Rescuing Medical Education

Stamford Sydney Airport
O'Riordan St (cnr Robey St), Mascot
18 February 2005

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These questions need answers:

Is Medical Education in Crisis? - and if so, who and what is responsible?
Are we downgrading basic sciences?
Are our teaching hospitals failing our medical students?
How do we assess overseas trained medical education and those who claim to be competent medical practitioners? What is the acceptable standard?
Why private medical schools? Will more medical schools help or hurt standards?
What is the future of post graduate medical training?

Proceedings

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Presentation Title	Presenter	Audio	Slide Presentation	Transcript
Welcome	Dr Lindsay Roberts
Opening	Dr Bruce Shepherd Chairman ADF
Opening address	Dr Brendan Nelson Federal Minister for Education, Science & Training
Toward the medical training super highway – the AMA perspective	Dr Bill Glasson Federal President, Australian Medical Association
The achievement and rewarding of excellence is not elitism	Professor Helen Beh CEO, Australian Orthopaedic Association
The downgrading of basic sciences? – a students perspective	Dr Andrew Perry Former V/President, Australian Medical Students Association
Emerging problems with graduate medical education: An academic surgical perspective	Prof J P Harris Lecturer, Sydney University Medical School

Each speaker scheduled for 15 minutes

Presentation Title	Presenter	Audio	Slide Presentation	Transcript
Are teaching hospitals failing to teach acceptable clinical skills? – a student's perspective	Dror Maor President, Australian Medical Student Association
The death of autopsy and Oslerian principles	Prof Phillip Allen Past President of the International Academy of Pathologists
A surgeon's perspective on recent changes to the medical education curriculum	Dr Randal Williams, Senior Visiting Surgeon, Modbury Public Hospital
Teaching clinical skills in day surgery centres/units – an untapped resource	Prof Guy Maddern RP Jepson Prof of Surgery, University of Adelaide
The Future of the Medical College	Dr Anne Kolbe President, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Panel of speakers – open forum for discussion and recommendation

Each speaker scheduled for 15 minutes

Panel of speakers scheduled for 30 minutes

Presentation Title	Presenter	Audio	Slide Presentation	Transcript
The politicisation of specialist medical training – who should set the standards?	Prof Donald Sheldon Chairman Council of Procedural Specialists; former Chairman, Board of Continuing Professional Development and Standards RACS
Factors affecting the outcomes of medical education	Professor Ted Cleary Assoc Dean (Curriculum) University of Adelaide
The registration of overseas trained medical practitioners	Prof Bob Birrell Centre for Population & Urban Research, Monash University
Medical schools and places, getting the mix right	Dr Mukesh Haikerwal Vice President, Federal AMA
Teaching the rural/remote medical practitioner – are they specialists?	Prof Ian Wronski Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
Questions

Presentation Title	Presenter	Audio	Slide Presentation
Panel of all speakers – open forum
Closing - Recommendations and Resolutions	Dr Bruce Shepherd

Scheduled for 60 minutes