CPD Learning

AMA’s National Conference is open to all AMA members and non-member medical professionals in Australia. Internationally-based medical professionals interested in medico-political issues within Australia are also welcome to register.

After a successful launch of this inaugural inter-college medical conference in 2021, MEDCON22 is back.

COVID‐19 has challenged and tested Australian general practice while reinforcing its centrality and potential.

Cholecystectomy during the index (first) admission of people with mild gallstone pancreatitis is recommended by international guidelines.

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer globally, accounting for 11.4% of all cancers and it kills more than any other, claiming 18% of all cancer deaths.

Lung cancer treatments and outcomes are changing, but survival remains a challenge.

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in Australia, affecting 11% of the population.

There is global recognition of the harms caused by conversion practices.

Both formal and informal conversion practices can be traumatic for LGBTQA+ people who are exposed to them.

Five‐year survival for people with acute leukaemia in South Australia continuously improved during 1980–2016, and socio‐economic status and remoteness did not influence survival.

The AMA for decades has maintained the AMA List of Fees and Services. However, many members aren’t aware of the benefits and services it provides.

The pandemic will be with us for a long time; we need to engage with its inequities.

The medical home refers to a model of primary care that is patient-centred, comprehensive, team-based, coordinated, accessible, and focused on quality and safety.

CTE is caused by repetitive brain injuries and concussions, and can have dire consequences such as mental health problems and dementia.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy caused by repetitive head injury.

Medical practices using contracts to engage doctors, reception and billing services have largely operated free of state and territory government payroll tax.

Without the appropriate training and guidelines, the rapid transition to telemedicine risks lowering the quality of diagnostic care during a medical visit.

Many excellent guidelines exist on the logistics of performing a virtual visit, reviewing the use of appropriate technology, the protection of patient privacy, and the suitability of determining appropriate patients for a telehealth visit.

AMA Training delivers the NSW Permanent Impairment Assessment Training Program using the NSW workers compensation guidelines for the evaluation of permanent impairment 4th edition applicable in NSW and other states except Victoria and Tasmania.

Impairment assessors play a critical role in producing assessments of quality to help jurisdictions fund compensation for clients and to achieve consistency in the interpretation and application of the Guides.