‘Heavy punishment’: Lawyer says lengthy court delay has effectively ended Dr Jereth Kok’s career
The five years of delays in setting a court date for Dr Jereth Kok, the GP accused of calling for genocide of racial and religious…
Tag: Medical Board of Australia
What happens to Maria? Why you can’t measure GPs using CPD audits
Two weeks ago, AusDoc published its interview with the chair of the Medical Board of Australia, Dr Anne Tonkin, about the mass disquiet among doctors…
Breaking news: AMA in crisis over million-dollar cash fight
The AMA is in turmoil after it emerged that the state organisation in WA is refusing to hand over an estimated $1 million in membership…
AMA concerned about listing full disciplinary history of doctors found guilty of sexual misconduct Â
The AMA will back the Medical Board of Australia permanently publishing doctors’ history of sexual boundary violations if they are found guilty of professional misconduct. …
RACGP calls on medical board to review impact of CPD changes on the specialty
The RACGP president has called on the Medical Board of Australia to review the impact of its CPD changes on the specialty amid claims from…
Medical board chair responds to mass doctor unrest over the CPD regime
One doctor has described the Medical Board of Australia’s CPD regime, introduced last year in an attempt to enhance doctors’ lifelong learning, as a ‘soul-destroying,…
‘A soul-destroying, form-filling, foolish endeavour’: Doctors reveal their experiences of the CPD regime
This week we published the results of our survey on the Medical Board of Australia’s revamped CPD requirements for medical registration. The top-line result found…
Final chance to take AusDoc’s survey on the medical board’s new CPD regime
AusDoc has been running a survey on the Medical Board’s new CPD requirements and their impact on the medical profession. At the time of writing,…
Thousands of IMGs facing 16-month bureaucratic ‘journey’ to work in Aus
The Federal Government has pledged to cut the time and cost of IMG bureaucracy after a review found GPs were waiting 16 months on average before starting work…
How was it for you? Take AusDoc’s survey on your experiences with the new CPD regime
The vast majority of doctors in Australia will now have some direct experience of the Medical Board of Australia’s new CPD system. The board argues…
