1. American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA)
The mission of the American Pediatric Surgical Association is to ensure optimal pediatric surgical care of patients and their families, to promote excellence in the field, and to foster a vibrant and viable community of pediatric surgeons.
They achieve their missions by
· Developing and advocating for standards of care for infants and children and influencing public policy around the surgical care of children.
· Encouraging discovery, innovation and improvement of care
· Providing rich user friendly venues for the dissemination of up-to-date knowledge
· Offering high quality continuing education to members
· Creating identity and community among pediatric surgeons
· Promoting a supportive health care environment for patients, staff, and surgeons and ensuring that it is sustained by economic health
2. British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS)
The primary aim of BAPS is to set the standards of care of paediatric surgical practice in the UK and Ireland.The Strategic Aims are based on the objectives of the Association which are:-
· The support of Paediatric Surgical Practice
· The advancement of study, practice and research in Paediatric Surgery
· To maintain links with Sub-specialist Societies and other groups within Paediatric Surgery
· Liaison with the Surgical and other Royal Colleges, the Professions allied to medicine, other relevant Professional bodies and Government
· Fostering of professional relations with Paediatric Surgeons overseas 6. The proper and prudent management of the resources of BAPS as a registered UK Charity in line with the requirements of the Charity Commissioners
3. Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Their mission is to
· propound, to practice, to promote, to project and to propagate the specialty of Pediatric surgery, to render high quality Pediatric surgical care
· foster fraternity and familial feelings amongst the members
· pursue professional practice with ethics and empathy
· stay away from a milieu muddled with mundane materialism
4. World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons
The objective of the Federation shall be the improvement and maintenance of the standards of pediatric surgery throughout the world for the common good by any non-profit making means and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words, by all or any of the following means:
· The promotion and integration of pediatric surgery throughout the world.
· The maintenance of a centre for cooperation and interchange of information among pediatric surgical associations, societies and organizations approved by the Federation.
· The encouragement of the development and maintenance of high standards of care, education, training and research in pediatric surgery and its allied sciences throughout the world.
· The encouragement of clinical and scientific congresses of pediatric surgical associations, societies and organizations approved by the Federation.
Not to forget, Malaysia has its very own Paediatric association...
5. Malaysian Paediatric Association (MPA)
The aims and objects of the Association shall be:
· To advance the knowledge and practice of paediatrics.
· To promote child health.
· To promote research in Malaysia in the field of paediatrics and child health.
· To bring together periodically medical practitioners for scientific discussion and practical demonstration on paediatric subjects.
· To acquire, establish, print and publish books, magazines, periodicals, leaflets or other literary or scientific works that the Association may think desirable for the promotion of its objects with the approval of the authorities concerned.
· To do all such acts and things incidental or subsidiary to all or any of the above objects.
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