ACMA Executive Meeting Thursday 24th July 2014, 8pm
Present: A Wan, D Luo, A To, K Ng, M Chu, M Wong, C Lam, P Cheng, S Loo, K Liu, A Lim, H Yoon, V
Tai
Apologies: B Chen, M Ting, D Yeh, other YACMA Exec
Matters Arising:
- Richard is working in Whangarei, Alwin will take over minute taking until new secretary appointed
Membership:
- stick to doctors as members
- possibility of associate members similar to YACMA arrangement
Finances:
- roughly $150,000 in the bank, according to Gee Hing's previous estimates, need around $500,000
for ACMA to be self-sustaining
- Benson to clarify conference finances
Mentorship:
- 10 mentors, 43 mentees
- a few mentors wanted only a couple of students, Kristine will divvy out the rest
- mentorship topics will be according to what mentees want
- query about non-ACMA mentors
- Kristine more comfortable with ACMA members being mentors as ultimately she is responsible for
the students
- can encourage membership/offer free membership
RMO members:
- only one house officer ACMA member
- Lance Yuan hasn't replied Carlos regarding being social rep
- need for collective voice in Chinese doctor community
- Paul says RMOs want networking, informal mentorship
- difficulties in proving career talks for house officers, as it is already happening in hospitals and
difficult to get groups of specialists together
- possibility of RMO social events
- incentive for RMOs for supervisor time at CME meetings
- NSW has annual ball etc, ideas can be used for social events
- discussed possibility for wider range of talks at CMEs
YACMA
- Retreat - lower numbers this year (28)
- curriculum change has created less downtime for students
- YACMA needs to change along with it
- more interest in academic vs social events
- next big events: clinical skills workshop, careers evening
- need full time university employee to book rooms for workshop
Newsletter:
- next newsletter to go out soon (as planned after conference)
- following newsletter to go out after CME
Conference feedback:
- conferences are most time efficient for CME points
- need more appealing events for specialists
- discussed having less CME dinners and more conferences
- problem with sponsorship funds if less CMEs
- conferences are a lot of work, but annual conferences will be easier as experience in organisation
will carry over
- feedback: about the same wanted biennial conference vs annual conference
- although GPs mostly want biennial
- need to differentiate ourselves from the many other GP conferences
- depends on finances
- could have 2 day conference
- could make CMEs more time efficient? Eat during the talks?
- possibility of non-medical ACMA meetings funded by a sponsor
- famous people could come and talk
- practical talk e.g. IT talks
- plan to rejig member meetings
- charity events - negotiate for free stalls at larger events
- need to sit down and clarify what we want to do regarding member meetings
- try to get ACMA members more involved
Chinese Medical Resources:
- discussion regarding CHAINZ with resources to produce podcasts or videos
- use ACMA as a portal for Chinese health information
- current information resources online are all over the place
- need to have many contributors for such a database
CME:
Next CME meeting September 14th
- Andrew Cho to speak on head and neck surgery
- ask members for more mentors
- advertise family picnic day
- Adrian to ask Allen Liang's daughters to talk - Roseanne Liang
- Andrew Cho talk for 30 mins, Roseanne talk for 60 mins
- 1.5 CME points
- Grand Park may be unavailable
- Sun World not suitable
- Imperial Chinese for AGM?
- would be good to have parking
- Hakka Hut in Albany if size can accommodate
Upcoming Events:
- Family Picnic Day on October 19th 1-3 pm One Tree Hill
- Plan B: bowling in Panmure
- ?ACMA/YACMA social event e.g. laser tag
- AGM: November 9th
Correspondence in/out:
Richard to pass on mail box key
Next meeting: Thursday 25th September, 8pm