PRESIDENT'S WORD [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="AMA on marriage equality"][/block_title] Rejecting discrimination in all its forms is fundamental to medical practice. The Federal Council of AMA voted in support of a […]

FROM THE CEO [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="Let us be exceptional and courageous"][/block_title] The AMA has a long history of fighting on behalf of doctors, patients and for a better Australian […]

EVENT More than 200 colleagues joined AMA (NSW) to hear guest speaker Annabel Crabb at the Sydney High Tea with a Twist held in March. Driving rains and a threatening […]

DIT DIARY [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="What's the right answer?"][/block_title] Exams are one way to test doctors’ abilities, but they are not perfect. Dr Eliza Milliken asks, ‘Are exams a necessary […]

OPINION [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="Deaths we don't question further"][/block_title] Dr Tessa Kennedy, Chair of the Doctors-in-Training Committee, asks could we use a systems-quality approach to reduce doctor distress? One week […]

OPINION [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="One wellbeing day at a time"][/block_title] Christine Byrnes, President of Western Sydney Medical Society, shares her university’s practical solutions to improving mental health for students. “I […]

FEATURE [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="Holistic approach to healing patients"][/block_title] The Health Justice Partnership addresses the legal dimension to patient health and wellbeing. In May 2015, Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) […]

FEATURE [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="Advances in vaccination safety"][/block_title] Australia’s landmark system to monitor adverse reactions is increasing patients’ confidence in the safety of vaccines. AusVaxSafety, which actively monitors the safety […]

FEATURE [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="Problem gambling"][/block_title] Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury is encouraging medical professionals to ask the question, “Have you ever had a problem with gambling?” Flanked by police escorting […]

FEATURE Cycling with care AMA (NSW) is working with the Amy Gillett Foundation to make cycling safer. As a specialist oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr Peter Aquilina sees the trauma […]

FOCUS: MEDICAL INDEMNITY [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="The future of medical indemnity"][/block_title] Almost 15 years ago, the medical profession faced one of the biggest battles it has ever fought. The medical […]

FOCUS: MEDICAL INDEMNITY [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="How the crisis unfolded"][/block_title] Arguably the biggest potential disaster the medical community has ever faced, the medical indemnity crisis was a period of tragedy […]

FOCUS: MEDICAL INDEMNITY [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="Doctors in distress"][/block_title] At the height of the medical indemnity crisis, the financial threat of the IBNR levy forced many doctors to consider leaving […]

FOCUS: MEDICAL INDEMNITY [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="The turning point"][/block_title] It takes a lot to get doctors angry, but after more than a decade of failed negotiations the medical indemnity crisis […]

FOCUS: MEDICAL INDEMNITY [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="The future is at risk"][/block_title] After years of stability, the Federal Government is threatening to unwind several medical indemnity schemes. What will it cost […]

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="Managing performance makes good business sense"][/block_title] In the lead up to a new financial year, a lot of people are starting to worry about pay […]

TRAVEL [block_title style="column_title" inner_style="inline_border" title="Land of the rising sun and white powder"][/block_title] Great snow, challenging runs and a cultural experience – Dr Brian Morton shares his recent skiing adventure at […]