My Medical Career MMC: News http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/ en Copyright 2008 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:38:14 +1000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss AMA Victoria Mythbusters Don’t throw away this opportunity to ask the TOUGH questions in confidence Everything you need to know about being a Junior Doctor in Victoria. This CLOSED DOOR panel Question & Answer session for all final year Melbourne and Monash students provides the opportunity for frank discussion about being a junior doctor in Victoria- including internship & beyond. Panel members are Doctors in Training at various stages of their careers. NO other doctors, members of hospital, medical school or college administration will be attending. Date: Monday 8 December 2008 Time: 7.00pm - 8.30pm Registration: 6.30pm Venue: AMA Victoria 293 Royal Parade Parkville, 3052 Price: AMA members: FREE Non members: $55 (price include GST) For : Final year medical students http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/12/ama-victoria-mythbusters/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/12/ama-victoria-mythbusters/ Events Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:38:14 +1000 Minister opens $47.5 million UWS School of Medicine The school will advance evidence-based medical training founded on a practical understanding of the people and communities in the Greater Western Sydney area.
It will not only provide opportunities for students in Western Sydney and the surrounding regions to study medicine, but also will enrich the local community by providing locally-based medical professionals.
]]> http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/minister-opens-475-million-uws/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/minister-opens-475-million-uws/ Media Releases Julia Gillard Minister for Education University of Western Sydney Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:47:46 +1000 The rising tide of medical graduates: how will postgraduate training be affected?
  • Domestic medical graduate numbers will almost double between 2005 and 2012, necessitating substantial increases in supervision at prevocational and vocational levels.
  • New approaches to resourcing and governance of training are needed to expand the capacity of the health system to deliver quality training; new settings will also be required to expand training capacity, while ensuring that trainees are exposed to a broad range of clinical experiences.
  • With increasing demand for training placements, entry to specialty training is likely to become highly competitive; new vocational training positions must be created to ensure that bottlenecks in training do not occur and that training is not unnecessarily prolonged.
  • Substantial increases in government funding will be required to employ the new prevocational workforce. The recent Modernising Medical Careers Inquiry in the United Kingdom offers important lessons for the workforce changes facing Australia, such as a "ring-fenced" budget that quarantines funding for medical education and training.
  • Planning for the increasing cohorts must cover the training spectrum — from medical student to specialist.
  • Students and trainees must be prospectively informed about how workforce changes will affect their career advancement.
    • ]]>     http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/the-rising-tide-of-medical-gra/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/the-rising-tide-of-medical-gra/ News postgraduates specialty training Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:14:22 +1000     An update from AMA Victoria Yesterday, AMAV had heated arguments with DHS as it has consistently failed to give proper attention to our key issues in the negotiations. On 22 July, the AMAV Delegates Meeting rejected DHS's initial proposal due, in part, to a lack of detail (refer EB Update Issue 9). Since then, DHS has avoided providing clarity to its proposals by consistently saying, "details are pending". Yesterday, when pressed to respond to AMAV claims noted below, DHS advised it would provide no response to individual items . Instead, they emphasised that they were developing a further package. AMAV regards this response as unacceptable. ]]> http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/an-update-from-ama-victoria/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/an-update-from-ama-victoria/ News ama ama victoria public hospitals Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:35:53 +1000 Doctors 4 Hospitals Welcome to the AMA Victoria 'doctors4hospitals' blog. This is your opportunity to have your voice heard about the Victorian public health system and help influence the new EBA for all Victorian public hospital doctors. We would like to hear your opinions and stories about your time working in Victoria's public hospitals. Go to the site and post a story.]]> http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/doctors-4-hospitals/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/doctors-4-hospitals/ News ama victoria blog Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:35:43 +1000 75 more training places for 2009 AGPT General Practice Education and Training Limited (GPET) has welcomed the announcement by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon of 175 additional training places for the 2009 and 2010 intakes of the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program. The increase in training places announced by the Government today brings the number of training places available to medical graduates seeking entry into the AGPT program to 675 for 2009 and 700 for 2010. Priority for the additional 75 places in 2009 will go to eligible and suitable applicants who applied in the June and September intakes to the AGPT program but missed out due to insufficient training places. Other eligible medical graduates will be invited to apply for any of the 75 places that remain unfilled by current suitable applicants. The announcement also includes additional support for training places in Indigenous health. The 75 additional places for 2009 will be allocated across all 21 regional training providers (RTPs) that deliver the AGPT program, based on regional workforce requirements. So far, for the first two intake processes, 807 eligible medical graduates have applied for entry to the training program in 2009. http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/75-more-training-places-for-20/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/75-more-training-places-for-20/ News general practice Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:09:16 +1000 Rudd pledges $148m for GP training Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced more funding to train an extra 175 general practitioners. The Government is spending an extra $148 million on the new training places over the next two years. Seventy-five of the new places will be available next year and an additional 100 places will be available in 2010, bringing the total number of general practitioner training places to 700. Some unsuccessful applicants will be reconsidered for university places next year. Speaking in Launceston ahead of a community cabinet meeting, Mr Rudd said the money would help tackle the national shortage of GPs. "We need more GPs, we've got to train for more GPs, that doesn't simply appear out of the ether," he said. "Governments have got to fund training places at universities for that to happen and there's been a deficit in the past. We've got to turn that deficit around." Mr Rudd says this will help tackle the nationwide GP shortage, which currently affects six in 10 Australians. Health Minister Nicola Roxon says that for the first time this year there were more than the 600 medical graduates wanting to go into general practice. Previously there was a cap of 600 GPs being trained each year, she said. "The cap the former Liberal government had in place is well outdated," Ms Roxon said. "We didn't want to be in the position that we were turning away young students who want to go into an area of practice where they are needed. "So we've made this decision to make this additional investment so that we can have those extra 75 students in training next year." Ms Roxon said all states will benefit from the extra GPs. The Government is also investing an extra $18.4 million in a vocational training scheme for doctors in remote communities.]]> http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/rudd-pledges-148m-for-gp-train/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/rudd-pledges-148m-for-gp-train/ News Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:32:41 +1000 All Research Great and Small : Program and EU Collaborative Grants and Fellowships From teaching hospitals to universities and specialist institutions, essential medical research happens in a variety of environments in Australia. Today’s grants and fellowships encourage the progress of medical research on a large and small scale, wherever it is carried out.
