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Will AHPRA’s fast-tracking of overseas-trained doctors put patient care at risk?
Manage episode 443924600 series 5457
The ongoing shortage of GPs and specialists has seen the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency leading the implementation of a federal proposal to fast-track registration for overseas-trained anaesthetists, GPs, obstetricians, gynaecologists and psychiatrists.
But two of Australia’s leading medical colleges are urging them to slow down, amid concerns the quality and safety of patient care could be put at risk. GUEST: Professor David Story, Anaesthetist and Head of Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, and President of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
4437 episodes
Manage episode 443924600 series 5457
The ongoing shortage of GPs and specialists has seen the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency leading the implementation of a federal proposal to fast-track registration for overseas-trained anaesthetists, GPs, obstetricians, gynaecologists and psychiatrists.
But two of Australia’s leading medical colleges are urging them to slow down, amid concerns the quality and safety of patient care could be put at risk. GUEST: Professor David Story, Anaesthetist and Head of Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, and President of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
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