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Medical Deans contributes in a variety of ways to the national health policy agenda, particularly in the areas of professional entry-level education, training and research. Written submissions are an important feature of that contribution.
2011 – Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the administration of health practitioner registration by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and related matters.
Medical Deans forwarded a submission to this inquiry on a range of matters, including:
1. English Language Skills Requirements for Registration
2. Registration of pro bono teachers
3. Student Registration
4. Students reported to AHPRA by others than the host education provider
The completed report from the senate inquiry is available from the Parliament of Australia Senate website.
2011 – Submission to the Australian Government’s Base Funding Review of Higher Education.
The submission is strongly evidence-based and draws on a number of contemporary information sources to support the submission’s claims. There are two specific issues pertaining to medical education which are unlikely to be mirrored in other disciplines – the strong reliance of medical education on work integrated learning (or clinical placements as they are known in medicine) and the complexity of funding arrangements across two sectors: higher education and health. Both matters and their impact on base funding are dealt with in detail in the document.
