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We are continuing to celebrate International Women's Day this week and we're celebrating our AMA women who have generously shared their experiences as women in medicine.

Our next post is highlighting AMSA Australia President Dr Tish Sivagnanan!

#IWD2023

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Morning everyone! The Australian Social Prescribing Student Collective is very excited to not only celebrate International #SocialPrescribing Day today, but we are also stoked to officially launch our Twitter page! 🇦🇺🦘 #SocialPrescribing

AMSA President Tish Sivagnanan and Vice President External Gabrielle Dewsbury meet with AMA President and Secretary General to discuss key advocacy priorities for 2023.

Australian medical students condemn the Taliban for its oppressive ban on women attending universities and schools.

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Medical Students commend the new Tasmanian single-employer rural GP model in increasing healthcare access for rural Australians but also call for greater investment to improve GP and rural healthcare interest at a medical school level.

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Presenting today at #RMA22 on rural medical student advocacy with Jasmine Elliott (she/her) and Guy Jeffery on behalf of AMSA Australia - and then later this afternoon I will be speaking individually in a soapbox titled “rural background students - the rural workforce solution?”

Our President Jasmine Davis (she/her) presented today
at #RMA22 on rural medical student advocacy with
Jasmine Elliott (she/her) and Guy Jeffery. She's also speaking
in a soapbox titled “rural background students - the rural workforce solution?” Outstanding work!

AMSA hosted a roundtable to create solutions to the GP workforce crisis!

Attendees: Mark Butler MP, Anne Ruston, RACGP, ACRRM, RNZCGP, RDAA, Anne Ruston, Medical Deans, GPSN and more!

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General Practice is the backbone of Australia's health care system. We need to ensure that medical graduates are attracted to a career in general practice. AMSA Australia

I had the privilege of asking Mark Butler MP a question at AMA Media #AMANatCon and then chatting to Caitlin Fitzsimmons 🧜‍♀️ further about what needs to be done AMSA Australia smh.com.au/healthcare/hea…

The AMSA Australia President Address at #AMANatCon always a highlight. Very glad it was brought back into the agenda this year because Jasmine Davis (she/her) had a powerful call for diversity and equity in medicine, from entry into training to ongoing support for all, quote below:

Birthing on Country for the best start in life: returning childbirth services to Yolŋu mothers, babies & communities in North East Arnhem … #openaccess … 'For too long Yolŋu women & families have been excluded from maternity service design and delivery' mja.com.au/journal/2022/2…

Dr Chris Moy, deputy head of AMA Vice President, explains what needs to be done to save hospitals that are crumbling under the pressure of patient demand. #TheProjectTV

Increasing #medicalstudent numbers will NOT solve #workforce issues. It is simplistic to suggest that this will help. It has been trialled and it has failed to provide the type of doctors we need in the location we need them. (A thread) AMSA Australia AMA Media

Well said Chris Moy! As stated by our President Jasmine Davis, “It would be profoundly irresponsible for a Government to fund such a large number of new medical school places without adequate data, robust modelling, and consultation of stakeholders.”

Recently, AMSA held a 'Global Health Forum', inspiring future medical students to think bigger. We had the great pleasure of Maxine Whittaker, Dr Kate Wylie from Doctors for the Environment Australia and @ContehBiger come speak to us! #MedTwitter #globalhealth

We are really proud of our Vampire Cup Coordinator,
Peumike Dissanayake
for his inspirational article on donating blood. A wonderful read encouraging all of us to roll up our sleeves!

At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them #AnzacDay2022 #LestWeForget

This week World Health Organization (WHO) reported 136 attacks on healthcare in #Ukraine . Together with Australian College of Mental Health Nurses RANZCP ACEM Academy of Child and Adolescent Health Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA) AMSA Australia we condemn attacks on health workers and facilities in Ukraine - and wherever they occur. Full statement bit.ly/381dNmw #NotATarget