Foreword
On behalf of the Execu4ve Commi9ee and Regional Chairpersons of the Asian Medical Students' Associa4on (AMSA) Interna4onal, it is with great pleasure that I am able to welcome you to our organisa4on through this publica4on, which I hope would be able to provide all readers with a basic introduc4on to AMSA Interna4onal. AMSA Interna4onal is the peak representa4ve organiza4on for medical students from across the Asia-‐Pacific region and beyond. With our vision of Knowledge, Ac4on and Friendship, we aim to promote understanding of medical and health related issues, share knowledge and possible solu4ons to health problems, advocate and improve welfare of medical students, and create new or improve exis4ng interna4onal and trans-‐con4nental friendships to encourage coopera4on among the future medical prac44oners of the Asia-‐Pacific region. I invite you to read through this booklet to gain a be9er understanding of who we are, what we represent and what ac4vi4es and events we carry out, and urge you to join AMSA Interna4onal's cause of improving health care in the Asia-‐Pacific region and beyond.
Sincerely yours,
SAMUEL VO Overall Chairperson
About Us
Asian Medical Students’ Associa4on (AMSA) is a peak representa4ve organiza4on for medical students from across Asia, the Asia-‐Pacific and beyond. Training doctors from 14 members and 10 associate/observer members combine to share knowledge, undertake ac4vi4es and social services and create interna4onal and trans-‐con4nental friendships. AMSA was officially founded in Manila, Philippines in 1985 and from this day has been an ac4ve, dynamic and exci4ng student-‐led, not-‐for-‐profit, non-‐poli4cal organiza4on. Today, with members and friends spanning the globe AMSA has an ac4ve student exchange program, regularly undertakes na4onal and
regional projects, provides humanitarian assistance at 4mes of need, produces quarterly student publica4ons and liaises with the World Health Organiza4on (WHO), the Associa4on of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) and many other interna4onal and regional medical student organiza4ons. Since it was established in 1979 and the first conference was held in Mahidol University of Thailand the Asian Medical Students’ Conferences (AMSC) have been a key focus for the organiza4ons. Now held biannually in January/February and July/August these events see over 700 students from across the world combine to learn from each other, teach their fellow peers and develop las4ng friendships.
AMSA’s vision is knowledge, ac4on and friendship, three areas we con4nuously strive to further in our members and peers through our organiza4onal mission:
KNOWLEDGE We promote scien4fic and medical ac4vi4es to increase and expand our knowledge whilst training to become the medical professionals of the future.
ACTION As medical students, we are concerned for the community around us and endeavour to do things for the benefit and improvement of our fellow ci4zens.
FRIENDSHIP As future doctors, we aim to build and maintain a good rela4onship among our colleagues of the Asia-‐Pacific and beyond.
24 Local Chapters Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China Egypt Hong Kong India Indonesia
Iran Japan Korea Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal New Zealand
Pakistan Pales4ne Philippines Singapore Taiwan Thailand UK Ukraine
Overall Chairperson Samuel Vo Vice Overall Chairperson (Internal) William Cheng Vice Overall Chairperson (External) Evonne Ong General Secretary Yenna Tasia
Director of AMSEP Marco Michael Secretary of PromoLons and PublicaLons Rifan Nugraha IT Officer Michiya Omi LO to IFMSA Harroun T. Wong
Secretary of Membership and Development Nathania S. Su4sna
LO to WHO Paula Bang
Secretary of Finance Gi Tae Kwon
LO to ASEAN Anissa Citra Permadi
Secretary of MarkeLng Jon Lee
LO to AMDA Kazuki Iio
Secretary of Sponsorship Esther Tang Secretary of Academics Jason Park Chief Editor of the NewsleOer Rinchyenkhand Odgerel
LO to EMSA Jiawei Li LO to AMSAAC Thanitsara Riiphairoj Editor in Chief for J-‐AMSA Radhian Amandito
Execu4ve Commi9ee
Subsidiaries Journal Asian Medical Students’ Associa4on (JAMSA) is AMSA Interna4onal's very own biomedical journal which provides AMSA members an avenue to get their works pub-‐ lished. All ar4cles are peer reviewed by a team of student reviewers to ensure the highest quality possible. Submissions include original research, review papers, case reports, commentaries and others. Newly established in 2013, the AMSA Alumni club provides an opportunity for AMSA members who have graduated to gather and maintain social contact with each other. AMSAAC members can also a9end conferences and provide support for current AMSA members.
The Asian Medical Students' Exchange Program (AMSEP) provides opportuni4es for members of the AMSA community to experience the lifestyle of their medical student counterparts in other Chapters while fostering the Vision of Knowledge, Ac4on, and Friendship. The program usually lasts for a week that takes par4cipants to experience the local academic seings by a9ending lectures and clinical rota4ons, while having fun in the exci4ng social programs in store for the delegates.
AMSA-‐Interna4onal’s Quarterly Magazine is a new publica4on which showcases feature ar4cles, le9ers, reports and reflec4ons by AMSA members from our chapters around the world. The nature of content published in the Quarterly Magazine varies widely, reaching audiences of varying interests: An ar4cle in our first magazine details the cultural richness and opportuni4es for exchange programs in Sabah, Malaysia! Available on www.amsa-‐interna4onal.org
The AMSA Interna4onal eNewsle9er aims to provide monthly updates on events, no4ces and opportuni4es. In 2011-‐12, the old AMSA Interna4onal Newsle9er was developed into the AMSA eNewsle9er, and it has since con4nued to be an avenue for communica4on within AMSA’s wider interna4onal community. Available on www.amsa-‐interna4onal.org
Annual Conferences
Asian Medical Students’ Conference (AMSC) and East Asian Medical Students’ Conference (EAMSC) are AMSA-‐interna4onal’s biannual conferences with par4cipa4on of more than 400 medical students from chapters of AMSA Interna4onal. Comprised of academic, cultural and social programs, AMSC and EAMSC provide opportuni4es for medical students from Asia and Oceania to meet and discuss about their research and current issues in the world of medicine. It is also an avenue to learn and experience in the cultures and tradi4ons of different countries. The conference lasts for a week, a week that transforms strangers into lifelong friends, and thus establishes a strong network among the medical students in Asia and Oceania. This network serves as a support group for these future doctors and a stepping stone for future coopera4on in medical programs. More importantly, AMSC and EAMSC are important tools to encourage medical students to think out of their text books, to challenge them to be proac4ve and to speak out, to cul4vate social awareness and to help them grow and become a balanced doctor who prac4ces the science as well as the art of medicine. Throughout the years, AMSC & EAMSC has changed the lives of many and contributed substan4ally to the development of medical students in this region.
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