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APDSA 2011 update

Below is the email that was sent regarding the progress of the 38th APDSA congress which will be held in Thailand in 2011.

Dear all

Due to APDSA Congress 2011 will hold again in Thailand. We, Thailand Local Organizing committee (LOC), have already chosen the date of our congress. 
It will be on 8-14th August 2011. Because on 12th of Aug is Thailand Mother Day, a National Holiday. As you can know that Thailand and some member country have different period of summer or spring break. From all above, it’ll be less effect to our class and clinic if the congress hold in this time. We would like to make sure that other member countrys are free to come and ready for amazing Thailand along with us. 

And the last, we would like to inform our official e-mail of APDSA Thailand 2011, apdsathailand@hotmail.com, which all of you can feel free to express the inspiration or sent us a questionable things about our congress. We’ll look forward to your e-mail.

PS. It gonna be great that if the representative of each member country confirms the date via this e-mail,apdsathailand@hotmail.com, before 15th of March.


Spice UP Your Life
APDSA Thailand 2011

Peerapat Kaweewongprasert
President Elect APDSA EXCO 09/10

We encourage input for the Thailand LOC and hopes that everyone will be able to participate.We also should  applaud the readiness and progress of the Thailand LOC.

KEEP UP THE GOOD  WORK

cheers

APDSA APAL

This post  is to acknowledge  APAL (APDSA Alumni)  that is rarely mentioned  during the APDSA congress  but rest assured there is one .In this post a member of  APAL from our member country Fiji ,Dr Zac Morse BDS BScDent(Hons) GradDipClinDent PhD FPFA FICD ,would like to share his experiences and views he had  when we attended his 1st APDSA Congress and what motivates him up to this day to participate in the APDSA Congress.

and with his fijian comrades although small in number attended the previous congress with enthusiasm and anticipation

Through the years the friendship lasted and so does the memory of APDSA which Dr Zac still cherishes till this very day.  APDSA is not just any organization it’s a big family where we can befriend to anyone. When we look back that this moment in time we can remember that we were a member of a family and will always will be  a part of the APDSA family.

hopefully Dr Zac Morse’s experience can resonate to us all and serve as a beacon to how  we want to mold ourselves into and where do see ourselves years from now.  May this post be helpful to those who read and aspiring dental students who also wishes to join APDSA.

you can also download the soft copy on the link below

APDSA APAL

Submission of Country and University Information

As agreed  upon during the MYM meeting in Hong Kong, APDSA will adopt a  format from IADS about  country introduction. Meaning each member country must submit a brief detailed summary of the country which can be seen in the picture below. Hong Kong has given an example of how the summary should be. These summaries then will be published on the website to give other countries and members an idea about the members of the APDSA family and hopefully shed some light in future choices and options for members  if they choose to continue their education abroad.

We would like to remind each member country to elect a country representative in order to simplify coordination between each country and the host of the APDSA congress.

and we would like each university also to appoint a contact person so coordination between universities in each country can be established. Each university contact person must also submit a brief summary of their university which will be published on  the website as well.

these are the guidelines of how to make summaries above. We hope that these information will be submitted no later than the 28th of February 2010 to apdsainternational@yahoo.com  . The soft copy of the format above can be downloaded below

APDSA Country Member Profile

Individual School Information

we await your submission ^^

cheers

Results of the 1st APDSA online meeting

Based on the meeting that was held on the 4th of December 2009 at 9 PM [GMT +8] . These were the conclusions that was agreed upon during the 1st APDSA online meeting

