Application Manual

New EuroMeds Team

Deadline for Applicatrions:

25th February (CET 23:00)

Süleyman Yıldız

Secretary General EMSA-Europe

Filling the gap... Change happens every year in all EMSA faculties, new dedicated students take positions and start planning their term. For EMSA European Board it is the same, I am writing now as the current editor of EuroMeds for the term 2011/2012, and in this period, there will be a new team greeting the readers. Once again, EuroMeds is opening for you, and once again, this cute symbol of our Association will reach members soon. However, this time there will be some important changes within EuroMeds structure, which will bring more professionalism to it. It is my pleasure to present to you a new change in EMSA! The EuroMeds Team Application Manual, for the first time, prepared according to the necessities of EMSA.

Change is a sign of progress and EMSA is a dynamic organisation, ever-developing and improving. This change therefore marks the launch of EMSA’s new image that will in the following months become a new standard of quality and uniformity throughout our network via new communication tools. The New EuroMeds will be one of the those great tools, which is contributing our association to be alive and well functioning. This application manual contains information about new EMSA’s projects: New EuroMeds, BlueMist and ePhoto. Aside from that, you can also read up on unique opportunities, which we offer you for EuroMeds Team. This year, I assure you I will do my best to bring you a publication that meets the expectations that one would and should have for a members’ magazine of the our unique association. And as we are all members of that Association, I want you to feel that this is your magazine. It should consist of articles written by and for you. It should be a forum where we share our experiences, ideas and thoughts through the format of interesting and well-written articles or interviews.

Therefore, we decided to add new branches to EuroMeds by creating two new projects (BlueMist and ePhoto) and re-shape its structure according to current necessities to create a more enjoyable atmosphere within EMSA. It would not be easy to bring these dreamy projects into practice, but the amazing volunteer driving force and will of the EMSA members, past and present, who are willing to work towards the way the achievements for EMSA will make our dreams become true. This is indeed a great chance for different and active EMSA members to feel EMSA spirit, and the take more initiative on European level.

For those of you that only now discover EMSA, it will be a nice adventure. For the ones more experienced – a nice reminder. But this manual is for everyone a thing to discover. Let us discover it

together! Read manual carefully! Turn the pages and start to think about new areas for you. Are you a part of it?

It is time to make differences. Let’s start!

BlueMist

ePhoto

The content of EuroMeds is quite broad, it supplies members with information about important updates on international level, but at the same time gives EMSA members the chance to promote local events, write about current projects or ideas of new projects. EuroMeds helps to maintain strong relationships between members and creates a platform where everyone can share their experiences and ideas.

What is Euromeds?

The EuroMeds is official newsletter of EMSA, including articles from EMSA members, concerning activities and updates from FMOs and also events and meetings within EMSA. EuroMeds helps to maintain a strong relationship between members and create a platform where everyone can share their experiences and ideas. It is one of the EMSA’s connections with the students on local level, with associate organizations and other externals.

The dedication of our members will make sure that New EuroMeds has articles related to all aspects of the activities we find in the organization, as well as academic ones. EMSA members will have chance to promote local events, write about current projects or ideas of new projects.

New EuroMeds’ articles

What is BlueMist? BlueMist is official EMSA blog page. Blogging has been going strong for nearly a decade now and has become part of our regular language. There were many reasons to make a blog page for EMSA. And we did! Having BlueMist will give us the ability to add content on the fly. Instead of having a static website, it brings EMSA’s communication to life and makes it current.

But what is Blogging? Blogging is telling a story, blogging is sharing your opinion, blogging is reporting news and more. But at the core, blogging is writing! As more digital content is being created today from videos, podcast, photo sharing apps, status updates, tweets, and more at the core of everything is writing. So, why is writing and blogging are important? Writing can build relationships, tell stories, create opportunities and help educated others.

BlueMist will bring your ideas to the public. BlueMist will make your suggestions to the people who are following you and you can get their ideas on the topics that you are discussing. BlueMist will increase communication between EMSA members. You will know more about EMSA European Board and their works. You will learn more details about EMSA and its projects. You will meet with alumni, who made history in EMSA!

