International Relations Directorate

Introduction

The International Relations Directorate strives to empower students to become competent ambassadors in engaging with international partners and universities through exchanges and electives. We provide students with opportunities to collaborate with overseas counterparts to enrich their academic curriculum where they will be exposed to unique medical, social and cultural experiences.

Core Functions

To foster strong ties with our counterparts from overseas Medical universities

To provide a platform for our students to represent Yong Loo Lin at the international arena

To facilitate unique learning experiences that supplement our academic curriculum

Reinvigorate and redesign the directorate to adapt to the new norm

Initiatives

1 Electives & Exchanges

What are Electives?

Electives are part of YLL’s core curriculum

Students can choose to pursue their electives locally or overseas Students are expected to complete 2 electives over 16 weeks, one in Phase 3 (4 weeks) and one in Phase 4 (8 weeks)

Role of IRD

Supplementary role to Dean’s Office (International Relations)

Provide assistance to students overseas if required

MEDConnect

Initiative to enable students going on overseas electives to connect with each other as well as with students from the partner universities

Electives briefing and guide

Raise awareness and brief preclinical and Phase III students on the elective systems

Develop a comprehensive resource guide to inform the student population on the overseas elective opportunities available to them, how to navigate the portal and what they stand to gain from overseas electives

2 Exchanges

Aim

For students to collaborate with overseas counterparts to enrich their academic curriculum

Through exchanges, students learn more about medical education in the partnering overseas medical universities and indulge in the country’s cultural practices

Potential opportunities

Student-led / student-sourced opportunities (Phase 1 and Phase 2 students)

UTAS, Australia X NUS

Keio University, Japan X NUS

3 Exchanges - Hosting Visitations

What are hostings?

Partnering overseas medical universities send medical students to Singapore to learn more about NUS Medicine

Our students get the opportunity to meet and host our overseas counterparts, showing them the Medicine campus and arrange for tours to popular destinations in Singapore

Open to all students to sign up if they are interested in hosting

Arranged by the International Relations Directorate from NUS Medical Society (MedSoc) and the school’s Dean’s Office

Aim

To further relationships with key regional partners

For our students to learn from and engage with other medical students/professionals from universities around the world (especially in SEA region)

Our Hostings for this academic year:

UGM (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia) X NUS

MU-NUS Games (Universiti Malaya, Malaysia X NUS)

ATOM Advanced Tomorrow (ATOM) 2023 Singapore Summit (co-hosted by NUS Medicine)

Contacts

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at intlrelations@medsoc.org.sg.