The Medical Student Association Notre Dame (MSAND) aims:

* to advance and promote the interests of medical students at the University of Notre Dame Australia

* to provide both social and educational opportunities to enrich the personal and professional development of students

* to engage and foster relationships with other student associations and relevant professional bodies

* to ensure that students are involved with decisions relating to education and careers by the university, government or other bodies

* to promote the health of the WA community through involvement in relevant community projects.

The challenges of building are new medical student society are enormous. We have looked to the Australian Medical School Association (AMSA) as well as to other universities