News

Wellbeing Awareness Month – September

September 1st, 2010

Making Medical School a better place to be
Due to the nature of our training and what we do, we as medical students are exposed to a variety of difficult and stressful situations. Most of… Read More

Vampire Cup – Annual Medical School Blood Drive

August 31st, 2010

Definition of “medical students”: noun, pl. Persons attending medical school who all aspire to to save lives and also happen to be very competitive…

NZMSA has got the perfect competition for you – The Vampire Cup… Read More

NZMSA President Elect for 2011 Announced

August 8th, 2010

After serious deliberation, NZMSA Executive would like to announce the NZMSA President Elect for 2011, Oliver Hansby (5th year student from Christchurch, and President of the Christchurch Medical Students’ Association)… Read More

Winners of NZMSA Awards Announced at our AGM

August 8th, 2010

At the NZMSA AGM on Saturday the 7th of August, the winners of the inaugural NZMSA Awards were announced.

The NZMSA Award for Individual Excellence, recognising an outstanding contribution to the NZ medical student… Read More

NZMSA Global Health Month – August, 2010

August 1st, 2010

Global Health Month is now on! If you’ve always wondered what “global health” means, and what opportunities there are for NZ medical students, then this is the month for you! There are lots of avenues… Read More

Official Call for Agenda Items for the NZMSA AGM – August 7th, 4pm.

July 22nd, 2010

Hi all members,

Before our AGM every year we have to tell you about it (sorry if you’re not interested – it’s one of those legal things we have to do to be an… Read More

Coverage of Medical Student Debt issues in the Media

July 21st, 2010

The recent publication of research lead by Dr. William Perry (IPP of NZMSA) in the NZMJ has attracted significant media attention to the issue of medical student debt. Read about it here at:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/3925735/Student-debt-drives-medical-graduates-overseas
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3930824/Medical-students-want-jobs-abroad

Dr. Perry’s article… Read More

Applications for Conference Convenor Now Open

July 19th, 2010

We are excited to announce that the NZMSA are now accepting applications for Conference Convenor (and team!) for 2011. Conference has grown in strength year to year, and we look forward to what next year… Read More

Press Release: Debt pushing New Zealand doctors overseas

July 16th, 2010

The New Zealand Medical Students’ Association is not surprised that increasing debt affects where students want to work in the future.

The NZMSA is calling for the government to develop a… Read More

Dunedin takes out title of NZMSA Sports Exchange Champion 2010

July 11th, 2010

The inaugural NZMSA Sports Exchange was held in Christchurch over the weekend of 9th and 10th of July 2010.

An estimated 200 medical students from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin competed in rugby, soccer, netball… Read More

NZMSA is calling for nominations for NZMSA President for 2011! Nominations close midnight July 23rd.

July 6th, 2010

Dear all members,

2010 has been an amazing year for NZMSA with a fabulous conference, a
good amount of progress on our big issues and the upcoming sports
exchange, amongst much else. There comes… Read More

NZMSA Awards Nominations Close Today

July 2nd, 2010

Nominations for the NZMSA President’s Award for Individual ExcellenceNZMSA Award for the Best New Student Initiative close today.

See the NZMSA Awards page to nominate someone… Read More

Conference 2010 Photos Now Available

July 1st, 2010

Selected photos from Conference 2010: Outside the Box have been uploaded to the photos page of the NZMSA website. You can also view more photos on the NZMSA Facebook page – join our group!… Read More

Interested in Disaster Medicine? International Opportunity

June 28th, 2010

ACTION2010
To All Students Eager to Learn about Disaster Medicine
What’s ACTION?
We, ACTION-Project (Asian Collaborative Training on Infectious Disease, Outbreak, Natural Disaster, and Refugee Management), are an official international project of IFMSA (International Federation… Read More

NZMSA website receives major update

June 23rd, 2010

The official NZMSA website – www.nzmsa.org.nz – has received a major overhaul in an effort to increase functionality and usability of the site.

We will continue to keep the site updated with the latest… Read More

Nominations for inaugural NZMSA awards extended to July 2nd!

June 22nd, 2010

The deadline for nominations for the inaugural NZMSA Award for Individual Excellence, and the inaugural NZMSA Award for the Best New Student Initiative have been extended until Friday, July 2nd.

Nomination forms that can… Read More

Nominations for inaugural NZMSA awards now open!

June 1st, 2010

On May 20th 2010, the NZMSA Executive unanimously passed two motions at their executive meeting to establish the NZMSA President’s Award for Individual Excellence, and the NZMSA Award for the Best New Student Initiative. The… Read More

Press Release: Budget likely to worsen kiwi doctor shortage

May 31st, 2010

Government changes to university fees set to impact medical students, read our press release written in conjunction with the NZUSA here… Read More

Call for registration of interest – NZMSA Global Health National Co-Ordinator

May 27th, 2010

Are you passionate about global health? Do you like talking to people? Then you might be the right person for a new external NZMSA role.

We are aware that we could do more to… Read More

Stethoscope Orders Close Sunday 16th May

May 15th, 2010

The NZMSA bulk buy of stethoscopes is currently running. Order your discounted stethoscope online at http://www.nzmsa.org.nz/events/bulkbuy. Orders close at midnight on Sunday, 16th May… Read More