Anne Tonkin's guest appearances

Anne Tonkin

The Medical Journal of Australia

the limbic

FlowNews24

Andrew Davies

Robert George

Emily Gordon

Bruce Campbell

Stephen Russell

Tim Jones

David Williams

Daniel O'Brien

Sandro Demaio

Mark Harris

David Morgan

Keith Harris

Ben White

Hugh Montgomery

Hannah Moore

OwlTail

This January saw the roll out of the Medical Board of Australia’s updated CPD requirements – all registered doctors are now required to complete 50 hours of CPD annually – this includes preparing a professional development plan, and at least 25 hours spent on activities related to reviewing performance and measuring outcomes. Now four months into the program, Chair of the Medical Board of Australia, Dr Anne Tonkin speaks to the limbic about the changes – why they were introduced, how the 50 hours are broken down, what the professional development plan looks like and her thoughts on how the changes will impact clinicians.

This January saw the roll out of the Medical Board of Australia’s updated CPD requirements – all registered doctors are now required to complete 50 hours of CPD annually – this includes preparing a professional development plan, and at least 25 hours spent on activities related to reviewing performance and measuring outcomes. <br><br>Now four months into the program, Chair of the Medical Board of Australia, Dr Anne Tonkin speaks to the limbic about the changes – why they were introduced, how the 50 hours are broken down, what the professional development plan looks like and her thoughts on how the changes will impact clinicians.

Dr Anne Tonkin on what specialists need to know about CPD in 2023

... and we discuss the multi-disciplinary approach already used in regional areas as a model to alleviate strain on doctors practising in regional Australia. Dr Tonkin says AHPRA has been streamlining approvals processes and believes the fees charged for approvals are not a substantial barrier to securing doctors in rural Australia.

Dr Anne Tonkin AO, chair of Medical Board at @AHPRA on waiting times and fees to get doctors in regional areas, rural GP training ...

Vol 210, Issue 4: 4 March 2019. Dr Anne Tonkin is the new Chair of the Medical Board of Australia. She talks about mandatory reporting, changes to the Code of Conduct and improving our understanding of the Board's role, and its communication with doctors. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.

MJA Podcasts 2019 Episode 8: Dr Anne Tonkin, Chair of the Medical Board of Australia