About ZIMS, the Organizing Committee and Organizers

Last Updated on Friday, 11 June 2010 09:02

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What is ZIMS?

ZIMS – Zagreb International Medical Summit
Croatian Medical Association
Šubićeva 9
10000 Zagreb

Croatia

ZIMS (Zagreb International Medical Summit for Medical Students and Young Doctors) is first student summit organised by medical students in Zagreb, Croatia. ZIMS is intended for medical students and young docotors. Aim of this summit is to gather medical and adjacent studentsfrom all over the World. Young doctors are welcome, too. Definition of "young doctor" is here taken from EMSA Europe congress guidelines as "a person which graduated in the past year".

ZIMS is one of a few medical summits in Europe that offers it's participants to publish their full texts in an cited medical journal (Liječnički vjesnik).

You can find more info and answers about ZIMS in our FAQ section!

About organizers - SSCMA and EMSA

SSCMA (Student Section of Croatian Medical Association / STUDENTSKA SEKCIJA HRVATSKOG LIJEČNIČKOG ZBORA- SSHLZ) is student organisation promoting science, publishing and student activities in different fields, such as ethics. It is non-profit and non-govermental organisation oriented to students and run by students. It is located in Croatian Medical Association, Subiceva 9, Zagreb.

EMSA Zagreb (European Medical Students' Association) is another non-profit, non-govermental and independent organisation oriented to student scientific activities within Europe. Founded 1991, EMSA Europe is roof organisation in Europe in this field.
EMSA Zagreb is founded 1999.  
EMSA Zagreb and SSCMA run their projects mainly together; EMSA Zagreb by providing global promotion, and SSCMA local. We currently run several projects except ZIMS, but this is for sure the biggest.