Australian Medical Association

In this issue: AMA Welcomes Big Investment in Medical Training; AMA President and AMACDT Chair Meet with Minister Roxon; AMACDT - Trainee Forum Strengthens Trainee Voice; Medical Training Review Panel; 'Leading Change' - AMA Leadership Development Day; AMA Surveying Specialist Trainees; Long-awaited report highlights quality training key to preparing students for internship and beyond; Seeking your views on competency-based training; AMACDT on Facebook and Twitter; MJA Job Share.

In this issue: Develop your leadership skills: AMA Leadership Development Day – Leading Change; AMA Trainee Forum; Extra support for medical education & training urgently required: AMA budget submission; AMA urges greater support for IMGs and abolition of 10-year moratorium; Australian Curriculum Framework revised; New AMA doctors-in-training membership pack; ACRRM accreditation; AMACDT on Facebook and Twitter; and MJA Job Share.

In this issue - AMA training, education and supervision survey: another poor report card for public hospitals; AMA welcomes clinical teaching funding but broader funding and resources needed to be truly effective; New AMA doctors-in-training membership pack; AMACDT meets in Canberra; AMACDT writes to CPMEC on national prevocational training and the internship; "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" – a health and wellbeing guide for doctors; The health and wellbeing of junior doctors: insights from a national survey; Coasting to Gold – 14th National Prevocational Medical Education Forum; MedEd 2009 – “Investing in our Medical Workforce”; ACCC allows admission and interview policies of graduate-entry medical schools;AMA online fatigue risk assessment tool; AMACDT on Facebook; Season's Greetings and a Happy New Year; MJA Job Share.

In This Issue - AMA urges fast tracking of expanded intern training places; AMA releases Priority Health Investment Plan;AMA writes to Health Minister on the 10-year moratorium on IMGs; AMACDT on Facebook; Coasting to Gold – 14th National Prevocational Medical Education Forum; MedEd 2009 – “Investing in our Medical Workforce”; MIGA Doctor in Training Grants Program; AMA online fatigue risk assessment tool.

Launch of NHHRC final report; Dr Pesce at the National Press Club; AMA win on Health Workforce Agency Bil;  AMA submission to ACCC on selection to graduate entry medical school; AMA online fatigue risk assessment tool; 6th National Doctors Health Conference;

In this issue: New AMACDT Chair; AMA survey: does your hospital support your training?; AMA adopts position statement on workplace bullying; New health workforce agency: AMA makes submission to the Senate; Review of RANZCR training program; 6th National Doctors Health Conference; 2009 GPET Awards

E_Dit Issue 64 - 22 May 2009 AMACDT farewells Alex Markwell, AMACDT Leadership Development Dinner 2009, AMA’s salaried doctors and doctors in training committees meet in Canberra, AMA writes to Minister on clinical training places, Federal Budget outcomes, AMA online fatigue risk assessment tool, 6th National Doctors Health Conference, 2010 Australian General Practice Training program intake, 2009 MIGA Doctors in Training Grants Program

E_Dit Issue 63- 17 April 2009: UpToDate – special DiT member offer, AMACDT Leadership Development Dinner 2009, Review of RANZCP training program, Governance and organisation of clinical training, Record GP registrars start training in 2009, Job Share Website

E_Dit Issue 62 - 27 March 2009: AMACDT Leadership Dinner 2009; AMA releases position statement on clinical support time; R Cubed: soul food for a balanced mind; New primary healthcare website; AMACDT Deputy Chair;  AMACDT Chair casual vacancy; MJA Job Share

The AMA Council of Doctors in Training (AMACDT) is a national AMA Group that represents junior doctors through a hospital and state-based representative structure. The AMACDT held its most recent quarterly meeting in Sydney on 31 January/1February 2009.