Festival Area: How the Health

Organisation Description:

The Malta Medical Students’ Association is one of the largest University organisations representing our medical students. We work on different aspects which relate to our health as a whole and we focus on educating both the general public and our students on such matters. Our mission is to enhance the education of future medical professionals through enforcing active participation in their teaching system, organizing international exchanges and implementing training in the various fields of the public health sector. We also aim at empowering the Maltese society, including its marginalized communities, to become functionally involved in decision taking within the National Healthcare System and to reduce health-related social problems through culture and gender sensitive health advocacy.

Climate change presents the single biggest threat to sustainable development worldwide and affects everyone. However, the world’s poorest and those in vulnerable situations tend to be disproportionately affected by environmental degradation. Join our session to learn more about what causes climate change, how it affects us and the human rights and vulnerable groups most at risk!

Don’t Sit, Get Fit!

This video is a short exercise session, including 3 phases: a warm up, a cardio workout, and some balancing exercises to cool down. We encourage you to do this exercise session with us! Let’s get active!

Calling 112

This video describes the steps involved in calling the emergency services, specifically the ambulance service. It highlights the sequence of questions an emergency service operator would typically ask, and how one should respond to these questions in a clear and efficient manner.

Build Your Own Lungs

The best way to learn about how our respiratory system is structured is by building it yourself! Join us in building your own set of lungs! Remember to post photos and videos of your creations on Facebook and tag MMSA for a chance to win a prize!

Given the unfortunate circumstances, we have all experienced some form of stress and have found different ways on how to try and overcome this. Take part in this Perceived Stress Scale created by our mental health team, to see how stressed you are and to learn new ways on how to cope with it.

Medical students have several opportunities to go abroad and carry out research within the medical field. Follow this video to learn more about the international research that some of our medical students carried out.

Break the silence and let’s help the deaf community integrate more within society. Follow this video created by our medical education team to learn some Maltese phrases in Sign language. We encourage you to practice these phrases and learn more phrases through the University degree plus course and other online courses.

This interview held by MMSA-SCORA with Clayton Mercieca, the director of ARC Malta, delves into the concept of inclusivity whilst touching upon the notion of what gender is and how we define it. It clarifies the definitions of and differences between gender and sex, and goes into how we can play a role in being more inclusive in our society.