Media Releases
Release date: 9 March 2010
Medical students may never qualify, warn Deans
Hundreds of Australian medical students may be unable to qualify as doctors because of a looming shortage of training places, the country’s peak medical university body has warned... more>
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Release date: 5 March 2010
Deans welcome federal hospital funding plan
Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand has welcomed the plan released on Wednesday by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ... more>
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Release date: 24 February 2010
Training Places for all must be guaranteed
International medical students must be guaranteed training places in the Australian hospital system after they graduate ... more>
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Release date: 1 February 2010
Letter to the Editor
Adam Cresswell and Matthew Franklin’s front-page report (Training fails to prepare new doctors, 1 February) ... more>
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Release date: 11 December 2009
Deans welcome new federal funding
The Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of clinical training funding details for 2010... more>
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Release date: 30 October 2009
Doctor numbers set to soar
The number of new doctors trained in Australia is set to jump sharply in the next few years, with graduate numbers set to more than double, according to statistics unveiled today.... more>
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Release date: 23 September 2009
'Closing the Gap' in Alice Springs
The Deans of Australia’s medical schools will today meet a local Aboriginal elder with a deep understanding of traditional healing... more>
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Release date: 17 June 2009
Australian medical students swing towards general practice careers
Information released from a national study tracking the preferences of Australia’s medical students over the past five years shows a swing towards careers in general practice... more>
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Release date: 16 June 2009
Training Places Must Meet Demand for Doctors
Demand for doctors is outstripping the supply of new graduates worldwide and it will deepen if enough clinical training places for Australia’s future doctors are not found, says incoming President of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand Professor James Angus.. 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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Wednesday 9 May
2007
Increased funding per student welcome but won't fully train Doctors
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.
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Friday 13 April
2007
Medical leaders want
one body to set education standards for Doctors
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.
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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: 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.
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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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