Australian Medical Association

The Report of Findings for the 2010 AMA Specialist Trainee Survey (STS) were released on 2 October 2011.  While the STS has been several years in the making, the AMA hopes the results of the survey will provide medical colleges with important trainee feedback about key training issues. 

The STS revealed that colleges are performing well in many areas of vocational training, including transparency of selection processes; alignment of clinical experience with training objectives; access to supervision; and adherence to safe hours guidelines. It identified, however, several areas of concern.

An assessment of the impact of 2011/12 budget cuts to Medicare funding for GP Mental Health Services

The AMA commissioned an independent survey of GPs by Essential Research about the changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) announced in the 2011/12 Federal Budget, that will reduce the level of Medicare rebates payable to patients who need GP mental health services. 763 GP's participated with the following being a summary of the findings:

Findings of the AMA Junior Doctor Training, Education and Supervision Survey

An AMA national survey of junior doctors has exposed insufficient medical training resources and infrastructure in our public hospitals.

The AMA Junior Doctor Training, Education and Supervision Survey has collated the views of more than 900 junior doctors from across Australia on the quality of their medical training and the support they are receiving to become independent practitioners.

AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that medical training in public hospitals is being held together by dedicated senior doctors who are giving their time and skills to junior doctors without the support of State Governments.

“This is another poor report card on the performance of our public hospitals,” Dr Pesce said.

AMA Work-life flexibility survey report

Results of AMA's fax poll on brand substitution.