Abou EMA
In 1981, Emirates Medical Association (EMA) was established as a non-profit organization composed of health practitioners that are members of the EMA as defined by its bylaws.
EMA aims to improve professional performance, develop and encourage skills, and enrich scientific theory and practice in the different health-fields, by:
- Developing professional health-related programs and developing sustained medical education programs for health-related disciplines, in line with the general educational framework.
- Coordinating with other professional health boards, authorities, associations, inside and outside the UAE.
- Encouraging scientific research, publishing scientific papers and issuing its own journal (EMJ).
- Participating in recommending general plans to qualify and develop human resources in health fields.
- Organizing seminars, campaigns, workshops, and holding conferences to discuss domestic health problems and solutions.
- Encouraging health-related scientific research and proposing research topics.
- Approving the establishment of scientific societies for health specialties under the umbrella of EMA.
