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
“Being at the right place at the right time — or the wrong place at the wrong time.”
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 nature of what she is getting into.
Last year she replaced Dr Jo Flynn, the Melbourne GP who led the regulator through turbulent times.
