As a member of the APSR you are entitled to various discounts, including publication fees for cases in Respirology Case Reports, various meeting registration fees, membership dues when joining certain other major respiratory societies, etc.
As a member of the APSR you are entitled to apply for membership of clinical assemblies which identify their professional expertise and research interests. Assemblies are networking platforms for members with common interests to stay coherent. (See Assemblies).
As a member of the APSR you will receive the Society's official journal Respirology. This is an international, peer-reviewed journal containing Original Articles, Editorials, Reviews, Technical Notes, Letters to the Editor, etc.
APSR members receive free online access to Respirology on Wiley Online Library. (Please email Customer Services: cs-journals@wiley.com if you require assistance in setting up your username and password.)
This brings you some of the most important scientific research from around the world. Every month around 10,000 scientific publications are printed worldwide. Many contain a few papers on respiratory medicine and several others are devoted entirely to respiratory research. In short, keeping up is hard and requires significant devoted time to screening out what is irrelevant to your practice. In essence, Respiratory Updates will save you time. Each month the ten most important published studies in respiratory medicine are identified and a summary provided, together with a commentary on why the studies are important and how then can affect practice.
The Society's Newsletter is published biannually and contains important news of the Society, reports from the members' societies and information on upcoming events.
Members also receive the Society's Bulletin, emailed to all members at the beginning of the month.
The FAPSR is a special distinction available exclusively to current APSR members who meet certain requirements.
These include having more than five years of experience in healthcare or research in respiratory medicine or related disciplines.
Details and the register of current Fellows can be seen here.
The APSR Members' Honour Roll is a special opportunity for members to publicly show their appreciation to their mentors.
We have all been supported and helped by somebody in our career development. This Roll is your chance to let the whole world know you are grateful for their guidance and inspiration.
Details here.
Possibly the greatest benefit is to enjoy a network of contacts and information throughout the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide, and benefit from the APSR's association with other international respiratory and thoracic societies.
Membership of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology is available to appropriately qualified professionals presently working in research or health care related to the field of respirology.
The APSR has a reciprocal arrangement with the American Thoracic Society (ATS), whereby members who join both the APSR and ATS can enjoy a 15% discount on the membership dues of both Societies.
There is a similar reciprocal arrangement with the European Respiratory Society (ERS), whereby members who join both the APSR and ERS can enjoy a 15% discount from the membership dues of both Societies.
Membership can also occur by a society joining en bloc on behalf of its members. See the growing list of member societies here.
If your thoracic society would like to learn more about joining the APSR en bloc, please contact the Secretariat APSRinfo@theapsr.org
Email: APSR Secretariat office at APSRinfo@theapsr.org