Media Releases

Release date: 3 October 2008
Agreement to raise Indigenous doctor numbers and improve Indigenous health

There is an urgent need for more Indigenous doctors in Australia to help improve life expectancy and reduce infant mortality rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, a need that will tomorrow see Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand and the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) sign a collaborative agreement. more>

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Release date: 8 September 2008
Clinical training at risk if not funded by Healthcare Agreements

Australia faces a healthcare crisis if clinical training places do not increase to match the thousands of future doctors moving through Australia’s university system, the peak body representing university medical schools in Australia and New Zealand has warned. more>

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Thursday 28 February  2008
Healthcare agreements should fund clinical training

Support for the clinical training of medical students should be made explicit in the Australian Healthcare agreements to be discussed tomorrow by Australia’s health ministers, the body representing Australia’s medical deans has advised. more>
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Thursday 28 June  2007
NT child protection plan needs medical workforce trained in Indigenous health

A medical workforce that is culturally competent in Indigenous health is essential if the Federal Government’s plan to address child abuse in remote Aboriginal communities is to succeed, the body representing Australia’s medical deans has advised. more>
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Medical Deans have welcomed the Federal Government’s budget initiatives for higher education, describing the $5 billion Higher Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) for infrastructure as “a huge step in the right direction,” but called on Minister for Education Julie Bishop to direct some of its earnings to the clinical training of Australia’s next generation of doctors. more>
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Australia's major biennial conference of medical training and accreditation bodies, MedEd 2007, has called unanimously for one authority to set standards for the training of Australia's medical workforce. Currently there is a gap in accreditation for the years following graduation from medical schools.  more>
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Monday 9 April 2007
MedEd Conference: Gen X and Y prompt review of medical training

Medical graduates’ desire for work-life balance and greater flexibility in working hours has prompted a rethink of how doctors are trained, delegates to Australia’s biennial conference on medical education will hear this week. more>
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Wednesday 4 April 2007
MedEd Conference: How best to train Australia’s medical workforce

Where and how best to train Australia’s medical workforce will be among the topics discussed when MedEd 2007, Australia’s second conference on medical education, is convened next week. more>
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Friday 12 January 2007
Medical Deans Change Name and Launch Resources Campaign

The former Committee of Deans of Australian Medical Schools is changing its name to Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand - and has flagged that it will aggressively pursue funding and infrastructure issues in Australia in election year 2007. more>
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