Asian Medical Students' Association
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| Abbreviation | AMSA |
|---|---|
| Motto | Knowledge, Action, Friendship |
| Founded | 1985 at Manila, the Philippines |
| Headquarters | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Membership | 29 Chapters |
Official language | English |
Overall Chairperson | Marjorie Ong Jia Yi |
| Website | www |
Asian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) also known as Asian Medical Students’ Association International (AMSA International).[1][2][3][4][5][6] is an international medical students organisation. Asian Medical Students' Association a not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation having its operation in Asia, Asia-Pacific and beyond Asia. [7] It is led by an international medical student board under vision of Knowledge, Action and Friendship. AMSA International functions to promote inter-personal relationships amongst its Chapters and encourages sustainable cooperation among future doctors.it also conducts international medical conferences [8]under strict code of medical ethics[9].
History[edit]
AMSA International[10] was officially founded at the sixth Asian Medical Students’ Conference (AMSC), that was held at Manila, the Philippines in 1985. Medical students (Chapters) from nine different nations – Australia, Hong Kong[11], Indonesia [12], Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand, gathered at the conference and founded this international organisation. Currently, It covers nations from Asia ,Asia-pacific and beyond[13] AMSA International has branched and introduced subsidiaries and activities to be undertaken regionally and nationally within the Chapters. Some of which includes the Asian Medical Students’ Conferences (AMSC), East-Asian Medical Students’ Conferences (EAMSC), Asian Medical Students’ Exchange Programme (AMSEP), academic and health awareness projects.[14] AMSA International also produces student publications and collaborates with many other medical student and health organisations for various projects and organises exchange projects as well.[15]
Structure[edit]
AMSA International[16] is led by an international board of medical students[17][18] - International Executive Board (I-EB), from Asia-Pacific and United Kingdom. This board is renewed every year.
It is composed of Senior Officers (Overall Chairperson, Vice Overall Chairperson Internal, Vice Overall Chairperson External, General Secretary and General Treasurer), Executive Committee & Regional Chairperson. It overlooks the functioning of AMSA International. Each chapter has a Regional Chairpersons, responsible for activities of respective chapter. [19] [3]
List of Overall Chairpersons[edit]
The Overall Chairperson [17][20] is the official representative of AMSA International.
| Tenure | Name | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| 1985/1986 | N/A | N/A |
| 1986/1987 | N/A | N/A |
| 1987/1988 | N/A | N/A |
| 1988/1989 | N/A | N/A |
| 1989/1990 | Yoshihiro Takashima | Japan |
| 1990/1991 | Ari Fahrial Syam | Indonesia |
| 1991/1992 | N/A | N/A |
| 1992/1993 | N/A | N/A |
| 1993/1994 | N/A | N/A |
| 1994/1995 | N/A | N/A |
| 1995/1996 | Yuthana Sethanand | Thailand |
| 1996/1997 | Leung Wai Man, Raymond | Hong Kong |
| 1997/1998 | Badrul Akmal Hisham Yusoff | Malaysia |
| 1998/1999 | Celia Kemp | Australia |
| 1999/2000 | Yasmin Mabutas | The Philippines |
| 2000/2001 | N/A | N/A |
| 2001/2002 | Eugene Makalingga | The Philippines |
| 2002/2003 | N/A | N/A |
| 2003/2004 | Aprilianto Eddy Wiria | Indonesia |
| 2004/2005 | Dara Rosmailina Pabittei | Indonesia |
| 2005/2006 | Julia Huang | Taiwan |
| 2006/2007 | Waka Shibata | Japan |
| 2007/2008 | Alessandro Demaio | Australia |
| 2008/2009 | Muhammad Umair | Pakistan |
| 2009/2010 | Omar Mansour | Australia |
| 2010/2011 | Aditya Kumar | Nepal |
| 2011/2012 | Joseph Assad | Australia |
| 2012/2013 | Juin Yi Ng | Malaysia |
| 2013/2014 | Samuel Vo | Australia |
| 2014/2015 | Garda Widhi Nurraga | Indonesia |
| 2015/2016 | Marco Christian Michael | Indonesia |
| 2016/2017 | Xinyuan Liu | China |
| 2017/2018 | Wong Soon Kuen | Malaysia |
| 2018/2019 | Wong Soon Kuen | Malaysia |
| 2019/2020 | Khaw Shen Chuen, Adrian | Scotland |
| 2020/2021 | Marjorie Ong Jia Yi | Malaysia |
Members[edit]
Australia - Bangladesh - China - Egypt - England - Hong Kong - India - Indonesia - Japan - Kazakhstan - Korea - Kyrgyzstan - Macau - Malaysia - Mongolia - Myanmar - Nepal - New Zealand - Northern Ireland - Pakistan - Palestine - Philippines - Singapore - Taiwan - Thailand - Ukraine - Uzbekistan - Vietnam - Scotland
AMSA International[21] currently has 29 Chapters around the globe.
