Australian Medical Association (Victoria)

Overview:

Profession(s): Medicine
Member Type(s): Doctor, Academic
Scope: Regional - Victoria
Formed: 1852
Members: 12,000
Registration No.: ABN 43 064 447 678
Address: AMA House, 293 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
Phone: (61 3) 9280 8722
Fax: (61 3) 9280 8786
Email: webmaster@amavic.com.au
Website: www.amavic.com.au

Description:

The peak body representing Victorian doctors, AMA Victoria exists to:
Provide services, advice, representation and professional support to members;
Improve health services and the health of Victorians.

Member-funded, AMA Victoria is a not-for-profit professional association independent of government.

Mission/Aims:

Advancing the Medical Profession, advancing the health of Victorians.

Principal Activities:

Providing health information to members and the public

Providing training for members

Providing IR advice and advocating for members to hospitals, employers and government

Providing legal advice for members

Providing conduit for the exchange of information between members and channel of information to members

Providing advice on setting up, maintaining and closing medical practices

Member Benefits:

Legal advice
Financial advice
IR advice and assistance
Training
Member discounts
Information through monthly magazine, weekly electronic newsletter and website

Training/Licensing/Certification:

Wide range of courses for doctors and practice managers including Impairment Assessment Training.

Affiliations:

Associations to which we are a member:
Australian Medical Association (AMA)

Our member Associations, Chapters, Divisions:
Australian Orthopaedic Association (Victorian Region)
Australian Rheumatology Association (Victoria)
Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA)
Australian Association of Consultant Physicians (AACP)
Australian Association of Surgeons (Victoria)
Australian Chinese Medical Association
Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Victorian Branch)
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation
Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine
Australian Society of Anaesthetists (Victorian Section)
Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (Victoria)
National Association of Specialist Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (NASOG)
Rural Doctors Association of Victoria (RDAV)
Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria
Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)
Urological Society of Australasia
Victorian Medical Women’s Society

Partner Associations:
Australian Medical Association branches in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.

Verification Criteria:

Registration with the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria or similar body (if member resides interstate or overseas).