Advocacy
Our advocacy is about effecting changes at the level of policy by taking actions from organizing campaigns to active participation in policymaking.
With advocacy, comes policies.
Objectives
To lead advocacy at Malaysian Medics International (MMI).
To conduct policy studies which are relevant to advocacy priorities and themes at MMI.
Vision
Our policy base puts words to the collective voice of Malaysian medical students.
Our advocacy priorities represent endeavour and values of Malaysian medical students.
Values
Respect
Culturally competent
Inclusivity in diversity
Integrity
Transparency
Accountability
Sustainability
Growth-oriented goal
People-centric work culture
Empowerment
Apprenticeship
Priorities
Through a lengthy advocacy study undertaken from late 2019 to early 2020, we have identified three key primary priorities that are applicable across all Branch Councils.
Priority One
Empowerment of Medical Community with Positivism
We encourage culture of acceptance, empathy, and supportive environment within our community for good mental health and general wellness.
Priority Two
Inclusivity and Equity in Medical Education
We acknowledge and pay respect to diverse community of people within the healthcare community and reject any form of discrimination.
Priority Three
Reform for Quality and Holistic Medical Education
We affirm our stand for standardised national curriculum to ensure quality and holistic medical education in certain sector of medical training.
Themes for Advocacy
We aim to mobilise opinions and effecting policymaking in these key area:
Diversity and
Equity
Medical Education
Mental Health
Refugee Health
Public Health
Welfare
Humans of Medicine
This is our key effort to connect our diverse community of medical students with key figures who excel beyond the field of medicine with aim to cultivate the ideal of work-life balance.
Initiatives
Initiatives are our mini taskforce consisting of members from different councils. Each initiative is led by one taskforce director and they report to the Advocacy Director. MMI is committed to a 3-year global strategic plan for advocacy and these initiatives will help in strategising and planning.
Mental Health Initiative
We support and enable culture of positivism in our community of students and junior doctors through reaffirming culture of acceptance, empathy, and supportive environment. We take actions from policy level to tackle systemic failure in providing good mental health support, as well as organising local events to support mental health wellbeing of our students and junior doctors.
Against Violence Initiative
We educate the public on current healthcare policies and legislative limitations to fight for better policy in protecting victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). Alarmed by the lack of standardised education and systemic failure in supporting the learning of students and junior doctors, we write policy and organise campaigns to call for actions at various level to address these issues pertaining to IPV
Reform in Medical Education Initiative
We address the needs and concerns of medical students when it comes to subpar quality of medical education in Malaysia. We challenge the current policies in medical education and make recommendations to various stakeholders mainly the government from the point of view of medical students and junior doctors.
Policies
Get in touch.
If you have any questions or would like to hear more about MMI policy, please email the Advocacy Director (Ang Zheng Jiet) or get in touch with your local branch council
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