Invitation to join AMSA

Submitted by David R S on Wed, 2007-02-28 22:29.
  Invitation to join ASIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION 
   
 
Dear Medical Students of Asia and Oceania,
 
   
 As Overall Chairperson of Asian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) International, I welcome you to join our association, which aims to promote the cooperation of medical students in Asia and Oceania. AMSA is a non-political, non-sectarian, and non-profit conference-based organization that was officially founded in 1985. We currently have 13 member countries/regions; Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom and 2 observers; Cambodia and Nepal. According to our philosophy of “Knowledge, Action, Friendship” our members have been actively involved in domestic and regional health issues over the last three decades. 
   
 Our largest and most important event is the Asian Medical Students’ Conference (AMSC), which is held annually in July/August and hosted by a member country/region. AMSC attracts over 400 medical students. The 27th AMSC was held in Hong Kong under the theme “Tobacco – its Burden on Health and Society” in July 2006 and the 28th AMSC will be held in Seoul, Korea under the theme “Cancer” from July 22 – 29, 2007. For more details about the 28th AMSC, please contact Max, the Chairperson of the Organizing Committee at ignite31@yahoo.co.kr. 
   
 East Asian Medical Students’ Conference (EAMSC) is another conference hosted by one of our member country/regions where over 100 medical students gather to discuss medical and health problems, exchange knowledge, and learn about cultural diversities. The 20th EAMSC was held in Taiwan from January 29 – February 2, 2007. 
   
 For more information about our organization, please refer to our website http://amsainternational.org/v2/ or contact Adi, Secretary of Membership and Development at adi_imoedh@yahoo.com. We are very eager to welcome new countries into our family. Last year, we set up a Travel Assistance Grant and now provide financial assistance to new countries that wish to attend AMSA conferences.   
   
  
Please contact us for more information! We are looking forward to your participation!
 
   
 Yours sincerely,  
  
Waka Shibata
Overall Chairperson 06-07, AMSA International
amsa_overall_chairperson@yahoo.com