We have set up a fund to offer Scholarships & Bursaries to disadvantaged students when they enter the Medical faculty to support their living & education. In addition, we annually provide Littmann Stethoscope prizes for students who excel in their 2nd MBBS examination. A substantial amount of contribution towards this fund was received from Prof Panabokke charity

PeMSAA-UK offers initial support by the way of advice and mentoring for any PeMSAA member who come to United Kingdome to work. It could be for Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM) members or doctors who come to work via Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) route. We aim to provide Initial advice and guidance on career development, how to improve the networking with likeminded personal, offer pastoral role, mentoring during their stay in UK and enrolling them as associate members of PeMSAA-UK.

We are  pleased to have received an excellent feedback from the previous PGIM trainees  and very much keen to continue this initiative

Please contact info@pemsaa.uk for further details.

PeMSAA-UK encourages the undergraduates and post- graduates of our alma mater to develop expertise in research and publications by recognising the best research, audit or quality Improve projects undertaken by them. Two awards are presented every year, one to Undergraduates and the other for the graduates. Please see the below link as how to apply and for further details

PeMSAA – UK has commenced a programme to share our expertise with the Peradeniya Medical School , postgraduates , undergraduates and fellow colleagues in Peradeniya and Kandy. We hope to inform PeMSAA every 3 months of pending visits by our members so that if they are interested in any relevant the topics, they may invite the alumni to give lectures at Peradeniya or Kandy. The first lecture on the above program was delivered by Dr. Ashan Gunarathne on the 19th of December 2019 on Emerging Therapeutic Interventions and Novel Management Strategies in Cardiovascular Diseases. This was organised in collaboration with the Kandy Society of Medicine (KSM) and catered to postgraduate trainees, general physicians, and cardiologists. The lecture was well attended, and the feedback was satisfactory

PemSAA-UK has been donating book and journals to the Peradeniya Medical Faculty at the request of the Library over the last few years. In addition, we subscribe for few International journals. In the recent past we have donated iPads for needy students. We hope to continue and expand this service to e-Jornals and e-books in the near future

PeMSAA-UK keen to offer career guidance to any Alumni who plan to work in the UK. The first seminar for post graduate trainees was carried out in 2019 by Dr. Krish T Radhakrishnan. The presentation was aimed to benefit the visitors to plan, support and better their experience during their stay in Western countries. The discussion covered pre-visit planning, cultural competencies, communication skills, motivation, resilience, leadership development, clinical governance, infection control, mandatory online training, reflective learning/ writing, horizon scanning for opportunities. A webinar was carried out for the final year medical students by Dr Ashan Gunarathne in 2020 focussing entry requirements, PLAB and higher education opportunities in the UK. The feedback was encouraging, and an annual delivery was requested by the participants. We hope to continue this program in the coming years