    Eight new Program Grants, totalling $73 million, will allow outstanding researchers to lead large teams at universities or institutes to focus on broad research areas, such as mental health, diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
    The funding allows research teams five years to pursue the best research options in their field, knowing they can respond to unexpected findings and opportunities.
    Another 80 of our best and brightest researchers will be able to pursue their careers in their areas of interest through 2009 NHMRC Research Fellowships. Their work in clinical medicine and science, public health, basic science and health services research may result in findings that are of major importance in their field and of significant benefit to Australian health and medical research.
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According to the Medical Board of Queensland, in the last financial year 217 Victorian-educated doctors registered for the first time in Queensland - an almost 20% increase on the year before. The Australian Medical Association Victoria says these are doctors the state can ill afford to lose, at a time when the Government estimates the state has almost 1000 too few doctors to meet demand. It says they are being tempted north by the promise of fatter pay packets and better working conditions. "We need to hang on to our existing doctors as long as possible, not only to provide services but to teach the next generation of doctors," AMA Victoria president Dr Doug Travis said. "Other states are trying to attract Victorian doctors. They are paying more, they are offering better conditions, and they are trying to improve the culture in their public hospitals." The AMA is negotiating a new EBA with the State Government, and is using the Queensland "exodus" to back its push for higher pay.]]> http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/doctors-fleeing-victoria-for-b/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/doctors-fleeing-victoria-for-b/ News Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:17:47 +1000 2008 AMAV enterprise bargaining Victorian Hospital Employed Doctors Yesterday, hospital junior and senior medical staff representatives attended the second report back meeting (Resolution attached). The meeting endorsed potential professional action and voiced serious concern about the current state of the public hospital system. We are organising meetings at hospitals to discuss avenues for action. In negotiations immediately afterwards, we impressed upon hospital negotiators the significant disquiet voiced at the meeting. Also, our interstate comparison of CME entitlements for DiTs was found to accurately reflect current payments and allowances provided around the country with Victorian entitlements placed at the lower end of the states. TO FIND OUT HOW TO SUPPORT THIS CAMPAIGN CONTACT: Workplace & Advocacy Unit T: (03) 9280 8722 E: eb2008@amavic.com.au doctors4hospitals.com.au http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/2008-amav-enterprise-bargainin/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/2008-amav-enterprise-bargainin/ News enterprise bargaining hospitals Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:13:51 +1000 New books available through My Medical Career My Medical Career Books.]]> http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/new-books-available-through-my/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/new-books-available-through-my/ News books medical books medical career books medical careers Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:57:29 +1000 Medical Labour Force 2006 Report Released This report presents demographic and labour force statistics on the medical profession in Australia and trends in the number of employed doctors. It is based on the main findings of the 2006 national survey of registered medical practitioners. Information presented includes a national and state/territory overview of the number of medical practitioners (including age and sex, field of medicine, working hours and where they work), their geographic region and overall supply. Released on 31 October 2008. http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/medical-labour-force-2006-repo/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/medical-labour-force-2006-repo/ News Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:40:06 +1000 2008 GPET convention web link live! http://www.agpt.com.au/convention/08/. ]]> http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/2008-gpet-convention-web-link/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/2008-gpet-convention-web-link/ News convention general practice General Practice Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:29:50 +1000 Overloaded junior doctors revolt over hospital working conditions AMA Victoria president of the doctors in training subdivision, Steven Moylan, said his colleagues were trying to highlight the frustration growing inside public hospitals. "There is increasing stress on staff to use limited resources to get the same result," he said. "They work longer hours and don't get paid for them. Often people work all day and on to the evening without sitting down for lunch or even a break." He said stressed and sick doctors would inevitably lead to a decline in the quality of care. Dr Sarah Mansfield, an intern at the Northern, said the action of doctors was partly a result of a growing, statewide feeling among junior medical staff that something had to change. "Things are really reaching a crisis point," she said. Doctors are negotiating a new enterprise bargaining agreement with the Government, but Dr Mansfield said frustration went beyond the delays in the negotiations. "There is a running joke when someone is paged about a patient with low urine output — you realise that you haven't been to the bathroom all day yourself, you've had nothing to eat or drink because you've been too busy," she said.]]> http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/overloaded-junior-doctors-revo/ http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/news/2008/11/overloaded-junior-doctors-revo/ News hospitals junior doctors Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:17:34 +1000