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About Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS)

The Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS) is the professional association representing medical scientists in all disciplines of pathology working predominantly in hospital and private medical laboratories in Australia. AIMS is involved in establishing and maintaining the high academic and professional standards of medical scientists and provides medical scientists with the opportunity to continually update their professional knowledge through national and state scientific meetings, a scientific journal and newsletters and postgraduate programs, such as the Fellowship.

The Institute has a minimum requirements standards document for bachelor degree courses in medical laboratory science offered by Australian universities and undertakes periodic reviews to ensure the courses meet these standards.

The Institute also assesses the qualifications of medical scientists and medical laboratory technical officers wishing to migrate to Australia under the Government’s General Skilled Migration program.

MISSION STATEMENT
To advance the profession of medical science in the provision of the highest quality laboratory services.

VISION STATEMENT
To be the pre-eminent multidisciplinary organisation to provide dynamic leadership, education and management ensuring excellent, accessible, cost effective laboratory services.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Institute are:

• to promote, support and further advance the character, status and interests of medical science and the members of the Institute;
• to promote, advance and develop scientific knowledge by means of lectures, demonstrations, discussions and debates in all branches of medical science;
• to communicate with other scientific and research societies throughout the world.

For further information about AIMS please visit www.aims.org.au

Key Areas of Interest for AGOSCI are:

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication
• Sign and gesture systems
• Mealtime assistance/dysphagia
• Saliva control
• Voice output communication aids
• Consumer's stories
• Research
• Problem-solving in severe communication impairment

Members of AGOSCI are from a range of backgrounds, including:

• Communication Aid Users
• Advocates
• Parents / Carers
• Therapists
• Teachers
• Rehabilitation Engineers

For more information about AGOSCI and membership please contact www.agosci.org.au

Invitation

The theme for our 2009 National Scientific Meeting is Medical Science – Today and Tomorrow. On behalf of the organising committee, I extend an invitation to you to attend this exciting meeting so that you will learn from the wonderful speakers and presenters to benefit you ‘today’ and gain knowledge and skills for ‘tomorrow’. Our profession is a rapidly changing one with new tests, techniques and technologies introduced every week, and this conference is the ideal forum for the dissemination of this information across all the pathology disciplines.

The NSM 2009 will be held in the Festival city of Adelaide from 12th to 16th October at the Adelaide Convention Centre, and will comprise two full days of workshops covering all pathology disciplines, followed by three days of plenary sessions, concurrent scientific sessions and proffered papers and posters. The programme will cover all areas of our profession as well as topics in management, education, quality and new emerging technologies. The speakers will include a number of international and national authorities as well as local experts on a wide variety of topics and subjects.

Robyn Wells
Chair, Organising Committee NSM 2009