The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) is an independent, non-governmental, and non-political federation of medical students’ associations throughout the world. IFMSA was founded in 1951 and now it is recognized as a Non- Governmental Organization (NGO) within the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO). IFMSA now has 124 National Member Organizations in 116 countries around the globe, representing more than 1.3 million medical students worldwide. In 2006, the Jordanian National Member Organization has joined this global entity, and ever since, we at IFMSA-Jordan, have committed ourselves to serve our community through multiple activities, divided into four main global health areas: public health, medical education, human rights, and peace and sexual and reproductive health. One of the aims of IFMSA- Jordan is to motivate medical students in all medical schools around Jordan to get involved in their communities through active participation in voluntary work and to provide them with the necessary tools and skills to become successful future doctors and health leaders.

IFMSA-Jo was established in pursuit of providing a platform for medical students to harness their skills and unleash their hidden potential. Driven and led by medical students, this provided a new level of motivation and dedication, and this was reflected by active participation in community service. The long journey of IFMSA-Jordan started in 2006, from Jordan University of Science and Technology, and joined the ranks of IFMSA. From there, IFMSA-Jordan grew bigger with every family member: University of Jordan (2007), Hashemite University (2011), Mutah University (2014), Yarmouk University (2017), and AlBalqa’ Applied University (2020). IFMSA-Jo is recognized as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) within the Jordanian Associations System, and now approximately has five thousand medical students as registered members.

Al-Balqa’a Applied University Local Committee was established in 2020 by a number of enthusiastic medical students and it was under the supervision of the National Team of Officials back then and from that moment, BAU LC Team of Officials was making a huge success in every project established until BAU LC have gained the full membership in March 2022 at the Jordanian University of Science and Technology in the 20th National General Assembly, and by that moment, BAU LC became a full member in the international federation of medical students associations (IFMSA).

IFMSA-Jo/BAU LC team of officials structure is designed to cover as many aspects as possible. Starting with the executive board members, to the local officers, and finally the support division directors, all under the supervision of the supervising council.

The executive board members, long for EB members, are responsible for applying the constitution and bylaws of IFMSA-Jo/BAU LC on themselves and the members. Some of the tasks required by the EB members as a whole include but are not limited to:

o        Apply strategic and operational planning, execution control/monitoring/evaluation and ensure high project management standards.

o        Coordinate the activity of the rest of the team of officials

o        Responsible for increasing the capacity of our local committee and encourage new members register in our database.

The executive board members include the president, treasurer, secretary general, vice president for internal affairs (VPI), and vice president for external affairs (VPE), each of which has to accomplish specific tasks throughout the term.

Moving on to the local officers, in IFMSA-Jo/BAU LC we have 6 officers each of which represents a standing committee. The work of each standing committee is complemented by several activities, such as training, campaigns and advocacy efforts, offering youth the space to learn in both formal and non-formal educational settings. Thousands of projects, activities, conferences and workshops are organized each year. The 6 local officer are:

Last not least, the support division directors (SDDs) are the final members that make up the team of officials. There are 3 members of the SDDs are:

And finally, we’ve got the supervising council members. As the name imply, the members shall be responsible for overseeing the actions and decisions made by the Executive Board and officials of IFMSA-Jo/BAU LC. It shall be an active resource body to assist and advise the Officials in case necessary.