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
The need for a truly representative organisation for individual European Medical Students: One of the main concerns in organizing the structure in which any European Medical Student could directly become member of the organisation individually, was the need for an organisation that represented European Medical Students in a direct and democratic way. EMSA's inception was based on giving the individual European medical student a direct voice and potential in European Medical Education Matters. Any other association at that time only represented medical students very indirectly. It was felt that an it was far too difficult for a student to have a meaning, impact or induce a change through a federation that represent other federations, which in their turn represented associations, of which becoming a member was not always as simple in every country. Also, no other association represented specifically Geographic (not political) Europe. IFMSA, by nature and organizational structure at that time a federation of federations, has come to appreciate EMSA's pure structure and the empowerment it allows to the individual European Students, and has thus cooperated with EMSA closely keeping the European Medical Student in mind, and close at heart.
A couple of the activities EMSA organizes are: Teddy Bear Hospital, Twinning Project, Eurotalk, Movies and Medicine, EMSA Summer Schools, EMS Council, World Healthcare Students' Symposium, and JEMSA (the scientific publication of EMSA).
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