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Women in Surgery activities
Colleges/Associations/Government Agencies
Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee Documents
Surgical News Articles
Reports/Gender Related Resources
Vocational Courses and Resources
Library Resources
Other

Women in Surgery Committee Activities

Women in Surgery survey cover letter and results (2002)

Colleges/Associations/Government Agencies

American Women's Medical Association
An insight into how a larger country supports for female doctors
http://www.amwa-doc.org/index.html

Australia and New Zealand Association for Medical Education
http://www.anzame.unsw.edu.au/about.htm

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Provides health and welfare statistics and information
http://www.aihw.gov.au/

Australian Medical Association
http://www.ama.com.au/

Australian Medical Council
http://www.amc.org.au/

Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA)
AMSA represents 8,500 medical students at 11 Australian Universities
http://www.amsa.org.au

Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC)
The unifying organisation of and support structure for Specialist Medical Colleges
http://www.cpmc.org.au/

Commonwealth Office of the Status of Women, Women 2001
A useful guide to the range of Commonwealth Government initiatives for women
http://www.osw.dpmc.gov.au/pdfs/inside.pdf (Adobe PFD File)

Media Releases
http://www.osw.dpmc.gov.au/2nd_media.cfm

Medical Women's International Association
http://www.mwia.net

Public Health Association of Australia, Special Interest Group – Women's Health
http://www.pha.org.au/sig/Women.htm

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
http://www.ranzcog.edu.au

Royal College of Surgeons of England – Women in Surgery
http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/surgical/trainees/wist

Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee Documents

Female Participation in the Australian Medical Workforce
http://amwac.health.nsw.gov.au/corporate-services/amwac/female.htm

Influences on Participation in the Australian Medical Workforce
http://amwac.health.nsw.gov.au/corporate-services/amwac/female98.html

The Cardiothoracic Surgery Workforce in Australia (Supply and Requirements 2000–2011)
http://amwac.health.nsw.gov.au/corporate-services/amwac/cardiothoracic20011.pdf (Adobe PDF File)

The Neurosurgery Workforce in Australia (Supply and Requirements 1999–2010)
http://amwac.health.nsw.gov.au/corporate-services/amwac/neurosurgery.pdf (Adobe PDF File)

The Orthopaedic Surgery Workforce in Australia (An Update 1998 to 2009)
http://amwac.health.nsw.gov.au/corporate-services/amwac/orthopaedic99.pdf (Adobe PDF File)

The Urology Workforce in Australia
http://amwac.health.nsw.gov.au/corporate-services/amwac/urology.htm

Surgical News Articles

Vol 3 No 7 August 2002 – Surgery without the sacrifice

Vol 3 No 3 April 2002 – Surgery Meets Women Halfway

Vol 3 No 2 March 2002 – Leading Women Surgeons

Vol 2 No 3 April 2001 – World First Female President

Reports/Gender Related Resources

Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (Medical Training and Review Panel)
Brennan Report – Selection Guidelines
http://www.health.gov.au/workforce/meducatr/mtrp/mtrp.htm

Brennan Report – Trainee Selection in Australian Medical Colleges
http://www.health.gov.au/workforce/meducatr/pdfcover/trainamc.htm

The Difference in a Woman's Heart
Report on the differences in cardiac disease morbidities in male and female cardiac patients
http://www.adifferentheart.com/

The Discipline of Gendered Medicine Newsgroup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Gendermed/

The Discipline of Gendered Medicine Website
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/mrh/gendermed/

Vocational Courses and Resources

AMA – Workforce
Information relating to all aspects of working life including remuneration, training costs and vocational training opportunities.
http://domino.ama.com.au/AMAWeb/IRRemun.nsf/

Careers, Choices and Change
A pamphlet released by the Australian Medical Students' Association, which addresses lifestyle issues and the need for flexible training/work
http://www.amsa.org.au/files/pdf/pamphlets/women_in_medicine.pdf (Adobe PDF File)

Intern Survival Guide
A guide compiled by the Australian Medical Students' Association that lists all hospitals which offer internships
http://www.amsa.org.au/files/pdf/isb/isb_2000.pdf (Adobe PDF File)

Monash University
Gender Perspective in Medicine – Uppsala University Course
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/faculty/newsletter/october.html#6

Satellite Symposium on Teaching about Gendered Medicine
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/mrh/gendermed/satellite.htm

RACS – Register of Flexible Training
http://www.surgeons.org/wedo/edu/flex_train.html

Library Resources (available in the College Library)

The Woman in the Surgeon's Body
by Joan Cassells. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1998.

Medical Journal of Australia
Women in Australian and New Zealand Psychiatry
By Carolyn Quadrio. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 1991, 25: 95–110.

Other

Health Leaders Network
Provides health leaders with learning programs and networking opportunities
http://www.hln.com.au/

International Women's Day
http://www.osw.dpmc.gov.au/3rd_int_wom_day.cfm

National Institute of Clinical Studies
http://www.nicsl.com.au/

Order of Australia Nomination Form
http://www.theorderofaustralia.asn.au/pr021.htm

Australian school term dates
http://www.dest.gov.au/schools/dates.htm