Conferences

Medsin holds two national conferences per year. The first, the National Conference, is held in October. The second, the Global Health Conference, is held in March. There are also regional conferences, usually held around Februrary/March.

Conferences are a great way to meet like-minded people, hear internationally renowned speakers and get inspired to take Medsin action at a local level. Training is also offered on a variety of subjects which will help to improve the network.

Medsin also holds two general assemblies per year. The Spring General Assembly is usually held sometime in April, and the Autumn General Assembly, in October.

General Assemblies are an opportunity to shape the direction of Medsin, vote on changes to the way the organisation works, vote in new projects and campaigns, and in the spring, to elect a new national committee. They also provide a great opportunity for networking with other members and training is provided on a variety of topics.

If your branch are thinking of running to host a conference, you may what to look at this friendly advice from Medsin Leeds who ran the national conference in 2005.

Wonder what a Medsin conference is really like? Check out the First time reflections on a Medsin conference from Anand Bhopal to see what he thought.

Medsin also attends the August and March General Assemblies of the IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students Association). To see what happens at these events March Meeting 2009 - Conflict and Health and August Meeting 2008 - Food and Nutrition

Autumn General Assembly

2006

The AGA 2006 was held in Manchester on the 7th-8th of October.

To read all about what went on click on the link above.

For details of policy statements passed at the AGA go here To see presentations that were given go here

2007

This year's AGA was held in Southampton on the 22nd & 23rd of September. To read more about this event, click here.

Presentations that were given are available here.

2008

This September 08, the AGA was held in Leicester! Click here to find out how it went!

2009

This September 09, the AGA was held in Edinburgh! Click here to find out what went on!

National Conference

Past Conferences

2007

This year's conference was held in Dundee on 26th-28th October. The theme of this conference was 'Population and Health'.

2008

The National Conference 2008 was hosted by the Medsin branch at UCL. The theme of this conference was 'Power and Politics in Global Health'. The event was extremely successful and you and find out more about what happened over the weekend here

Regional Conferences

Regional conferences are a way of geting members from various branches together for one day conferences. Most are focussed on issues relating to global and local health inequalities and also include workshops for training and exploring issues in more depth.

Global Health Conference

Past Conferences

2007

Last year's Global Health Conference was held in Newcastle on the 24th/25th of March, 2007. See this page for details of what went on.

2008

Medsin-Oxford hosted the Global Health Conference 2008 on 29th & 30th March. The theme of this conference was be 'Evolving Problems & New Perspectives'. Click here to find a write up of the conference, including voting minutes and presentations from speakers.

2009

Medsin-Manchester are hosting this year's GHC on 28th / 29th Match 2009

Spring General Assembly

2006

Held in Leicester, April 29th-30th.

Minutes available here

2007

Held in London, April 21st-22nd

Minutes Available here. A short summary of what went on here

2008

Held in Leeds, April 26th-27th. Minutes available here.

2009

Held in Bristol, April 26th-27th. Minutes and weekend summary available here

2010

The SGA was held in Manchester, on the 1st-2nd May 2010. Visit here for more information on what went on!

Last updated on Wednesday 12 May 2010 at 20:34.