General meetings[edit]
There are two general meetings of AMSA International. The first is referred to as the Executive Board Meeting (EBM) The EBM is the main decision-making arena of AMSA International. The second general meeting is named as the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM marks the annual regeneration point for the office bearers of AMSA International.
Subsidiaries[edit]
The subsidiaries of AMSA International drive the activities of the organisation. AMSA International defines the boundaries of each subsidiary.
Conferences[edit]
There are two conferences held yearly under AMSA International. These biannual conferences are managed and supervised by the Director of Membership and Development (Conferences). Each conference is based on a specific theme.
Asian Medical Students’ Conferences (AMSC)[edit]
The Asian Medical Students’ Conference[22] is a conference conducted by AMSA International. It is a yearly conference conducted usually during summer. It is about a week long and has Academic, Socio-cultural and Community Service programmes. It involves participation from all the chapters affiliated to AMSA International.
The first Asian Medical Students’ Conference was held in Bangkok, Thailand in 1980, 5 years before the establishment of the organisation. There were only a small group of medical students from four countries – India, Japan, Singapore and Thailand then. The group of medical students gathered and discussed issues of community medicine, nutrition, water and infection. It is the hallmark activity of AMSA International.[23][24][25]
| Year | Chapter | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Thailand | Community Medicine in Asia |
| 1981 | Thailand | Water Sanitation and Water-borne Disease |
| 1982 | Thailand | Nutrition |
| 1983 | Malaysia | Drug Abuse |
| 1984 | Singapore | Child Health |
| 1985 | The Philippines | Role of Youth in Population Control: Asian Viewpoints |
| 1986 | Hong Kong | Mental Health in Asia |
| 1987 | Malaysia | Medical Curriculum for Year 2000 |
| 1988 | Taiwan | Present Status and Future Prospects of Medical Service in Asia |
| 1989 | Japan | Primary Health Care in Asia |
| 1990 | Indonesia | Towards Promoting Mother and Child Health Status |
| 1991 | South Korea | Endemic Disease of Each Country and Its Control |
| 1992 | Malaysia | The Role of Medical Students in Primary Health Care |
| 1993 | Taiwan | Environmental Medicine |
| 1994 | Thailand | AIDS |
| 1995 | Hong Kong | Life Styles of Health |
| 1996 | Indonesia | Doctor Professional and Its Challenge Towards the Year 2000 |
| 1997 | The Philippines | Hand Cross Asia: Work Together For Better Health Care |
| 1998 | Malaysia | The Challenges of Health Care Management in the next Millennium |
| 1999 | Thailand | Effective Use of Health Care Resources |
| 2000 | South Korea | New Wave in Medicine |
| 2001 | Australia | Health Priorities in the Twenty-First Century |
| 2002 | Japan | Community Medicine in Asia |
| 2003 | Indonesia | The Advances of Tropical Medicine in Asia |
| 2004 | Thailand | Traditional Medicine |
| 2005 | Malaysia | Technology in Medicine |
| 2006 | Hong Kong | Tobacco |
| 2007 | South Korea | Cancer in Asia – Incidence, Suffering and Prevention |
| 2008 | Japan | Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion |
| 2009 | Taiwan | Stigmatized Illnesses |
| 2010 | Indonesia | Geriatrics Health |
| 2011 | Hong Kong | Integrative Medicine: Evidence-based traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM) in modern medical practice |
| 2012 | The Philippines | Surmounting Health Inequalities across Asia as One Region |
| 2013 | Malaysia | The Incoming Tide of Community Medicine |
| 2015 | Singapore | Geriatric Medicine: Embracing the Silver Tsunami |
