The East Asian Medical Students’ Conference was an annual conference hosted by various cities around East Asia. At its inception, it aimed to inspire delegates to become active in the amelioration of global healthcare problems through networking with other medical students from the East Asian region. In the recent decades, it has expanded to involve delegates from all AMSA Members allowing the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and cultural understanding.
The EAMSC continues to inspire medical students to analyse global health issues more closely and to utilise the role of medical students in the promotion of public health. It challenges students to think beyond what is learnt at university through various academic, sociocultural, and community service activities which explore a nominated conference theme.
What is
EAMSC?
What is EAMSC?
The East Asian Medical Students’ Conference was an annual conference hosted by various cities around East Asia. At its inception, it aimed to inspire delegates to become active in the amelioration of global healthcare problems through networking with other medical students from the East Asian region. In the recent decades, it has expanded to involve delegates from all AMSA Members allowing the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and cultural understanding.
The EAMSC continues to inspire medical students to analyse global health issues more closely and to utilise the role of medical students in the promotion of public health. It challenges students to think beyond what is learnt at university through various academic, sociocultural, and community service activities which explore a nominated conference theme.
History of EAMSC
During the 8th Asian Medical Students Conference (AMSC 1987) in Malaysia, delegates from AMSA’s Korea and Taiwan chapters discussed the need for a specialised conference between the two countries. This conference was called the “Korea-China Medical Students’ Conference”/”Sino-Korea Medical Students’ Conference”. The first conference was held late Janurary to early February 1988 under the theme of “The Present Status and Future of Medical Service in Asia”. The conference did not initially include delegates from AMSA’s Japan nor Hong Kong chapters.
At the AMSC 1994 held in Thailand, delegates AMSA’s Hong Kong and Japan Chapters were organised to attend the conference for the first time. Due to the participation of these new chapters, the conference was renamed to the East Asian Medical Students’ Conference.
By 2002, participation at the EAMSC was opened to all AMSA Chapters attracting delegates from all over Asia and Oceana to EAMSC 2002 in the Philippines.
List of all the Conferences
Year | Host | Theme | |
1st | 1988 | South Korea | The Present Status and Future Medical Service in Asia |
2nd | 1989 | South Korea | Hepatitis B: A Growing Epidemic in Korea and Taiwan |
3rd | 1990 | – | New Hope for Life: Organ Transplantation |
4th | 1991 | – | Prevention of Tuberculosis |
5th | 1992 | – | Prevention of Occupational Disease: On Its Revie of Present Status and Prospective |
6th | 1993 | – | Geriatric Disorders: The Medicine of 21st Century |
7th | 1994 | – | The Liver Disease |
8th | 1995 | – | Alcohol and Drug Abuse |
9th | 1996 | South Korea | Rehabilitation |
10th | 1997 | – | The Evolution of Modern Medicine |
11th | 1998 | South Korea | – |
12th | 1999 | Taiwan | Geriatric Medicine |
13th | 2000 | Taiwan | Reforming Healthcare with Information Technology |
14th | 2001 | Japan | Death |
15th | 2002 | Hong Kong | – |
16th | 2003 | Philippines | Medicine and Ethics: Enhancing Global Commitment Towards Enlightened Patient Care |
17th | 2004 | Taiwan | Medical Education |
18th | 2005 | Japan | The Nature of Health: Medical Profession and Social Expectations |
19th | 2006 | Indonesia | Emergency: Medical Students’ Role on Disaster Management |
20th | 2007 | Taiwan | The Prevention and Control of Newly-Arisen Epidemics |
21st | 2008 | Thailand | Alcohol |
22nd | 2009 | Malaysia | Engaging Asia-Pacific Youth in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS |
23rd | 2010 | Malaysia | Men’s Health: Defining the Past, Refining the Future |
24th | 2011 | Thailand | Adolescent Health: Embrace the Future, Better the World |
25th | 2012 | Singapore | Infectious Diseases: Battling the Enemy on All Fronts |
26th | 2013 | Japan | Disaster Medicine: Transition from Emergency Care to Routine/Long-Term Medical Care in the Context of Overall Health Recovery and Development |
27th | 2014 | South Korea | Chronic Disease |
28th | 2015 | Indonesia | Sexually Transmitted Infections: Halt The Disease, Help The People |
29th | 2016 | Taiwan | Medical care in the future |
30th | 2017 | Australia | Climate Change in Medicine |
31st | 2018 | Nepal | Maternal and Neonatal Health |
32nd | 2019 | Thailand | Diabetes and Obesity: The unrecognized burden |
33rd | 2020 | India | Emergency Medicine |
34th | 2021 | Philippines | Communication in Healthcare: Sending the Right Message (Online Conference) |
35th | 2022 | Egypt | Outbreak and Healthcare (Online Academic Competition) |
36th | 2023 | Nepal | Mountain and Wilderness Medicine |