About CPMEC
Mission
To develop and coordinate national standards and programs for the implementation, promotion and support of prevocational medical education and training:
- support junior doctors in their training, clinical and professional activities;
- work collaboratively across all the Postgraduate Medical Councils;
- engage in advocacy with external stakeholders;
- promote excellence in prevocational training and recognize outstanding contributions; and
- promote integration with Medical School and College training programs.
From the 1980s postgraduate medical councils (PMCs) have had responsibility for prevocational training; gradually a national framework was acquired linking the various phases of training.
The Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils was established in 1998 as an umbrella body for PMCs to improve information exchange on prevocational training.
CPMEC developed an Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors in 2006, with later revisions. This Framework was designed to enhance self-directed learning, particularly in the domains of clinical management, professionalism and communication, and was revised and updated in later years with the Prevocational Medical Accreditation Framework.
Until 1 July 2014, CPMEC was supported by an annual grant from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. Currently CPMEC is funded by a levy on its members.
CPMEC Awards
Since 2008 the Junior Doctor of the Year Award has been presented annually to a junior doctor across Australia and New Zealand in recognition of their significant contribution to improving prevocational medical education and training.
In 2010 the Clinical Educator of the Year Award was initiated to recognise clinical educators in Australia and New Zealand who have made a major contribution to the education and training of junior doctors in the years PGY1 and PGY2.
Past Chairs
Years | Chair |
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1998 - 99 | PROFESSOR KERRY GOULSTON - NSW |
2000 - 02 | PROFESSOR GEOFFREY DAHLENBURG - SA |
2002 - 04 | DR. PETER ROESER - QLD |
2004 - 06 | PROFESSOR BARRY MCGRATH - VIC |
2006 - 07 | PROFESSOR BARRY MCGRATH -VIC |
2007 - 09 | PROFESSOR LOUIS LANDAU - WA |
2009 - 11 | PROFESSOR BRENDAN CROTTY -VIC |
2011 - 13 | PROFESSOR SIMON WILLCOCK- NSW |
2013 - 15 | ASSOC. PROFESSOR TERRY BROWN - TAS |
2015 - 18 | PROFESSOR RICHARD TARALA - WA |
2018 - 2023 | DR. CLAIRE BLIZARD - NSW |
2023 - Current | PROFESSOR KEVIN FORSYTH - SA |