Media Alert: AMA Medical Training Summit
Event: AMA Medical Training Summit
Date: Wednesday 29 September 2010
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Venue: Conference Room, 3rd Floor, AMA House, 42 Macquarie Street, Barton ACT
The AMA Medical Training Summit today will be attended by more than 80 key stakeholders - including medical students, doctors in training, supervisors, and representatives of medical schools, colleges, postgraduate medical education councils, hospitals, general practice and key health organisations.
AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said that the AMA is hosting the Summit to discuss and develop practical solutions to the current problems in medical training in Australia.
“Ideally, the Summit will reach a consensus position on the extent of the problem, the numbers and types of training places needed in the future, options on where and how these places might be created, and timelines for funding and implementation,” Dr Pesce said.
Morning Session - Speakers
- 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 Judi Childs – Health Workforce Principal Committee
- Ms Jane Halton – Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing
Afternoon session - Q and A; Release of Joint Statement
Media are welcome to attend.
**AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, will be available for media interviews after 4.00pm.
29 September 2010
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