“We want to achieve the goal of generating tools so that the physicians of tomorrow have the capacity to see the inequalities in Health, the motivation to change them and the abilities to achieve it”.
The Chilean territory is found on the south west of South America. Its population is 15,589,147 inhabitants. The language is Spanish, and some languages originating as Mapudungún (Mapuche), Quechua and Rapa Nui. Our country is famous for its great climate, nice and optimistic people and great food and wine. Despite it being somewhat a small country, its traditions and culture are really vast and definitely worth the visit.
OSIR is the acronym for IFMSA – Chile’s Rural Health Operatives. The main goal is to provide health care and education to areas where there is not a hospital or a rural health station near enough to access in an easy and usual way.
What do we do?
We have medical students from every Standing Committee, from first years of medical school to the last one, each one working in different fields according to their medical knowledge.
"Inequality And Social Work In Health: Generating Tools For The Change ”
The fact that inequalities exist within the health system is far from a secret, and also not just a local problem, but it occurs all over the world. We, as future health care professional, have the duty to reverse this situation, and the sooner we begin the better. If this issue is everybody’s concern then maybe we’ll be able to solve it
