A recently article in Australian Doctor reports that the specialist medical colleges generally support the government’s new scheme for National Registration & Accreditation. However like us, they are waiting to see the legislation before through their full support behind the controversial reform.
You can read the full article here.
This post was written by Sham on May 20, 2009
The hottest issue on the medico-political agenda over the last year or so has been the much foreshadowed reform to nationalise registration & accreditation for health care professionals. Details have finally been published by the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council and are available here.
The most specific outcome pertaining to students is that the new national medical board will be required to register medical students. This will not be new for Victorian medical students as we are all already required to register with the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria when we commence first year, however it will bring other states in line with us. This will allow the national board to take an interest in student impairment or serious legal convictions where public safety is at risk, as already occurs in Victoria. Are there any other implications? Well we have heard stories where on rare occassions interstate students have had difficult completing training (e.g. elective) in states other than their own due to registration issues so we hope national registration of students will alleviate this ridiculousness!
AMSA and the AMA have naturally been working hard to represent medical students and the medical profession in general in this issue. Broadly speaking, AMSA supports National Registration as it will finally allow our tertiary qualifications (i.e. MBBS) to be universally recognised around Australia and thus allow medical graduates from an Australian uni to be able to practice freely anywhere in this great country. HOWEVER, The serious reservations concern national accreditation, which we worry will the government to meddle with accreditation standards of Australian medical degrees to suit workforce needs and will detrimentally effect the high regard Australian medical graduates currently have in the global arena. You can read AMSA’s full submission to the government here. And if you’re interested further in the issue the AMA has its say here.
Email your thoughts to mscv [at] mscv.ummss.org.au.
This post was written by Sham on May 19, 2009
Australian Health Ministers have reaffirmed their support of the commonwealth governments plan to nationalise the registration and accreditation process of doctors and other health care professionals.
Let MSCV know what you think about this contentious issue so we can better represent Victoria’s future doctors.
Email us via mscv [AT] mscv.ummss.org.au.
This post was written by Sham on March 11, 2009
As you may have heard there has recently been talk of nationalising medical registration in this country, a process which so far has been carried out on a state level. While this may at the surface seem to offer many benefits to future doctors, critics argue it may erode the quality of medical training by allowing a currently independent process to be taken over by the government.
A panel discussion is being held on Monday 2nd March at 8pm in Kew, Melbourne which will no doubt provide some clinical commentary on this issue, as it is being hosted by a local branch of the Victorian Liberal Party.
Find out more details here in the recent Newsletter from The Australian Association of Surgeons: newsletter-february-2009
Please note, the MSCV is strictly a political neutral organisation, and maintains no affiliation with any particular political parties.
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This post was written by Sham on February 27, 2009
