Pan American Medical Students' Association (PAMSA)

PAMSA (acronym for the Pan American Medical Students' Association) is one of the five Regions of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA). PAMSA gathers medical students from the Western Hemisphere and was created in 2002 after the merging of the North American region (USA,Canada and Mexico) with the former Caribbean and Latin American Medical Students' Association (CLAMSA).

CLAMSA was formed in March 2001 during the 48th March Meeting (General Assembly) of the IFMSA at the Hotel Dolmen in St. Paul's Bay, Qawra, Malta. The formation of CLAMSA was steered by National Member Organizations (NMOs) from the Caribbean and Latin America represented at the General Assembly. Some of the founding member countries of CLAMSA in 2001 included: Brazil, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Panama.

In 2010, IFMSA represented 16 countries from the Americas, and 19 NMOs. PAMSA now spreads over North, Central, South America and the Caribbean and brings together the students of those 19 NMOs.

List of countries members of PAMSA in 2010

North America Country NMO  Canada CFMS, IFMSA-Quebec  United States AMSA-USA  Mexico IFMSA-Mexico Central America Country NMO  El Salvador IFMSA-El Salvador  Costa Rica IFMSA-Costa Rica  Panama IFMSA-Panama The Caribbean Country NMO  Jamaica JAMSA  Grenada IFMSA-Grenada South America Country NMO  Colombia ASCEMCOL  Venezuela FEVESOCEM  Ecuador IFMSA-Ecuador  Peru IFMSA-Peru, APEMH  Chile IFMSA-Chile  Bolivia IFMSA-Bolivia  Brazil DENEM, IFMSA-Brazil  Argentina IFMSA-Argentina | Paraguay ||IFMSA-Paraguay

List of past PAMSA Regional Coordinators

• 2002-2003: Rosa Isabel Escamilla Bran  Guatemala
• 2003-2004: Rodrigo Tenze Epperson  El Salvador
• 2004-2006: Lawrence Loh  Canada
• 2006-2007: Kiran Surage  Jamaica
• 2007-2008: Diego Lim  Panama, Jessica Tang  Peru
• 2008-2010: Fiorella Barbagelata  Peru
• 2010-2011: Geneviève Bois  Canada  Québec

List of past Regional Meetings

Country Date Theme Description  Guatemala (Amatitlan) June 2002 First Regional gathering 2003 none, but a regional training was held during the National Assembly of IFMSA-El Salvador 2004 none  Panama (Panama city) January 2005 Connecting our NMOs 100-125 students from Panama, 25 from the rest of the Region  Brazil (Salvador da Bahia) January 2006 People's Health in the Americas 130 students from Brazil, 25 from the rest of the Region  Bolivia(Cochabamba) January 2007 Fourth and Fifth MDGs mainly students from Bolivia, 5-10 from the rest of the Region  Brazil IFMSA BRAZIL (São Paulo - Faculdade de medicina do ABC) January 2008 The impact of violence on health  Panama(Panama city) January 2009 Neglected Tropical Diseases 130 students from the Region  Chile (Quillota) January 2010 Social change 185 students from the Region  Bolivia (Cochabamba) January 2011 Emergencies and Disasters expected 150 students  Peru January 2012

See also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFMSA

References

http://www.ifmsa.org

External links

http://www.ifmsa.org