Latest News
Our home-grown new doctors have never been more important
September 2020
Medical schools get support to train in Mental Health First Aid
May 2020
Medical schools ready to boost hospital capacity with new Medical Assistant roles
Supporting our future doctors is important now and in years to come
April 2020
Clinical workforce roles – offers from health services
April 2020
Principles to support medical students’ safe and useful roles in the COVID-19 health workforce
March 2020
Medical Students’ contribution to the health workforce response to COVID-19
March 2020
Previous news
Medical students need a connected pathway for a rural career
September 2019
August 2019
Working to grow our Indigenous medical workforce
March 2019
Medical Deans and supporting the Rural and Regional Workforce
January 2019
Supporting graduating Medical Students and their transition to Internship – University of Wollongong
December 2018
Mutually respectful and beneficial partnerships between Indigenous health services and medical schools – James Cook University
November 2018
Patient partnerships a key aspect of Social Accountability – Australian National University
October 2018
Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand – New CEO
February 2018
Medical Deans Congratulates Professor Paul Worley on his Appointment as National Rural Health Commissioner
October 2017
Open Letter of Thanks to Professor Justin Beilby
August 2014
2 December 2013
Federal MP supports Rural Clinical Schools
27 September 2013
Medical Schools – CURRENT and PROPOSED: Fact Sheet
14 August 2013
$8M windfall to boost internship program
7 August 2013
The evidence is in – we need to put doctors where we need them, not new medical schools
24 July 2013
Answer to rural GP shortage local interns
26 July 2013
Deans welcome support to put junior doctors where we need them
13 June 2013
Landmark Aboriginal medical education agreement signed
3 June 2013
Private student training ‘fantastic’
5 June 2013
Coalition divided over plan for new regional medical school
4 June 2013
New medical schools ‘a mistake’, says new President
22 February 2013
Demand rising for Australia-trained docs
9 November 2012
Deans welcome new intern places
9 November 2012
Deans welcome new WA intern places
25 October 2012
Internships are not a privilege to be sold
22 October 2012
Foreign medical students fight for right to complete degrees
5 October 2012
Young doctors need a dose of funding
25 September 2012
Act now or lose 150-plus doctors
21 September 2012
Medical education for the future
21 August 2012
Staying the course: University attrition rates key to true parity
21 August 2012
More indigenous medical students create milestone
20 August 2012
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical student numbers jump
6 August 2012
Teaching crisis for trainee doctors
23 July 2012
Lack of hospital internships threaten future doctor numbers
23 July 2012
Intern changes welcome, but more to do
23 July 2012
Not Enough Internships for Medical Graduates
26 May 2012
Why Australia’s medical system is discriminatory
14 May 2012
Australia ‘needs’ international med students
30 April 2012
Deans welcome workforce report
19 March 2012
Med grads face no-man’s land
14 March 2012
Hospital intern plan risks exodus of foreign students
16 January 2012
First graduates from new medical school
28 November 2011
Racism continues on campuses
27 November 2011
Landmark Indigenous agreement signed
7 November 2011
Medical Students take expertise offshore
4 November 2011
Lack of internships may send Australian trained doctors elsewhere
4 November 2011
Doctors in demand by poachers
3 November 2011
First studies on medical student data
9 September 2011
Medical Deans & AIDA working together to deliver doctors who will make a difference
2 September 2011
Deans contribute to health workforce reform
30 May 2011
Firm up medical numbers, urges new President
27 May 2011
Medical schools call for 50% funding boost
25 May 2011
Medical Schools seek rise in funding
25 May 2011
Medicinal Values
18 May 2011
Increase in University funding
30 April 2011
International Students
18 February 2011
Deans welcome funding agreement
6 February 2011
MJA article on conflict of interest – a response
29 September 2010
Action on Medical Training: Joint Statement
19 August 2010
No new schools before 2014, say Deans
13 April 2010
Keep medical student numbers on hold
15 March 2010
Dean welcome PM Rudd’s announcement
9 March 2010
Medical students may never quality, warn Deans
5 March 2010
Deans welcome federal hospital plan
24 February 2010
We must guarantee training places for all
1 February 2010
Letter to the Editor
11 December 2009
Deans welcome new federal funding
30 October 2009
23 September 2009
‘Closing the Gap’ in Alice Springs
17 June 2009
Australian medical students swing towards general practice careers
16 June 2009
Training places must meet demand for doctors, says New Medical Deans’ President
3 October 2008
Agreement to raise Indigenous doctor numbers and improve Indigenous Health: JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: Medical Australia and New Zealand / Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association
8 September 2008
Clinical training at risk if not funded by Healthcare Agreements
28 February 2008
Healthcare agreements should fund clinical training: Medical Deans
28 June 2007
NT child protection plan needs medical workforce trained in Indigenous health
9 May 2007
Increased funding per student welcome but won’t fully train Doctors
13 April 2007
Medical leaders want one body to set education standards for Doctors
9 April 2007
MedEd Conference: Gen x and Y prompt review of medical training
4 April 2007
MedEd Conference: Australia’s medical workforce
12 January 2007