Berlin Exchange Medicine

All beginnings are online

A long-standing idea of three medical students at Charité Berlin takes shape - the launch of BEM in weekly online meetings.

Testing the idea

Tinkering with an idea in just three heads is never a good idea; it needs feedback, preferably from people who have a clue - and we are surprised by the enthusiasm we have received. There is an important niche in the student research community, and we want to fill it!

Never walk alone

An ambitious project needs a great team! At the end of the year, after calls through various channels, exciting people with incredible drive and impressive skills come together united by a common goal - BEM grows rapidly.

Corporate Identity?!

A Germany-wide team wants to have a common vision and structure, but at the same time remain student-centric and agile - we form and work in our four taskforces Website, Layout& Design, External Affairs & Finance and Peer Review & Quality Assurance from now on.

Peer Review à la Students

The task is to implement our student-innovative approach in a peer review concept that aims to be different and novel while ensuring high quality.

Medical student bubble?

Not at all! Because thinking outside the box makes our work better and more exciting, we establish even closer contact with student journals from other disciplines - the idea of Berlin Exchange as a platform for content-related, organizational, and financial cooperation between student journals in Germany is born.

Of Time and Money

During the month of April, we write proposals and make funding plans, while the "day-to-day business" in the task forces continues. After all, great ideas cannot live on invested time alone, and with exciting partners BEM will find a unique home!

Turning words into actions

The basics of BEM become more and more sound, now it's time to implement them - we staff our editorial board and further concretize our concept for the peer review crash course. Preparations of the website, foundation of BEM and public relations are in their final stages!

We go public and online!

With the launch of our website and the start of our social media campaign, we take further big and important steps towards our first major milestone, the first Call for Papers. With another Call for Team Members, we are looking for more enthusiastic minds, and since the beginning of the month Berlin Exchange Medicine is also a registered association!

Networking - national and international

We are getting in touch with more and more exciting professors, fellow students, journals and initiatives from Berlin, Germany and the US. We are thrilled how much positive feedback and valuable advice, contacts and offers we receive. At the same time, we are also starting our work within Berlin Exchange, the overarching platform, by developing initial content concepts.

Summer party and summer projects 

A (large) part of our team is based in Berlin, but many important members are scattered all over Germany. In August, thanks to the somewhat calmer pandemic situation, we all come together in person for the first time and celebrate our BEM summer party. As summer projects, we have planned the finalization of our review (crash course) structures, the development of our working website and the publication of first content formats.

A lot to come!

The excitement continues! Before the big call for papers in late summer, we already want to start with first content formats, a news blog about our project and the peer review crash course. You will continue to hear from us with thrilling content on our social media channels! By the way, in addition to Instagram and Twitter, we are also on LinkedIn and Facebook!