Forum on disability support across medical profession
A new panellist will join the AMA’s webinar on supporting doctors and medical students with a disability.
Dr Matthew French of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) has joined the line up for the AMA’s webinar supporting doctors and medical students with a disability on Tuesday 26 September.
The upcoming webinar follows the release of the AMA’s position statement on supporting doctors and medical students with a disability. The statement calls for a profession-wide approach that will set the health sector up for inclusivity to encourage and retain doctors and trainees with a disability into the profession.
Dr French is the Regional Director of Training with ACRRM and will provide a college perspective on supporting doctors with a disability to progress through their training.
He will join Clinical Associate Professor Lisa Meeks of the University of Michigan Medical School, who is widely considered the leading expert on disability inclusion in medical education. Her work has been published in leading medical journals including the Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine and in the Washington Post, CNBC News, Bloomberg Law, and TIME magazine.
Dr Dinesh Palipana is a member of the AMA Equity Inclusion and Diversity Committee who led the development of the position statement and has spoken highly of the support ACRRM have given him in facilitating his training.
Dr Sarah Whitelaw, Chair AMA Equity Inclusion and Diversity Committee completes the panel with AMA President Professor Steve Robson chairing the event which will be held on:
Tuesday 26 September, 2023
Time: 7:30–8:30pm (AEST)
The webinar will share insights and discuss:
- The barriers for doctors and medical students with disability to enter and progress through medical training and find employment. What opportunities are there for career progression?
- What practical and sustainable steps can training providers, employers and other organisations take to promote a more inclusive environment?
- What supports would help medical training providers and employers support doctors and medical students with disability?
- What are examples of good practice?
You can register for the webinar at: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fCIQEbT9RsCd0c5XouzjgQ
For more information contact: events@ama.com.au