| 2016 | The Philippines | Beyond Our Clinics : The Social Determinants of Health |
| 2017 | South Korea | Hospital, No longer a safe area |
| 2018 | Malaysia | Infection Control: Old Problems, New Challenges |
| 2019 | Singapore | Healthcare without Borders: The Problems |
| 2021 | England | Trauma: Same Problem, Different Solution |
East Asian Medical Students’ Conference (EAMSC)[edit]
The East Asian Medical Students’ Conference[26]l[27] is another conference conducted by AMSA International. It is a yearly conference conducted usually during winter. It is based on the three programmes pillars of AMSA International, similar to Asian Medical Students' Conference. It began as a series of mini conferences between two east Asian chapters.first of which was the “Korea-China Medical Students’ Conference” or ”Sino-Korea Medical Students’ Conference”.Gradually,other east Asian chapters were involved and thus ,it got renamed as East Asian Medical Students’ Conference. The first official EAMSC was conducted in 2002.[28][3]
| Year | Chapter | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | South Korea | The Present Status and Future Medical Service in Asia |
| 1989 | South Korea | Hepatitis B: A Growing Epidemic in Korea and Taiwan |
| 1990 | N/A | New Hope for Life: Organ Transplantation |
| 1991 | N/A | Prevention of Tuberculosis |
| 1992 | N/A | Prevention of Occupational Disease: On Its Revie of Present Status and Prospective |
| 1993 | N/A | Geriatric Disorders: The Medicine of 21st Century |
| 1994 | N/A | The Liver Disease |
| 1995 | N/A | Alcohol and Drug Abuse |
| 1996 | South Korea | Rehabilitation |
| 1997 | N/A | The Evolution of Modern Medicine |
| 1998 | South Korea | N/A |
| 1999 | Taiwan | Geriatric Medicine |
| 2000 | Taiwan | Reforming Healthcare with Information Technology |
| 2001 | Japan | Death |
| 2002 | Hong Kong | N/A |
| 2003 | The Philippines | Medicine and Ethics: Enhancing Global Commitment Towards Enlightened Patient Care |
| 2004 | Taiwan | Medical Education |
| 2005 | Japan | The Nature of Health: Medical Profession and Social Expectations |
| 2006 | Indonesia | Emergency: Medical Students’ Role on Disaster Management |
| 2007 | Taiwan | The Prevention and Control of Newly-Arisen Epidemics |
| 2008 | Thailand | Alcohol |
| 2009 | Malaysia | Engaging Asia-Pacific Youth in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS |
| 2010 | Malaysia | Men's Health: Defining the Past, Refining the Future |
| 2011 | Thailand | Adolescent Health: Embrace the Future, Better the World |
| 2012 | Singapore | Infectious Diseases: Battling the Enemy on All Fronts |
| 2013 | Japan | Disaster Medicine: Transition from Emergency Care to Routine/Long-Term Medical Care in the Context of Overall Health Recovery and Development |
| 2014 | South Korea | Chronic Disease |
| 2015 | Indonesia | Sexually Transmitted Infections: Halt The Disease, Help The People |
| 2016 | Taiwan | Medical care in the future |
| 2017 | Australia | Climate Change in Medicine |
| 2018 | Nepal | Maternal and Neonatal Health |
| 2019 | Thailand | Diabetes and Obesity: The unrecognized burden |
| 2020 | India | Emergency Medicine |
| 2021 | The Philippines | Communication in Healthcare: Sending the Right Message |
Asian Medical Students’ Exchange Programme (AMSEP)[edit]
The 'Asian Medical Students' Exchange Programme[3]' is a subsidiary of AMSA International established in 2003. The first exchange programme was conducted between AMSA Japan and AMSA Indonesia in 2006. An Asian Medical Students' Exchange Programme is generally a week long and encompasses three programme pillars of AMSA International - Academic, Socio-cultural and Community Service programmes.
