AMSA International

Welcome to Asian Medical Students Association (AMSA) International! We are the peak representative organisation for medical students from across the Asia-Pacific and beyond.

WHAT: Leaning About Disaster Medicine and International Exchange
WHERE: Manila, the Philippines
WHEN: August 23rd - 29th, 2010
LECTURES: The program is supervised by WHO. Various lecturers such as WHO, local NGO and international NGO gather!

APPLICATION: Please refer to our website(http://sky.geocities.jp/action_project_2010_sakon/home.html）

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About ACTION Asia Camp, which will be held this summer for a week in the Philippines.

What’s ACTION?:
We, ACTION-Project (Asian Collaborative Training on Infectious Disease, Outbreak, Natural Disaster, and Refugee Management), are an official international project of IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students’ Association) . This is 7days international training projectand every year we hold this event somewhere in Asia. Our aim is to train medical students to become medical professionals who can take the initiative in times of disasters in Asia-Pacific region.
Highly motivated to learn about disaster medicine, students from various countries gather to this camp. Last year, more than 50 students from Thailand, Hong-Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, and Taiwan slept, ate, and studied together.

The theme for ACTION 10:
The theme for ACTION 10 in the Philippines is “Health Management in Hospitals and Beyond in Times of Disasters.” When a disaster strikes, there is a high possibility that the demand for medical care exceeds the care that can be provided. The main purpose for this camp is to train medical students to be able deal appropriately and decisively in those emergent situations in the future.

Following is the details of ACTION 10 training:
Period- August 23rdthrough 29th, 2010
Place- Manila, the Philippines
Lectures- University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of medicine and surgery
Theme- “Health Management in Hospitals and Beyond in Times of Disasters”
*For further contents of the program, please see
ACTION2010 website (http://sky.geocitie s.jp/action_ project_2010_ sakon/home. html)

Guidelines for Applicants:
How to apply
- Please download the application form
here (http://cid-8b9b31433eee8841.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public)
and send your application form to action.project@ gmail.com
The number to be admitted and criteria for selection
- The limitation number of applicants is 50.
- If there are more than 50 applicants, ACTION staff shall decide who may participate the camp.

Registration fee
-Registration fee is different between categories;
Category A : 250 Euro
Category B : 210 Euro
Category C : 170 Euro

-You can check the category of countries from here (http://ifmsa.net/public/nmolist.php)
-It includes accommodation, full-board, transportation cost during the program
-It does not include flight fee.

The deadline for application: ONLY for AMSA candidates, applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at
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Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Nicole Alexandria Guevara (APPLE) & Ramon Lorenzo Luis Rosa Guinto (RENZO)
Co-Presidents, AMSA-Philippines 2010-2011

Do you know that AMSA International has many organisational and conference partners?

This month, we feature one of them, AMDA International.

Association of Medical Doctors of Asia, in short AMDA, is an international organization dedicated to realize a peaceful world community through humanitarian efforts in medical health care sector. Founded in Okayama City, Japan, in 1984, AMDA is a non-governmental, non-profit organization with an international network of 30 chapters and 47 collaborating organizations around the world.

AMDA provides emergency medical aid to people affected by natural as well as man-made disasters. With its special strength in the medical and health sectors, AMDA also implements mid- to long-term social development projects helping people in their community building process. AMDA has worked in more than 50 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe in collaboration with governments, UN agencies, such as UNHCR, WHO, WFP, UNOCHA, and other specialized agencies and institutions.

See more at www.amdainternational.com

AMSA International invites you to......

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Created in 1978, the « Medigames » now welcome more than 2,000 health professionals every year in a nice environment. Following editions in St Tropez in France, Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany, Alicante in Spain and even Agadir in Morocco, this year this event will take place in Porec, CROATIA, for its 31^st edition from July 3rd to July 10th. Further than just a friendly sport event, the Games are a unique opportunity to meet colleagues from each medical specialty and develop your network but also to spend great holidays with your close relatives while discovering a new destination (Croatia is 2 hours from Venice by boat).

The international symposium of medicine will also take place during this event. This symposium is opened to all the participants and you are also welcomed to participate as a speaker to our « free communication » sessions. With your family and or friends, discover our ongoing promotional offers (group, sponsorship and student) on our website: www.medigames.com.