Media Alert - AMA National Conference 2014 - Saturday Highlights
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9.00am POLICY SESSION: Practising Globally: Regional Challenges
Chair: Ms Anne Trimmer, AMA Secretary General
Speakers: Dr Margaret Mungherera, President, World Medical Association
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, President, British Medical Assoc
Professor Teerachai Chantarojanasiri, Vice President, Thailand Medical Association
10.00am POLICY SESSION: Global Health Vocational Training: has its time come?
Chair: Dr Lloyd Nash – Founding Director, Global Ideas Forum
Speakers: A/Prof Rosemary Aldrich
Dr Georgina Phillips
Dr Suman Majumdar
Dr Vincent Atua, Madang General Hospital, PNG
12 Noon POLICY SESSION: The Health Budget
A discussion of the major health announcements in the 2014 Federal Budget
Chair: AMA President, Dr Steve Hambleton
Speakers: Professor Elizabeth Geelhoed, Professor in health economics
Dr Brian Morton AM, Chair, AMA Council of General Practice
2.15pm POLICY SESSION: Variation in Medical Practice: are Australians getting world class health care
Chair: Dr Stephen Parnis, AMA Executive Councillor
Speakers: Professor Anne Duggan
Professor Michael Buist
Dr Rob Grenfell
3.45pm ****Presentation of President’s Award
To be awarded posthumously to Dr Bernard Hazelden Quin, for his work as a civilian doctor in World War 2 in Nauru, where he was executed along with four other Australians.
More than 50 of Dr Quin’s family, friends and supporters will be in attendance for the presentation.
The Twitter hashtag for the Conference is #amanc14
Stream the conference here: https://ama.com.au/nationalconference