Asia SPEC Inaugural International Conference 2025 was a success with many participants. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all those who attended and to all those involved for their support.

[Prize Winners]

Oral presentation:
Excellence Award

1. Siti Khadijah Adam (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)
   "Transitioning to virtual patients for history-taking and communication skills: Stakeholders' experiences on advantages and implementation challenges"
2. Dinker R Pai (Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry, India)
   "Simulated patients for training of phase I medical students in Attitude Ethics and Communication [AETCOM] - a mixed method study"

Poster presentation:
Special Commendation Award

1. Ayumi Kubo (Kinjo Gakuin University, Japan)
   "What nursing students learned from the Dementia SP-based Communication practice in the Elderly Nursing"
2. Hiroshi Mihara (Sapporo Medical University, Japan)
   "Anytime, Any Language: A Multilingual Simulated Physician Chatbot for SP Training in Asia"

New information

22 Apr. 2025

Registration closed on the 21st. Thank you for your registration.
Please download the conference abstract book.
The conference is coming up this weekend.
We look forward to seeing you at the venue. Have a safe trip to Nagoya.

Open Campus will be held at Kinjo Gakuin University on Sunday, 27th.

14 Apr. 2025

The program and The conference abstract book updated.

7 Apr. 2025

The conference abstracts book is ready. When you receive the email with the password, please download the conference abstracts book here and take a look. We look forward to seeing you in Nagoya.

10 Mar. 2025

The program has slightly changed.

10 Jan. 2025

Pre-conference program content now available.

16 Dec. 2024

New information available about conference programme content and speaker available now.

16 Dec. 2024

Abstract submission deadline extended to 6 January 2025.

11 Nov. 2024

Participant registration has started.

30 Sep. 2024

A website has been launched.