH) brings together medical students from all over the world to learn, build skills, cooperate, explore and share ideas when it comes to addressing all issues related to public health, including global health issues, health policies, health promotion and education, activities.

About the committee

SCOPH's VISION MISSION OBJECTIVES HISTORY

VISION

Medical Students attain the optimal skills and knowledge to contribute to their full potential towards the making of healthier communities in their capacity as medical students and as future healthcare providers.

Mission

The Standing Committee on Public Health promotes the development of medical students worldwide regarding Public Health issues through an international sharing knowledge network, projects management, community-based learning, capacity building, advocacy, exchanges placements and access to external learning opportunities.

OBJECTIVES

Disease prevention within our society.
Health promotion and education within our society.
Raising awareness about global public health issues within medical students and our society.
Advocating for health policies as the voice of worldwide medical students.
Developing skills and knowledge of medical students as the future health professionals.
Working as an international team and collaborating with external public health organizations to use the potential of over one million worldwide medical students.
Collaborate with other fields such as medical education, human rights, and reproductive health.

History

The Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH) brings together medical students from all over the world to learn, build skills, cooperate, explore and share ideas to address all issues related to Public Health, including Global Health issues, health policies, health promotion, and education activities.

Medical students of the IFMSA formed the Standing Committee on Students’ Health (SCOSH) in 1952, driven by a strong will to take an active part in preventing and making policies concerning health problems. During the following years, the wide variety of activities led to the change of SCOSH to the Standing Committee on Health (SCOH) in 1963.

In 1983 the name of the Committee changed once more to the Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH).

During these six decades, SCOPHeroes have implemented, maintained and improved a wide variety of community-based projects on a local, national and international level. Through these activities, we are pursuing our vision of a healthy society and we are developing our own potential of being complete and skillful health professionals.