2008 AMC Accreditation Submission



The Australian Medical Council (AMC) is conducted  the first accreditation review of the College’s education, training and continuing professional development programs.

The College submitted its final Submission for Accreditation to the AMC accreditation team. This team was appointed by the AMC on the recommendation of the Specialist Education Accreditation Committee.

The submission describes in detail the structure, content and goals of the education and training program including the new training competencies, the accreditation process for organisations to provide training, training program evaluation methods and the College’s continuing professional development program.

Membership of the Accreditation Panel is as follows:

• Professor Andrew Coats
  (Chair), Deputy Vice Chancellor (Community), University of Sydney.
• Dr Szu-Lynn Chan
  trainee from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.
• Mr Nino DiSisto
  Chief Executive Officer Berri Hospital and Riverlands Regional Health Service and Executive Director, Service Operations and Aged Care County Health South Australia.
• Associate Professor Frank Fisher
  Director of the "Understandascope Program, Monash University. Professor Fisher is the nominated consumer member.
• Associate Professor Andrew Smith
  University of Melbourne, Head of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Austin Hospital.
• Associate Professor Jennifer Weller
  Program Director Postgraduate Clinical Education, Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Medical and Health Science, University of Auckland and Specialist Anaesthetist, Auckland City Hospital
• Dr Cam Bennet
  Chair of the Division of Medicines at Royal Brisbane Hospital in Brisbane and Senior Lecturer in Medecine at the University of Queensland.

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For more information on the accreditation process please contact Dr Karen Owen on +61 3 9824 4699 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it