title: A century of medical students' activities (Medical College Union/Medical Society).
abstract: The Medical College Union (MCU) was formed in 1922 to encourage and promote comradeship and public spirit amongst the students of King Edward VII College of Medicine. The Medical College Union Society was founded and held its first meeting on 31 July 1936. However, the Annual Report for 1940-42 made no reference to the Society at all and it was hence considered to cease to exist as an official body. The Medical Society (Medsoc), headed by Mr Goon Sek Mun, was formed in 1949 and it organised various activities and events for the faculty. Some of these are still being held annually today, with the addition of several others and phasing out of some. These were organised by the individual subgroups in the Medical society, like the Social, Welfare, Sports and Publications committees. The Medsoc also acts as the students' voice in conveying their opinions to the administration and the Dean. With the expected advent of a new medical school in Singapore--a postgraduate one in the Outram Campus, the medical student community in Singapore will only get larger. There should be a role for Medsoc to foster closer ties between the student communities.
authors: Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors: S W
authors: SW
authors: Low
authors: W T
authors: WT
authors: Gan
authors: W K
authors: WK
authors: Tan
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000266:history*; D012846:Singapore; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000266:history*