The Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee (AMWAC) was established in 1995 to assist with the development of a more strategic focus on medical workforce planning in Australia and advise on national medical workforce matters, including workforce supply, distribution and future requirements. The Australian Health Workforce Advisory Committee (AHWAC) was established in 2000 to oversee national level, government initiated health workforce planning in Australia, covering the nursing, midwifery and allied health workforces.
Though ceasing to operate following a review of AHMAC workforce committees in June 2006, during their time of operation AMWAC and AHWAC undertook over 40 research projects on aspects of the Australian medical and health workforce including supply and demand studies examining the structure, balance and distribution of the workforce and estimated projections of future workforce needs and examination of evolving workforce issues such as career choice decisions and female participation rates.
Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee
2005
The Surgical Workforce in Australia - Working Draft OnlyCareer Decision Making By Postgraduate Doctors
The General Practice Workforce in Australia - Supply and Requirements to 2013
2004
Sustainable Specialist Services: A Compendium of Requirements 2004The Public Hospital Medical Workforce in Australia 2004
The Specialist Obstetrics and Gynaecology Workforces in Australia
Survey of Doctors Working In Rural and Remote Locations under Australia's Five Year Overseas Trained Doctor Recruitment Scheme
2003
The Specialist Emergency Medicine Workforce in AustraliaThe Specialist Pathology Workforce in Australia
Career Decision Making By Doctors in Vocational Training
2002
Specialist Medical Workforce Planning In Australia - A Guide To The Planning Process Used By The Australian Medical Workforce Advisory CommitteeCareer Decision Making By Doctors in Their Postgraduate Years - A Literature Review
2001
The Specialist Anaesthesia Workforce in AustraliaThe Specialist Radiology Workforce in Australia
The Specialist Medical and Haematological Oncology Workforce in Australia
The Cardiothoracic Surgery Workforce in Australia Top of page
2000
The Specialist Gastroenterology Workforce in AustraliaThe Neurosurgery Workforce in Australia
The General Practice Workforce in Australia
The Specialist Thoracic Medicine Workforce in Australia
Medical Workforce Training and Employment Workshop - April 1999: Summary of Outcomes
1999
The Specialist Psychiatry Workforce in AustraliaThe Consultant Paediatric Workforce in Australia
The Specialist Cardiology Workforce in Australia
Temporary Resident Doctors in Australia
The Orthopaedic Surgery Workforce in Australia: An Update
Intensive Care Workforce in Australia
1998
Medical Workforce Supply and Demand in Australia - A Discussion Paper (jointly with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)Sustainable Specialist Services - A Compendium of Requirements
The Obstetrics and Gynaecology Workforce in Australia
Influences on Participation in the Australian Medical Workforce
New Zealand Medical Graduates in the Australian Medical Workforce (jointly with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)
The Radiation Oncology Workforce in Australia
The Specialist Dermatology Workforce in Australia
1997
The Characteristics of Students Entering Australian Medical Schools 1989 -1997 (jointly with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)The Ear Nose and Throat Surgery Workforce in Australia
The Geriatric Medicine Workforce in Australia
The Rehabilitation Medicine Workforce in Australia
The General Surgery Workforce in Australia
The Emergency Medicine Workforce in Australia
1996
The Medical Workforce in Rural and Remote AustraliaFemale Participation in the Australian Medical Workforce (jointly with the AIHW)
The Ophthalmology Workforce in Australia
The Urology Workforce in Australia
The Anaesthetic Workforce in Australia
The Orthopaedic Surgery Workforce in Australia
Australian Medical Workforce Benchmarks (jointly with the AIHW)Top of page
Australian Health Workforce Advisory Committee
2006
The Perioperative Workforce in AustraliaHealth Workforce Planning and Models of Care in Emergency Departments
The Australian Allied Health Workforce - An Overview of Workforce Planning Issues
2004
The Australian Nursing Workforce - An Overview of Workforce Planning 2001-2004Nursing Workforce Planning In Australia
2003
Australian Mental Health Nurse Supply, Recruitment and RetentionEmergency Care Workforce Forum
2002
The Midwifery Workforce in Australia, 2002 - 2012The Critical Care Nurse Workforce in Australia, 2001 - 2011