All in all, BlueMist will bring a new enjoyable atmosphere within EMSA...

What is ePhoto? ePhoto is a webpage, which was created to make EMSA’s history unfavourable with an attractive way for EMSA members. While the webpage is created for EMSA members, who have hobby on photography in mind, it can certainly be used to display any type of digital imagery about EMSA events. While the main content of the webpage is image based, I have also added the ability to create a separate blog page where normal blog posts can be integrated alongside photos.

EUROMEDS TEAM

Three divisions of New EuroMeds will be common tools for EMSA members to create a communication platform within EMSA. By these tools, EMSAi will learn more about EMSA, its activity and also will gain more professional skills about writing and technology.

The EuroMeds Team,with its 3 divisions, is mainly responsible to make informative and effective publications for EMSA members.

New EuroMeds Team will consist of : •EuroMeds Editor-Secretary General •Text Editors •Photography Editors •Proofreaders •Layout and Graphic designers

Text Editors:

Text Editors help in coordinating articles in each edition of EuroMeds. Team ensure that each publication is qualified well, informative enough and catch the standards that we expect from a good publication.

Main tasks: •Assist in preparing calls for article submissions •Review article submissions for EuroMeds and BlueMist, and select articles/blogs to be included •Provide assistance to FMOs or individual members, if required •Make decisions regarding amendments required for each article before it is published • Provide assistance in editing other EMSA documents (such as the sponsorship booklet, the annual report), as required • Make contributions to the BlueMist- EMSA Blog

Skills/Experience required: •Experience in a publications team. •High proficiency in English

Photography Editor:

The Photography Editor is responsible by ensuring for high quality and relevant photos in each publication. Besides that, he is mainly responsible for a new project of EMSA: ePhoto

ePhoto is a webpage, was created to make EMSA’s history and also current important events unfavourable with an attractive way for EMSA members. While the webpage was created with EMSA members, who have hobby on photography in mind, it can certainly be used to display any type of digital imagery about EMSA. While the main content of the webpage is image based, I have also added the ability to create a separate blog page where normal blog posts can be integrated alongside photos.

Photography editor will also assist with the creative editing of each publication of EuroMeds. Integrating photos with the text will be one of the important jobs of this part.

A special call to Alumni, especially to Nick Scheider and Paul Henry Mackeprang. We will be more than happy to see your EMSA albums and make you one of the editor in ePhoto project

Main tasks: •Prepare calls with photographic submissions •Collect and review photographic submissions for EMSA publications and ePhoto, in order to decide which photos should be included •Perform ingbasic photographic editing tasks on Photoshop for each publication •Write photo-article for ePhoto •Provide assistance to FMOs or individual members, if required • Contribute regularly to the EMSA Publications

Skills/Experience required: •Experience on photography •Basic/Advantage Photoshop skills •Good knowledge of English

Proofreaders:

Proofreaders are responsible to check articles ensure that they are grammatically correct. Proofreaders may also occasionally get text from ePhoto articles and BlueMist blogs.

Main tasks: •Ensure that the content of each Euromeds, ePhoto and BlueMist-EMSA Blog are grammatically correct •Contribute regularly to the team.

Skills/Experience required: •High proficiency in English •Prior experience in editing and/or proofreading would be highly desirable

Layout and Graphic designers

These designers are responsible for working on the layout of the EuroMeds. Basically, designers will be responsible for presenting information in visual with an innovative way. After articles are selected, the graphics designer works closely with the author of the article to present some of the information in the article in diagrams and related other graphics.

Main tasks: •Work on layout and graphic of all EuroMeds publications •Provide mentorship/advice/assistance to FMOs and local publications, if required • Work on developing unique thematic additions for EuroMeds in correspondence to the theme of the publication • Contribute regularly to the team Skills/Experience required: •Knowledge of InDesign, Adobe Illustrator or similar program •Prior experience with graphics design •Creativity and Innovation

EMSA’s future is defined by the people in it, by the history we have, and by the activities we are organising.

We are proud that EMSA is a part of our lives and we are a part of EMSA’s life.

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