1. There will be no change in the date  of 37th APDSA congress in Japan. Please keep yourself updated through the apdsa website for more information from the Japanese LOC
2. The Japanese LOC estimates the venue could only accommodate 450 people.If the amount of registrations received exceeds the capacity of the venue,  a quota policy will be taken into action.
3. For the muslim participants who are worried about the date of the congress that clashes with  the fasting month of Ramadhan, it was made clear that the food provided in the hotel will  be served at midnight and deemed halal. As for fasting and shalat time the LOC would like to ask the for the willingnes of the muslim participant’s to adjust accordingly to the time zone
4. Each country representative should conduct a thorough survey about the total participants from their country . Submit the total amount 2 months prior to the congress to the email address that will be provided in the future.
5. The APDSA journal or APDSJ shall serve as a fully pledged e-journal meaning that the journal will be published in the APDSA website and can be downloaded for free by anyone. Instructions on how to download the attachment shall be posted on the website as well.
6. The SRC documents which will be published online will be given “ data protection protocol” in order to prevent piracy and to uphold copyright value
7. The the first edition of the APDSJ will just be a scientific journal. Later editions of the journal will be further expanded with book reviews and so on. Further information wil be updated in the future.
8. In the future there will be a public figure of APDSA in facebook , that profile will be interconnected to the APDSA website. So please stay updated
9. The EXCO editor is allowed to appoint an assistant or co editor in order to help with publishing of information in the website and in presentations during meeting and so on.  Tutorials will also be given to the successor of the editor position for the future and longevity of the website and APDSJ.
10. Informed consent policy for the uploading of SRC papers and materials from the speakers both soft copy and hard copy shall effectively be taken into action during the next  APDSA congress in Japan.
11. The date and platform of the next online meeting is yet to be decided, please check your email and the APDSA website for information regarding the meeting

below are the list of attendees from the meeting which you can add before the next meeting

List of attendees for the 1st APDSA online meeting

1. Dewi Isroyati Sugiana (University of Indonesia) :  disroyati@hotmail.com.

2. Melissa (University Sains Malaysia)- SRC Coordinator: chewbaby86@hotmail.com

3. Jack (University of Hong Kong) – International Illasion officer: jackjichao@hotmail.com

4. Erin from Taiwan : erin-621@hotmail.com

5. Karen (University Sains Malaysia) -Treasurer:  dkarenvoon@yahoo.com

6. Alvin (Indonesia) - tako2bubu@hotmail.com

7. Cartoonz,Thailand President LOC : cartoonz_dekson@hotmail.com

8. Stella lesmana : stellalesmana@hotmail.com

9. Stanley Santosa Kamadjaja (Airlangga university)- Editor: stan-2112@hotmail.com

10. Peerapat Kaweewong prasert- Thailand Presidential Elect: pat_kwps@hotmail.com

11. Fery Ariska Dewi: feryariskadewi@hotmail.com

12. Anthony Brian Anak Asem Jidang: anthony_gmind@hotmail.com

13. Lee Meng Yit: w_witch86@hotmail.com

14. Rumi Sato (Meikai University)- President: white-crin_grace@kdn.biglobe.ne.jp

15. Wu Ke Chung:prettyzan@hotmail.com

16. Sethavuth Yim: yim_sethavuth@live.com

17. Corry Ahliana: corryahliana@hotmail.com

18. Schzanne Choo: schzannechoo@hotmail.com

19.Mc korng : mckorng@hotmail.com

20. Hor Wanshyen: wanshyen87@hotmail.com

Thank you for your attention and do join us at our next online meeting. Everbody is welcome to join.

cheers and Viva APDSA!!

Q and A about the APDSAJ

here as follows is an explanation given by the SRC Director Melissa Yap Wei Lynn about the current discussion of using the APDSAJ and its uses and comparisons to the previous format of the manuscript book.

My name is Melissa. I am the SRC Coordinator. I am sorry that I am unable to attend MYM Hong Kong. On that meeting, Karen has presented the APDSJ proposal on my behalf. She has briefed me on the questions that have arised. and I hope the explanations below can clear any doubts you have

Q1: What are the difference between APDSJ and the manuscript? Isn’t it doing the same thing?

A1: In a way, yes, it contains scientific papers. But, say in a situation when we prepare a presentation or write a paper of our own, we quote from a journal and correctly get it referred. Most importantly, a scientific journal has the opportunity to expand further, like the journal can have a section of articles examples such as”101 on presenting a paper by Lee Meng Yit” or “How to write a scientific paper and get it publish by Chong Jun Ai”, section of book reviews “Review of Oxford Clinical Dentistry by Karen Voon”

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Online Meeting on Friday 4th december

Regarding , the online meeting that we talk about in MYM Hong Kong .

