Australian Federation of Medical Women
Medical Professionalism PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 20 June 2009 12:45

Medical professionalism comprises a set of values, attitudes and behaviours that lie at the heart of good medical care. The trust that patients have in their doctor is critical to their successful care. However, the relationship between doctors and society, the doctor-patient relationship and the environments in which doctors undertake their training and their practice have all changed. Public trust has been undermined and a questioning of traditional values and behaviour have also greatly influenced the life and work of doctors.

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Women and Medicine: The Future PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 19 June 2009 18:31

womeninmedicinethefuture110"Today more than half of all new medical students are female. Compared with the early 1960s, the number of men entering medical schools each year has doubled: but for women the number has increased by a factor of ten. Further along the career path, women form a majority – sometimes substantial – of the annual training intake into most specialties.Women already make up 40% of all doctors and 28% of all consultants. As the demographic change now underway works through to consultant level, women are likely – on present trends – to become the majority of general practitioners (GPs) by 2013, and the majority of all doctors sometime after 2017."

Thus begins the introduction to the UK Royal College of Physicians summary on the study "Women and Medicine: The Future". The report was commissioned following heightened interest in the increasing number of women entering the medical profession at undergraduate level. The aim of the report and its recommendations is to guide the profession and policy makers towards the development of a high quality workforce.

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Order of Australia Awards PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 08 June 2009 07:55

The Australian Federation of Medical Women congratulates the Australian men and women who have been recognized in the 2009 Queens Birthday Honours. The medical women recognised are:

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Climate Change Health Crisis PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 June 2009 12:30

AFMW recognizes the severity of the impacts on global health as a result of escalating greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) causing climate change. Dr Liz Rickman, executive member of MWSNSW and AFMW, has given multiple talks in the community and presented at conferences on climate change and its effect on global and Australian populations.

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Fiji Village Project PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 23 May 2009 12:56

Fiji Water ProjectFiji Village Project is a student-based initiative developed by medical students from the Australian National University (ANU), Fiji School of Medicine (FSM) and University of Auckland. It aims to work with communities in Fiji to improve health outcomes through community empowerment by means of education, training and necessary resource provisions.

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Leadership & development opportunities through AYAD PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:55

Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development ProgramThe Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) Program is an Australian Government, AusAID initiative which supports skilled young Australians who want to live, work and make a difference in the Asia Pacific region. AYADs work with local Host Organisations and Australian Partners to achieve sustainable development through capacity building, skills exchange and institutional strengthening.

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