About Us

The Asian Medical Students' Association Malaysia organize for medical students from UKM, UMS, IMU, UCSI, USM, UPM, Monash, UiTM, AIMST, PMC, UTAR .

The Asian Medical Students’ Association is a peak representative organization for medical students from across Asia, the Asia-Pacific and beyond. Training doctors from 11 Member Nations and 2 Associate Nations combine to share knowledge, undertake activities and social services and foster international and trans-continental friendships.

AMSA carries the vision of ”Knowledge, Action and Friendship”, covering the three areas we continuously strive to further in our members and peers through our organizational mission:

Knowledge

We promote scientific and medical activities to increase and expand our knowledge whilst training to become the medical professionals of the future.

Action

As medical students, we are concerned for the community around us and endeavor to do things for the benefit and improvement of our fellow citizens.

Friendship

As future doctors, we aim to build and maintain good relationship among our colleagues of the Asia-Pacific and beyond.

History

Asian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) Malaysia is a non-profit and non-political organisation led by medical students, started its operation in The National University of Malaysia (UKM) since year 1985.

AMSA was officially founded in Manila, Philippines in 1985 and from that day has been an active, dynamic and exciting student-led, non-profit, non-political organization. Having established AMSA Malaysia in year 1983, AMSA Malaysia was one of the 6 funding members of AMSA International.

Professor Dato’ Dr Lokman Saim, the founder of AMSA Malaysia recapped the introduction of AMSA into Malaysia during the recent interview,

“In the year 1980, medical students from Japan joined students in Thailand in the very first Asian medical Students’ Conference (AMSC) which was held in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the first meeting of its kind among medical students in Asia. In 1981, Malaysia was also invited to the conference. Medical students from UKM responded to the invitation and participated in the event. I was one of the students who had the privilege to participate in the event. 2 years later, UKM offered to organize the Asian Medical Students’ Conference (AMSC) in 1983 with the theme “Drug Abuse”. This was the first step in bringing AMSA to Malaysia.”

In present, AMSA Malaysia has also secured partnership from other medical students’ associations from other universities in Malaysia, namely International Medical University, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, University College of Sedaya International, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Monash University, Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology University, Penang Medical College dan Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman.

AMSA Malaysia was given the honor to host the following international conferences:

Among the awards received over the years include: