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「臺灣醫學設計學會」（Medical Design Association, MDA）成立於 2018 年9月9日。本會為依法設立、非以營利為目的之社會團體，以運用設計學和應用科學的知識解決醫學領域的人文和科學問題，充分研究人及其行為，以及設計開發以人為中心之醫學領域相關的產品、系統和服務。最終幫助患者得到更好的醫療照護以及提升健康個體的生活質量為宗旨。本會之任務如下：舉辦與醫學設計相關之學術會議；舉行有關醫學設計之學術研究、講習、訓練、討論、訪問、觀摩等活動事項； 收集國內外有關醫學設計之圖書與資料； 發行有關醫學設計之學術刊物、論文集、新知簡訊及書籍；辦理國際醫學設計學術機構聯繫事項；其他有關醫學設計發展事項。目前亦為世界設計組織會員，和全球5大洲會員組織在設計領域交流合作。

The Medical Design Association (MDA) was established on September 9, 2018. The association is a non-profit organisation that uses design and applied science to solve humanistic and scientific problems in the medical field. It fully studies people and their behaviour and designs and develops human-centred medical products, systems, and services. The ultimate goal is to help patients receive better medical care and improve the quality of life of healthy individuals. The association’s tasks are as follows: organising academic conferences related to medical design; conducting academic research, lectures, training, discussions, visits, observations, and other activities related to medical design; collecting books and materials related to medical design at home and abroad; designing academic publications, collections of theses, newsletters, and books; handling contact matters with international medical design academic institutions; and handling other matters related to the development of medical design. Currently, the association is also a member of the World Design Organisation, which communicates and cooperates with member organisations on five continents in the field of design.