European Medical Students' Association
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The European Medical Students' Association (EMSA) is a non-governmental non-profit organisation for medical students focusing on medical education, ethics and science in Europe.
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[edit] About EMSA
EMSA was founded in Brussels in 1991. It integrates medical students in Europe through activities organized for and by medical students and representing them in Brussels. Faculties are members, not the individual countries. Since EMSA’s foundation many medical faculties throughout Europe enrolled with EMSA. It currently unites 49 medical faculties from 18 countries across Europe. EMSA seeks to improve the health and the quality of care of the citizens of Europe by acting as a conduit for increased interaction and sharing of knowledge between European medical students in the areas of medical education, ethics and science.
[edit] Objectives
The objectives of EMSA, which has no lucrative aims whatsoever, are:
- To form a network between European medical students to facilitate European integration and develop a sense of European identity
- To represent and voice the opinions of the medical students of Europe
- To act as a forum for all medical students in Europe, to discuss topics related to the fields of medical education, medical ethics, and medical research
- To promote the highest standards in European medical education and ensure the quality of healthcare in Europe
- To promote training, activities and projects related to health in Europe to the benefit of medical students and society
- To facilitate intercultural understanding by organizing social and cultural events
- To cooperate with other student organizations and with organizations representing the medical profession
A couple of the activities EMSA organizes are: Teddy Bear Hospital, Twinning Project, Eurotalk, EMSA Summer Schools, EMS Council, WorldMaPS, and JEMSA (the scientific publication of EMSA).
[edit] History
In 1990 the idea to create a European Medical Students' Association was discussed during a symposium for medical students from all European countries organized by students of the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium. A working group was created and in the summer 1991 the European Medical Students' Association was founded in Brussels. This first EMSA General Assembly was under the patronage of HRH the King of Belgium and was financally supported by the European Community's ERASMUS programme. The statutes were officially established and published under Belgian (and thus European) law.
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[edit] Presidents
- 1991 President ad interim (legal deposition): Claire Nguyen
- 1991/1992 Christophe Laurent (Belgium) (First President Elect)
- 1992/1993 Fiona Arnold (United Kingdom)
- 1994/1995 Debbie Puxley (United Kingdom)
- 1995/1996 Jan Schilling (Germany)
- 1996/1997 Jacco Veldhuyzen (The Netherlands)
- 1998/1999 Igor Ilievski (FYR of Macedonia)
- 1998/1999 Jaroslaw J. Oleszczuk (Poland)
- 1999/2000 Vijay Rawal (United Kingdom)
- 2000/2001 Nick Kai Schneider (Germany)
- 2001/2003 Hrvoje Vrazic (Croatia)
- 2003/2004 Amanda Wong (United Kingdom)
- 2004/2005 Divo Ljubicic (Croatia)
- 2005/2006 Emon Farrah Malik (United Kingdom)
- 2006/2007 Daniel Keszthelyi (Hungary)
