MLP-2024 Medical Leadership Program
Two months of free leadership training for 30 senior medical students and new graduates — YOUTHinc's 8th internship, co-organised with MEDPLUS, 2 March – 1 May 2024.
Specialty choice, career planning, research, studying abroad and public-health project work, taught by leaders in the health sector; the winning teams implemented their projects from May to July 2024.
About the program
The goal of the MLP-2024 Medical Leadership Program is to prepare the best and leading medical specialists of the future by developing the leadership skills and competencies of senior-year medical students and newly graduated specialists in practice.
Through MLP-2024, participants grow personally and professionally in the health sector, connect with leading experts in the field and with international opportunities to study abroad, and initiate and implement projects supporting public health.
MLP-2024 is organised by MEDPLUS in its third year, and co-organised with YOUTHinc as its 8th internship program — in collaboration with professional organisations in different fields, providing the hard and soft skills, competencies and practical experience the changing world of work demands. The partnership agreement was signed by A. Jamyansuren, Chairman of the Board of MEDPLUS, and Ch. Baljinnyam, Founder and Director of YOUTHinc.
What participants learned
- How to choose a specialty — the advantages and opportunities of each
- Career planning in the health sector
- Research methods and experience
- Studying and working abroad; scholarship programs
- Initiating and implementing projects that address pressing health-sector problems
- What kind of workforce the health sector needs
Eligibility and dates
- 4th–6th year students of medical universities, or recent health-sector graduates
- Able to attend 2–3 hours of training and meetings a week between 2 March and 1 May 2024
- Concerned with the health sector's pressing problems and looking for ways to solve them
- Registration closed 27 February 2024; the 30 selected participants were contacted by 29 February
- Two months of free training and meetings from 2 March 2024
Partners, sponsors and supporters
- Co-organisers: MEDPLUS (Health Professionals Development Accelerator NGO), MNUMS School of Medicine, MNUMS Student Development Office, YOUTHinc, Good Neighbors Mongolia
- Sponsors: Biomed Trade, ErdeMED
- Supporters: Denk Pharma Mongolia, the National Youth Development Council office, FOODY Mongolia, Newveramed, Voyage
Program timeline
Registration and selection (13–25 February 2024)
Applications and selection of the 30 participants.
Main activities (2 March – 27 April 2024)
2 March opening · 9 and 16 March leadership sessions I–II · 23 March free activity · 30 March scholarships workshop · 6 April research session · 13 April open event “Opportunities after graduation” · 20 April project selection · 27 April closing.
Project implementation and monitoring (1 May – 1 July 2024)
The winning teams implement their projects with monitoring.