It's not revalidation: new medical board chair on older doctors and competency checks
We discuss mandatory reporting and revalidation - but don't call it that
13th June 2019
By Paul Smith
"Being at the right place at the right time — or the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Dr Anne Tonkin. Photo: Kim Stevens/Panache Photography
This is Dr Anne Tonkin on her recent appointment as the new chair of the Medical Board of Australia. There is a wry smile.
She has dedicated much of her professional life ensuring that the medical profession is “deserving of public trust”, as she puts it. She knows the