Affiliates
AMSA
The Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) is the peak representative body for Australian medical students. The key mandate of the Association is to connect, inform and represent every one of Australia’s 14,000 medical students.
www.amsa.org.au
Wake Up!
In 2005, a group of Newcastle medical students with a vision for developing world health founded a student interest group to facilitate and empower individuals sharing this passion. The result was ‘Wake Up!’, an organisation which now, five years later, has grown to become a forum for involving students in a wide variety of global health initiatives, giving you the opportunity to make a difference.
Through events, projects and advocacy campaigns Wake Up! aims to raise awareness of global health inequities, and provide you with knowledge and experience that will enable you, as future health professionals to be well equipped to address and influence health inequities globally. As a member of the Australian Medical Students Association Global Health Network (AMSA GHN), Wake Up! is able to collaborate with 20 global health groups from medical schools across Australia, giving us the chance to participate and contribute to GHN activities such as the GHN National Project and National Advocacy campaigns.
Bringing Rural Experience and Awareness To Hunter Health Education
Breaathhe, The University of Newcastle Rural Health Club, consists of around 450 members from a range of health disciplines such as; Biomedical Science, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition & Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Oral Health, Pharmacy, Radiation Sciences, Speech Pathology and Social Work. Our members have a common interest in health issues faced by rural and remote communities. Many are from rural areas themselves, but many are also from cities and have gained an interest after having a great time on a rural placement or just from learning more about healthcare in Australia.
Breaathhe aims to promote rural health careers to health students and health careers to rural high school students.