AMA Victoria is your eyes and ears on developments that impact on the profession, your practice of medicine and your patients.
At no time has this been more important than 2008, with both state and federal governments looking at major reforms to the health workforce.
With AMA Victoria membership, doctors have direct free access to the expertise of AMA Victoria’s professional staff for:
- expert workplace relations advice and representation
- first line legal advice and assistance
- expert advice on practice issues – regulations, HIC (Medicare Australia compliance)
- alerts on proposed and new legislation and regulations which affect your practice of medicine
- exclusive access to the wealth of information and resources in the Member Zone within this website
- marketing support for your practice with Doctor Search and free classified advertising in vicdoc
- networking events
Members gain significant savings on AMA Victoria
- seminars and programs tailored to advance your business acumen
- practice staff development programs
- private practice review service
Members receive automatic subscriptions to the following:
- Vicdoc, the AMA Victoria journal – published monthly (except January)
- Medical Journal of Australia – published on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month
- Australian Medicine – published fortnightly
- e-vicdoc – e-newsletter published weekly to members who provide an email address
Members are empowered to
- influence/contribute to AMA Victoria and federal AMA policy development
- raise issues important to you and your colleagues for discussion with colleagues and debate within AMA
You have access to a wide range of commercial services and discounts from providers with excellent knowledge of the needs of the profession.
You are supporting the professions’ campaigns to address the major public health issues facing Australia such as obesity, tobacco controls, aboriginal health and creating a healthy environment.
You are supporting the profession’s medico-political campaigns for improvements to the Victorian public health system.