Australian Medical Council Annual Report Australian Medical Council Limited © Australian Medical Council Limited 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, without the prior permission of the Australian Medical Council. Published March 2012 Published and distributed by: Australian Medical Council PO Box 4810 Telephone: 02 6270 9777 Kingston ACT 2604 Facsimile: 02 6270 9799 Email: [email protected] Website: www.amc.org.au ABN: 97 131 796 980 ISSN: 0818-8378 Contents Year in review .........................................................................................................1 Highlights .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 President’s report .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Chief Executive Officer’s report .............................................................................................................................. 3 Celebrating 25 years of assuring medical standards .............................................................................................. 4 About the Australian Medical Council ..................................................................5 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Role ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Stakeholders ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Governance structure ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Organisation structure ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Support for stakeholders ......................................................................................10 Medical Board of Australia ................................................................................................................................... 10 Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency ................................................................................................. 11 Forum of Australian Health Professions Councils ................................................................................................. 12 Health Workforce Australia ................................................................................................................................... 12 Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand .......................................................................................................... 13 Medical Council of New Zealand .......................................................................................................................... 13 Accreditation of medical school programs and training programs ..................14 Assessments ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 Progress reports .................................................................................................................................................. 16 Accreditation of specialist education providers and programs ........................17 Reviews and assessments ................................................................................................................................... 17 Review of progress reports .................................................................................................................................. 17 International accreditation activities .................................................................19 Association for Medical Education in the Western Pacific Region ......................................................................... 19 Brunei Medical Board .......................................................................................................................................... 19 Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation .......................................................................................... 19 People’s Republic of China .................................................................................................................................. 19 Recognition of medical specialties .....................................................................20 Cosmetic medical practice .................................................................................................................................. 20 Clinical pathology and genetic pathology ............................................................................................................. 20 Assessment of international medical graduates ................................................21 Primary source verification ................................................................................................................................... 21 Competent Authority Pathway ............................................................................................................................. 22 Standard Pathway ............................................................................................................................................... 22 Specialist Pathway .............................................................................................................................................. 25 Finance, audit and risk management .................................................................26 Financial summary ..............................................................................................27 Audited financial statements ..............................................................................28 Appendixes Appendix A: Council members and directors ....................................................................................................... 69 Appendix B: Committee members ....................................................................................................................... 70 Appendix C: Country of training statistics ............................................................................................................ 72 Appendix D: Specialist assessment applications .................................................................................................. 81 Tables Table 1. Committees and their functions ........................................................................................................... 8 Table 2. Medical school program assessments, 2010 ..................................................................................... 15 Table 3. EICS requests and verifications (total number), 2009–10 ................................................................... 21 Table 4. MCQ examination statistics, calendar years 2006 to 2010 ................................................................ 23 Table 5. Clinical examination statistics, calendar years 2007 to 2010 ............................................................. 23 Table 6. Hunter New England Area Health Service: candidates by country of training ..................................... 24 Table C1. Competent authority applications and outcomes 2010 ...................................................................... 72 Table C2. AMC MCQ Examination: pass rates by number of attempts, 2010 .................................................... 74 Table C3. AMC Clinical Examination 2010, passes by country of training and number of attempts .................... 78 Table D1. Specialist assessments by medical specialty, 2010 ........................................................................... 81 Figures Figure 1. Governance structure, 31 December 2010 .......................................................................................... 6 Figure 2. Organisation structure, 31 December 2010 ......................................................................................... 9 Figure 3. EICS requests and verifications (by candidate number), 2006–07 to 2009–10 ................................... 22 Australian Medical Council Annual Report 2010 Year in review Highlights In calendar year 2010, the AMC: • celebrated its 25-year involvement in assuring the standards of medical practice in Australia • effectively transitioned its internationally recognised accreditation and assessment programs into the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme introduced on 1 July 2010 • conducted an offshore accreditation of an Australian medical course • worked with the Medical Board of Australia to review the implementation of the assessment pathways for international medical graduates • published Assuring Medical Standards: the Australian Medical Council 1985–2010, a history of the AMC, its structure, functions and prospects • processed