Medical Intern at Royal Melbourne Hospital. IT/Memberships Officer for VMWS.
VMWS is proud to announce that we will be sponsoring three members to attend either the August or October intake of the AMA Emerging Leaders course! Normally costing $2100, VMWS will be covering the program cost for three future leaders! The aim of the Emerging Leader Program is to support… Read More »AMA Emerging Leaders Program
Check out what has been happening with Women’s Health Victoria (WHV) over the last few months! ✨ 1800 My Options has been refunded by the Victorian Government for an additional 4 years, providing Victorian women with another four years of access to information and pathways to trusted SRH services. The… Read More »Women’s Health Victoria’s Activities Update
Bursary Recipients Announced As part of NAIDOC Week celebrations, the Australian Federation of Medical Women is pleased to announce the recipients of the Inaugural AFMW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Purple Bush Leaves Medicine Bursary. Three exceptional candidates will each be awarded a Bursary of $1000 as a contribution to career,… Read More »Recipients Of The Inaugural AFMW Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Purple Bush Leaves Medicine Bursary Announced
VMWS is committed to advocate for the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people especially women and children. Here’s some initiatives that we have undertaken to to close the gap: <ahref=”https://afmw.org.au/recipients-of-the-inaugural-afmw-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-purple-bush-leaves-medicine-bursary-announced/”> AFMW Bursary</h3 > As part of NAIDOC Week celebrations, the Australian Federation of Medical awarded the Inaugural AFMW… Read More »Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women
The Australian Federation of Medical Women represents the voice of medical women in Australia and advocates for the health of all Australians. AFMW acknowledges that anthropogenic climate change is an urgent global health and urgent women’s health challenge which occurs mainly due to human related greenhouse gas emissions which results in… Read More »Australian Federation Of Medical Women (AFMW) Statement On Climate Change
From 2021, the AMA has set a gender diversity target of women holding 50 per cent of Federal AMA representative positions overall! https://ama.com.au/…/ama-diversity-report-gender-2020 Some key points from the article above… At the end of 2020, of the 195 Federal AMA representative positions, 66 percent were held by men and 31… Read More »AMA Diversity Report
Please be informed that the MWIA has extended the abstract submission/registration deadline for their annual Western Pacific Regional Conference (WPRC) 2021! The theme of this year’s conference is “The Role of Medical Women in the Future”. It aims to encourage important voices and influences on issues of interest to medical… Read More »Abstract Submission for WPRC Korea: deadline now July 19th 2021
Event Report – CV Writing Workshop On Wednesday May 5th 2021, the VMWS hosted our annual CV Writing Workshop run by A/Prof Deb Colville. The event was a great success, with prospective doctors at all training levels and from many different educational settings in attendance on Zoom. A/Prof Colville’s extensive experience as a… Read More »VMWS 2021 CV Writing Workshop
Are you a female medical graduate who identifies as aboriginal and/or Torres Straight Islander? The Australian Federation of Medical Women (AFMW), as part of their commitment to reconciliation and the Makarrata Commission would like to encourage and empower a female medical graduate who identifies as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander,… Read More »AFMW Bursary: Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Purple Bush Leaves Medicine
Celebrating 3 years of 1800MyOptions! What is 1800MyOptions? 1800 My Options is government funded service established by Women’s Health Victoria in 2018. It is made up of both a telephone service and a website that aim to provide women with information regarding sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, and where… Read More »1800MyOptions
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