The Council is supported by a number of sub-committees. Each sub-committee includes members of the Postgraduate Medical Council, together with other interested stakeholders.
To provide a leadership role in prevocational medical education and training in Western Australia.
To provide expert advice to the Minister for Health and the Department of Health Western Australia on prevocational medical education and training, accreditation of medical training positions and prevocational medical workforce issues. Identify, evaluate, monitor and promote medical education and training programs, and resources for prevocational medical officers and other non-vocational doctors in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
To undertake the accreditation and monitoring of medical prevocational training positions, the Medical training/units and facilities that support prevocational training positions to ensure they meet national and State standards.
To notify the Medical Board of Western Australia of the Council’s recommendations for accredited postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) training positions.
To establish and maintain linkages to promote communication with education providers from medical undergraduate to vocational training and continuing medical education, in particular, to foster greater sharing of expertise, information and a continuum of learning.
To establish, maintain and promote partnerships with the Medical Board of Western Australia, other State/Territory Postgraduate Councils, the Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils, the Medical Training Review Panel, the Australian Medical Council, a Western Australian junior medical officer’s forum and other relevant organisations/associations/committees.
To monitor and advise on the supply, distribution and demand for prevocational medical officers and other non-vocational doctors in Western Australia.
To promote, undertake and/or contribute to health services research regarding prevocational medical officers and other non-vocational doctors’ education and training, accreditation and workforce issues.
To advocate on behalf of prevocational trainees on matters that impact on health and welfare of prevocational medical officers, including matters relevant to safety and quality.
