Where the MTS started

Doctors in training lobbied for the Medical Training Survey (MTS). Alongside employers and medical educators, they wanted good data on the quality of medical training in Australia, built from the direct experience of trainees.

Stakeholders across the health sector united around the need to put the lived experience of trainees at the centre of a national training survey. Since 2016, the Medical Board of Australia and Ahpra - have led the development and implementation of the Medical Training Survey. Launched in 2019, the MTS is now driving positive changes in training and anchoring efforts to improve the culture of medicine. The MTS is the only national survey of medical training that privileges the lived experience of trainees.

The annual repetition of the MTS allows for tracking of progress over time.

The Medical Training Survey is a joint project of doctors in training, specialist colleges, employers, health departments, educators, the AMA, Doctors’ Health Services, Postgraduate Medical Councils, Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association, the AMC, the Medical Council of NSW, the Medical Board of Australia and Ahpra.

The Medical Board of Australia and Ahpra are funding and organising the survey, which is being run independently by research agency, EY Sweeney.

Canberra Region Medical Education Council The Royal Australasian College of Physicians The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia The Australasian College of Dermatologists ACT Health Australian Medical Association Australian Orthopaedic Association Department of Health and Human Services Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Postgraduate Medical Council of Western Australia Queensland Government Australian Medical Students' Association The Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Doctors' Health Services Pty Ltd Victoria State Government South Australian Medical Education and Training Postgraduate Medical Education Council of Tasmania The College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand Australian Medical Council Limited The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists James Cook University NSW Health The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists The Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils Northern Territory Government

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The Medical Board of Australia set up two groups to develop the Medical Training Survey:

A Steering Committee to manage the hands on work to develop and deliver the survey, and

An Consultative Forum to make sure the survey was strengthened by input from doctors in training and other experts including specialist colleges, employers and jurisdictions, the Australian Medical Council and the AMA.

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