THE BOARD
The board represents Medicinska Föreningen and makes an important contribution to the students and their influence towards the University's representatives. New board members are selected once a year.
The board has the role of Medicinska Föreningens government. We are responsible for the executive work in the association and execute the decisions that FUM makes. We meet every two weeks and have meetings. Our President and Vice President work with this full-time. The rest of us are ordinary students who work with this because we think it's fun. All our meeting minutes are posted here so that you can easily follow our work with the association!
PRESIDENT
The President is one of two in the association's presidium, the other is the association's Vice President. The President and Vice President are remunerated full-time by the association and paus their studies during their year of operation, in order be able to work full time with the association, support its committees and follow the council's prompt instructions.
The President leads the work of the board and convenes and compiles documents for the board and council meetings. In addition, the President represents not only the association's members but all students in the six programs included in MF vis - à - vis the faculty, the university, Lund University's Student Unions (LUS) and the Swedish United Student Unions (SFS), and then primarily for educational purposes. The President also receives and manages the student matters that are reported via the case reporting system or from the education councils.
The President is also the association's face, which means, among other things, acting as the association’s primary media contact and representing the association in ceremonial contexts. It can, for example, be at the professor installation or at the doctoral dissertations.
The President is also one of three spokespersons for Corpus Medicum, the joint corps for MF, VÅVS and SSGI, which means that together with the other spokespersons they call and lead Corpus board meetings and work with developing Corpus.
In addition to what is in the by-laws and statue instructions, the President spends their day holding office hours, writing and reading important documents, answering emails, working on projects as well as having contact with the association’s members and representatives from other student associations.
VICE PRESIDENT
The Vice President is one of two in the association's presidium, where the other is the President. The President and Vice President are remunerated full-time and paus their studies during their year of operation, in order be able to work full time with the association, support its committees and follow the council's prompt instructions.
The Vice President’s work largely has to do with the association's finances. The position mainly includes managing the accounts, producing financial statements and annual reports, as well as representing MF and Corpus Medicum in various student life bodies outside of MF. The Vice President also does a great deal of budget work, for example putting the budget for the next financial year in its entirety, the parties' individual budgets in detail and keeping in touch with the committee chairmanen so that they stay within the budget limits they have been allocated. In addition to this, it is also part of the Vice President’s duties to sit on the Corbal Committee and the Toddy Day Committee to ensure that these big parties keep track of their finances!
HEAD OF COMMUNICATION
The Head of Communication is responsible for MF’s communication, external marketing and communication aimed towards our members.
The Head of Communication manages the association's website and social media, sends out newsletters to the association's members and helps the board and committees to produce promotion material such as posters. The Head of Communication leads and collaborates with the media committee, which consists of the IT manager and the Cor-photographers, and is also responsible for Kårtidningen Sonden.
HEAD OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
The Head of Social Activities is responsible for the association's social committees and activities, and acts as a link between them, the board and the council.
The Head of Social Activities is the one the committees can contact if they have questions, need help with something, or want to discuss new ideas. Furthermore, The Head of Social Activities has a great responsibility over the novice period, by organizing the ”fadder”-training (for all students responsible for arranging the novice period), having continuous contact with the novice generals and evaluating the novice period at its end. In addition, The Head of Social Activities leads the work on the announcement and distribution of Stig Radner's travel scholarship and the MF-superior award.
HEAD OF EVENTS
The Head of Events is primarily responsible for MF's contact with partners, sponsors, the business community and the labor market in general. The Head of Events is a member of committees for the major events such as Corbalen and Dies Toddum Magna, and is responsible regarding sponsorship questions and acts as extra support for the Vice President.
The Head of Events works to provide members with information about possible future employers and to link partners to the association. This includes to, together with the Corpus Laborans Committee (CLU), arrange the annual Labor Market Day ”Corpus Laborans” for the entire Corpus Medicum. The Head of Events also works for good relations with existing partners but above is responsible for the networking to connect more partners to the association in the form of sponsorships. Furthermore, The Head of Events will work with sponsors and be the Vice Presindent’s assistant regarding events such as the Corbalen and Dies Toddyum Magna. The event manager is also responsible for ordering the association's range of profile products.
HEAD OF EDUCATION
The Head of Education is responsible for the contact with the association's education committees and ensuring that student representatives and course representatives have a solid foundation to stand on in their assignment. The Head of Education is also responsible for the Master of the Year award. This includes organizing the master lecture.
HEAD OF STUDENT HEALTH
The Head of Student Health is responsible for keeping track of the study environment, both the social and organizational, as well as the physical.
The Head of Student Health is also responsible, together with the President, for evaluating and examining how the association’s members’ mental health, and taking care of various student errands. The Head of Student Health has contact with LUS’ student representatives, faculty management and program committees to optimize students' health and well-being, as well as anchoring student perspectives to the various officials at the university. The Head of Student Health is also responsible for the Magnus Blix Prize Fund scholarship.