Media release

AMA Medical Training Summit

Published 8 November 2010

More than 80 key stakeholders attended the AMA Medical Training Summit on Wednesday 29 September 2010. Medical students, doctors-in-training, supervisors, and representatives of medical schools, colleges, postgraduate medical education councils, hospitals, general practice and key health organisations met in Canberra to discuss and develop practical solutions to the current problems in medical training in Australia. Eight speakers presented on the day.

Below are the videos of each presentation, and audio from the afternoon's Q&A session, facilitated by AMA Secretary General Francis Sullivan.

Opening Remarks – Dr Andrew Pesce, AMA President
Dr Michael Bonning – Chair, AMA Council of Doctors in Training
Professor Nicholas Glasgow – Member, Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand and Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Australian National University
Mr Ross Roberts Thompson – President, Australian Medical Students’ Association
The Hon Jim McGinty – Chairman, Health Workforce Australia
Professor Richard Smallwood – President, Australian Medical Council
Professor Geoff Thompson – Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils
Ms Kate Milbourne - Health Workforce Principals Committee
Ms Jane Halton – Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing
Afternoon Q&A session - facilitated by AMA Secretary General Francis Sullivan

Click here for a Joint Statement that was issued at the conclusion of the event.

	AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, welcomes delegates at the AMA Medical Training Summit on 29 September 2010.
	Dr Michael Bonning, Chair of the AMA's Council of Doctors-in-Training
	Prof Nicholas Glasgow, Member of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Australian National University
	Mr Ross Roberts-Thomson, President of the Australian Medical Students' Association
	The Hon Jim McGinty, Chairman of Health Workforce Australia, speaks at the AMA Medical Training Summit on 29 September 2010 (Part 1 of 2).
	The Hon Jim McGinty, Chairman of Health Workforce Australia, speaks at the AMA Medical Training Summit on 29 September 2010 (Part 2 of 2).
	Prof Richard Smallwood, President of the Australian Medical Council, speaks at the AMA Medical Training Summit on 29 September 2010.
	Prof Geoff Thompson, from the Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils and Chair of the South Australian Institute of Medical Education and Technology, speaks at the AMA Medical Training Summit on 29 September 2010 (Part 1 of 2).
	Prof Geoff Thompson, from the Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils and Chair of the South Australian Institute of Medical Education and Technology, speaks at the AMA Medical Training Summit on 29 September 2010 (Part 2 of 2).
	Ms Kate Milbourne, from the Health Workforce Principals Committee, speaks at the AMA Medical Training Summit on 29 September 2010 (Part 1 of 2).
	Ms Kate Milbourne, from the Health Workforce Principals Committee, speaks at the AMA Medical Training Summit on 29 September 2010 (Part 2 of 2).
	Ms Jane Halton, Secretary of the Federal Department of Health and Ageing, speaks at the AMA Medical Training Summit on 29 September 2010 (Part 1 of 2).
	Ms Jane Halton, Secretary of the Federal Department of Health and Ageing, speaks at the AMA Medical Training Summit on 29 September 2010 (Part 2 of 2).
	Afternoon Q&A session at the AMA Medical Training Summit, facilitated by AMA Secretary General Francis Sullivan (Part 1 of 2).
	Afternoon Q&A session at the AMA Medical Training Summit, facilitated by AMA Secretary General Francis Sullivan (Part 2 of 2).