The Director of AMSEP (DoAMSEP) of AMSA International is the head of Asian Medical Students' Exchange Programme, governing the subsidiary as a whole. The National DoAMSEP of respective Chapters has the responsibility to facilitate discussions and assist the DoAMSEP of AMSA International at Chapter level. Each National DoAMSEP is assisted by Local DoAMSEPs at university level.
It conducts interorganisational exchanges through inter-organisational partnerships with European Medical Students' Association (EMSA) and Federation of African Medical Students' Association. Both exchanges are commonly named as European-Asian Medical Students’ Exchange Programme (EAMSEP) and Federation of African-Asian Medical Students’ Exchange Programme (FAMSEP) respectively.
Academics[edit]
The Academics subsidiary conducts biannual competitions on specific topics complying to medical education. .[29] These competitions improve members' knowledge through scientific papers, public health posters, social campaigns and white papers.[30]
The Academics subsidiary is led by Director of Academics (DoA) of AMSA International. The National DoA of respective Chapters assist the DoA of AMSA International at Chapter level. The main aim of this subsidiary is to provide a borderless and gratis experience towards knowledge-transfer.
Global Health[edit]
The Global Health[10][31] subsidiary of AMSA International liaises through inter organizational partnerships to discuss pressing health issues. The subsidiary generally functions to coordinate and promote public health activities and global health initiatives at International level. It is led by The Director of Global Health (DoGH) of AMSA International. The National DoPGH (Director of Public and Global Health) of respective Chapters has the responsibility to assist the DoGH of AMSA International at international level, and Chapter level by initiating local public health advocacies. By cooperating with international health organisations like World Health Organisation (WHO), this subsidiary aims to provide gratis and impactful global health experiences.
Journal of Asian Medical Students’ Association (JAMSA)[edit]
The Journal of Asian Medical Students’ Association [ISSN 2226-3403][32][33][34] is a biannual student-led medical journal of AMSA International. It is coordinated by the Chief Editor of Journal of Asian Medical Students' Association. The Journal of Asian Medical Students’ Association was established in 2012.This medical journal is indexed in Google scholar, Ulrichsweb, IndexCopernicus and Gale Cangage learning. It allots DOI to the articles and publishes research annually. It provides a platform[35] for members of AMSA International to publish their original research articles, reviews, case reports, conference reports and perspective articles.
AMSA International eNewsletter[edit]
The AMSA International eNewsletter [ISSN 2710-2769][36] is a quarterly publication of AMSA International. It is coordinated by the Chief Editor of Newsletter. The AMSA International eNewsletter provides insight regarding latest opportunities under AMSA International and discussions towards current health issues. Members of AMSA International can contribute to the eNewsletter.
Asian Medical Students’ Association Alumni Club (AMSAAC)[edit]
The Asian Medical Students' Association Alumni Club[37] is an another association of AMSA International. AMSAAC aims to connect and network the alumni of AMSA, to support and aid the development of medical students under AMSA.
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External links[edit]
AMSA International Official Website
WHO official Website
IFMSA Partners
FAMSA Partners
ADPSA Partners
IADS Partners
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