This is a reminder of the online meeting that was decided during the Hong Kong MYM.
Date : 4 December 09, Friday
Time : 9 PM [GMT + 8]
Place : MSN Messenger

IF you are unsure what time that would be in your area, you can check out this website:

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc

Here is how it will looks like if you go to the website , you can set the date and time into our meeting time and change the Time Zone from GMT + 8 to your GMT .

Kindly inform Rumi (white-crin_grace@kdn.biglobe.ne.jp) and Chong Jun Ai (chongjunai@gmail.com) wether you would be on cyber space for that meeting. Everyone is invited to join.

This is the list of people you should add:

• Kate ( Taiwan representative ) : ri0064@hotmail.com
• Pat (President elect) : pat_kwps@hotmail.com
• Stanley ( Editor ) : stan-2112@hotmail.com
• Jack (Intl. Liason Officer) : jackjichao@hotmail.com
• Lim Muhammad Syazwan (Singapore Representative) : syazzy86@hotmail.com
• Jun Ai ( General Secretary) : c_jun_ai@hotmail.com

For the complete list : refer attatchments of contact list of attendees of AGM 2009 and HK MYM participants
EXCO members, please create your msn messenger account and please click the ” REPLY TO ALL” tab to inform everyone about your new account

latest Contact List of AGM 2009 attendees and EXCO members

HK MYM Participants(1)

If there is a problem for the download link , you can email me  or send me a message in msn messenger , my computer is on for 24 hours  . I will send the file directly to you .

Alvin T ( tako2bubu@hotmail.com)

and your participation is greatly appriciated

Minutes of Mid Year Meeting 2009 in Hong Kong

The following is an account of the minutes taken at the [APDSA MID YEAR MEETING 09’] held on [NOVEMBER 28TH, SATURDAY] at [UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG] of which [38 PEOPLE] attended the meeting

Welcoming speech

1. By Professor Lakshman Samaranayake, Dean of the dental school of University of Hong Kong
2. Brief introduction about the dental school
3. Presentation of souvenirs to the representatives of each country

Internal Affairs

A) APDSA-IADS Collaboration

i. Details of exchange programme

• The current country representatives will have additional duties as the National Exchange Officers (NEO)
• Each NEO has to elect  a Local Exchange Officer (LEO) from each university of their country and each LEO is required to fill up a form (created by Jack)
• The form will include information such as country profile, school profile etc
• Proposal of this will be sent to the dean of each participating university
• Deadline for election of NEO and filling up the forms is Feb 28, 2010
• Stanley will post the information up on the website

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MYM in Hong Kong

Thank you  Hong Kong committee for holding such a wonderful MYM in HK, here is some pictures of the event. It was a really nice memories for all of us, I hope we will be able to keep in touch using this website, Facebook, or messenger.

This post will only cover the event itself, we will upload the result of the meeting in a while.

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Message from IADS

The International Association of Dental Students-IADS- was formed in 1951, to unite the dental students of the world and allow them to exchange knowledge and experiences about dentistry at an international level.

We represent the future members of the dental profession at a worldwide level. Our Central Office is at the FDI- Headquarter in France.

We meet twice annually; the main meeting is our Annual World Congress of Dental Students, held each August. Each year in a different corner of the world, this meeting typically attracts around 200 participants. It revolves around a scientific program of lectures and seminars addressing the needs of the dental student, but also includes workshop discussions, an organized social program and the various business meetings of the Association and the other is the Mid year meeting, that is a shorter one also each year in a different country and it revolves mainly around business meetings of the Association along with a rich social program.

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APDSA 2010 Japan Promotional Video

This is next year promotional video , i hope everyone will join in the next APDSA in Japan ~~
We have seen this video in this year APDSA at Malaysia , but maybe some still didn’t see it yet or you want to watch it again ,
so i uploaded this video .