The Asian Medical Students’ Conference is the flagship conference of AMSA International that involves the participation of hundreds of medical students at summer yearly.
The objective of AMSC lies in creating a platform for a strong, global network of medical students, who as future medical practitioners, will explore and develop their academic knowledge, cultural appreciation, and interpersonal skills.
The AMSC comprises of three main aspects: academic, sociocultural, and community service programmes. This event allows medical students from AMSA Members to congregate, discuss and present their projects and research which were conducted based on the theme agreed upon for the conference that year. In addition, delegates can also experience different traditions and customs through the cultural events organised throughout course of the conference and network with future doctors across Asia, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, or race.
What is
AMSC?
What is
AMSC?
The Asian Medical Students’ Conference is the flagship conference of AMSA International that involves the participation of hundreds of medical students at summer yearly.
The objective of AMSC lies in creating a platform for a strong, global network of medical students, who as future medical practitioners, will explore and develop their academic knowledge, cultural appreciation, and interpersonal skills.
The AMSC comprises of three main aspects: academic, sociocultural, and community service programmes. This event allows medical students from AMSA Members to congregate, discuss and present their projects and research which were conducted based on the theme agreed upon for the conference that year. In addition, delegates can also experience different traditions and customs through the cultural events organised throughout course of the conference and network with future doctors across Asia, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, or race.
History of
AMSC?
In 1980, the first Asian Medical Students’ Conference was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Medical students from four countries – India, Japan, Singapore and Thailand gathered to discuss issues of community medicine, nutrition, water and infection. Since then, the AMSC has grown along with AMSA International, involving over 20 local chapters from the Asia Pacific region and beyond, and features different themes from different health disciplines at each annual conference.
List of all the Conferences
| Year | Host | Theme | |
| 1st | 1980 | Thailand | Community Medicine in Asia |
| 2nd | 1981 | Thailand | Water Sanitation and Water-borne Disease |
| 3rd | 1982 | Thailand | Nutrition |
| 4th | 1983 | Malaysia | Drug Abuse |
| 5th | 1984 | Singapore | Child Health |
| 6th | 1985 | Philippines | Role of Youth in Population Control: Asian Viewpoints |
| 7th | 1986 | Hong Kong | Mental Health in Asia |
| 8th | 1987 | Malaysia | Medical Curriculum for Year 2000 |
| 9th | 1988 | Taiwan | Present Status and Future Prospects of Medical Service in Asia |
| 10th | 1989 | Japan | Primary Health Care in Asia |
| 11th | 1990 | Indonesia | Towards Promoting Mother and Child Health Status |
| 12th | 1991 | South Korea | Endemic Disease of Each Country and Its Control |
| 13th | 1992 | Malaysia | The Role of Medical Students in Primary Health Care |
| 14th | 1993 | Taiwan | Environmental Medicine |
| 15th | 1994 | Thailand | AIDS |
| 16th | 1995 | Hong Kong | Life Styles of Health |
| 17th | 1996 | Indonesia | Doctor Professional and Its Challenge Towards the Year 2000 |
| 18th | 1997 | Philippines | Hand Cross Asia: Work Together For Better Health Care |
| 19th | 1998 | Malaysia | The Challenges of Health Care Management in The Next Millennium |
| 20th | 1999 | Thailand | Effective Use of Health Care Resources |
| 21st | 2000 | South Korea | New Wave in Medicine |
| 22nd | 2001 | Australia | Health Priorities in the Twenty-First Century |
| 23rd | 2002 | Japan | Community Medicine in Asia |
| 24th | 2003 | Indonesia | The Advances of Tropical Medicine in Asia |
| 25th | 2004 | Thailand | Traditional Medicine |
| 26th | 2005 | Malaysia | Technology in Medicine |
| 27th | 2006 | Hong Kong | Tobacco |
| 28th | 2007 | South Korea | Cancer in Asia – Incidence, Suffering and Prevention |
| 29th | 2008 | Japan | Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion |
| 30th | 2009 | Taiwan | Stigmatized Illnesses |
| 31st | 2010 | Indonesia | Geriatrics Health |
| 32nd | 2011 | Hong Kong | Integrative Medicine: Evidence-based traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM) in modern medical practice |
| 33rd | 2012 | Philippines | Surmounting Health Inequalities across Asia as One Region |
| 34th | 2013 | Malaysia | The Incoming Tide of Community Medicine |
| 35th | 2014 | Thailand | Cancelled due to Martial Law issue |
| 36th | 2015 | Singapore | Geriatric Medicine: Embracing the Silver Tsunami |
| 37th | 2016 | Philippines | Beyond Our Clinics : The Social Determinants of Health |
| 38th | 2017 | South Korea | Hospital, No longer a safe area |
| 39th | 2018 | Malaysia | Infection Control: Old Problems, New Challenges |
| 40th | 2019 | Singapore | Healthcare without Borders: The Problems |
| 41st | 2020 | London | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 42nd | 2021 | London | Trauma: Same Problem, Different Solution (Online Conference) |
| 43rd | 2022 | South Korea | Telemedicine: Is it ideal or suboptimal? |