What is AMSA?

The Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) is the peak representative body for medical students in Australia. As a medical student and member of your medical society, you automatically become an AMSA member.

What AMSA Does?

AMSA structures its activities according to six subbrands.

Advocacy Community Events
Global Membership Publications

AMSA's mandate is to provide a voice for medical students, so that their concerns are heard by all levels of government and other relevant stakeholders in the medical education arena.

We do this by:

• Forming close but independent relationships with other organisations who share our concerns.
• Engaging Federal and State health ministers and shadow ministers in discussion about the important issues faced by our members.
• Providing representation on committees, like the Australian Medical Council, who are directly responsible for medical education.
• And perhaps most importantly, communicating with all our members to ensure their opinions are heard.

Click here for more information on AMSA's representative function.

How Do I Get Involved in AMSA?

Check: The AMSA webpage regularly at www.amsa.org.au

Contact: Your local AMSA representative - their details can be found here.

Collaborate: Consider attending AMSA Sub-Committee meetings, AMSA Convention, the Global Health Conference or National Leadership Development Seminar.

Contribute: Give blood during the annual Great AMSA Blood Drive - blood saves lives! Get involved in the National Charity Drive! Raise money for those who need it most. Write an article and have it published in Panacea

What is the NSW MSC?

The NSW Medical Student Council was formed in November 2006 in an effort to
• To represent the views of all medical students in NSW
• Promote the co-operation of all medical schools in NSW to maintain optimal medical education
• Promote and address issues pertinent to NSW medical students
• Protect the well-being of medical students in NSW

What the NSW MSC does?

NSW MSC events for 2008 will include a welcome cocktail night, an academic event set to highlight medico-political student issues and the inter-university sports day where the strongly contested “university cup” will be decided for the year. MSC also runs quarterly meetings which are open to every NSW medical student to provide a platform for awareness of specific university and student concerns and identify potential issues specific to NSW medical students

The NSW MSC will achieve these aims by:
• Fostering and sustaining co-operation and communication among the medical schools in NSW
• Acting as a lobbying group for medical students to the NSW government and NSW-specific bodies
• Fostering unity among medical students by providing a forum for their opinions
• Fostering communication between the medical students and the community

How do I get involved in the NSW MSC?

The MSC welcomes every medical student in NSW to participate in one or many of the events and meetings held each year. For further information please contact Sam Hwang ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Theresa Ly ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or check out the NSWMSC webpage (www.nswmsc.org.au).