CPD Learning

Doctors have an ethical and professional duty to provide evidence-based care impartially and without discrimination, including on the basis of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and sex characteristics.

rTMS is a very promising mode of treatment for a range of psychiatric conditions, such as OCD, PTSD and anxiety, as well as broader applications for pain management, rehabilitation and tinnitus. 

Professor Patrick McGorry presents the realities of youth mental health in Australia and what urgent action needs to be taken.

The transition to adulthood is the peak period for the onset of the mental and substance use disorders that have serious impacts on the productive years of adult life.

The recent escalation of COVID-19 cases will deepen our existing public hospital crisis.

A course for general practice staff looking to learn more about the My Health Record system.

Join the ADHA virtual classroom sessions on digital health, My Health Record, electronic prescribing and more.

Alcohol offers a mixed legacy to our society, having long been used in a broad range of social, cultural and religious contexts.

The Medical Board of Australia (MBA) is amending the CPD requirements for medical practitioners.

The biggest issue doctors have faced this year is the global COVID-19 pandemic. While doctors have been concerned with their patients’ health, have they been taking care of their own?

While climate change is well understood in the common parlance as an environmental, economic, social and even geopolitical issue, framing it as a health risk is relatively new territory for much of the general public.

Sustainability, adaptability, stewardship and digital capability will be key enablers in a complex and changing health care environment, and leadership will be required to build a supportive culture and safe system for healthcare professionals to work in.

Explore how people get into positions of leadership and shine light on existing effective practices and solutions being applied in different countries across the globe to support increasing diversity in leadership positions.

The unique balance between the public and private sectors makes the Australian health system one of the best in the world.

Over the last few months, the pressure on public hospital emergency departments has spiked to a new high-water mark. But is the current ED crisis fully explained by rising patient volume?

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the medical profession globally, and doctors individually, to consider what risk to their own lives (and potentially the lives of their own family members) they are willing to take when treating COVID-19 patients.

The Australian Medical Association is committed to the provision of culturally safe care.

Utilising publicly available data, the AMA has undertaken original modelling to develop a list of policy proposals to improve the health of the system.

This report sets out the AMA’s vision for putting health care back into aged care. While this vision aligns with the Royal Commission’s ambition to achieve genuine person-centred care, it differs in some of the methods of how to get there.

The AMA’s Vision for Australia’s Health represents a clear blueprint for all Governments, and players in the system, built around five pillars of detailed policy reform.