The Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria works closely with a number of established committees as part of our governance process. These committees work to support a number of PMCV stakeholders.
Board Finance and Risk Committee
Board Finance and Risk Committee Membership
- Chair – Dr Anand Ponniraivan
- Members:
- Professor Michelle Leech
- Dr Adam Walsh
- Dr Barry Gunn
- Julie Hatty
- Invited Member: Alan Mitchell, Mitchell Partners
Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) Advisory Committee
The PMCV RAP Advisory Committee provides leadership, guidance and support for the development and implementation of the Reflect RAP and any future RAPs. The Committee membership applies cultural, clinical and operational knowledge to RAP discussions, considers RAP implementation issues and monitors/reports progress to the PMCV Board and Reconciliation Australia.
RAP Advisory Committee Membership
- Chair – Dr Romey Giles
- Deputy Chair – Mrs Helen Maxwell-Wright AM
- PMCV Cultural Advisor
- JCTS Representative/s
- AIDA Representative
- PMCV Representative – Julie Hatty
- Secretary – Jordan Hay
Accreditation Committee
The PMCV Accreditation Committee is to develop, monitor and evaluate accreditation standards and processes for the provision of prevocational medical education and training and for promotion of prevocational doctor wellbeing and safe quality patient care.
Accreditation Committee Membership
- Dr Kate Gazzard – Chair
- Dr Caleb Lin – Deputy Chair
- Dr Yun Megan Foo – Prevocational Doctor Representative
- Dr Carla Borg Caruana – Prevocational Doctor Representative
- Dr Jessie Zhou – Prevocational Doctor Representative
- Dr Madeline Collings – Prevocational Doctor Representative
- Ms Nicole Purkis – Medical Education Representative
- Dr Lian Peng Yee – Medical Education Representative
- Dr Philippa Hawkings – Metro health service representative
- Dr Brendan Morrissey – Metro health service representative
- Dr Stella Sarlos – Metro health service representative
- Dr Nabrees Sinnalebbe – Rural health service representative
- Dr Dorothy Chua – Rural health service representative
- Ms Paula Davey – Community representative
- Dr Matthew Hadfield – Medical board of Australia representative
- Dr Elizabeth Jones – College representative
- Dr Christina Johnson – College representative
- Dr Wilson Yang – College representative
- Dr Douglas Devereuz – VRGP representative
- Dr Philip George – GP representative
- Dr David Steed – University representative
- Prof Alan Sandford AM – Interstate PMC representative
- Ms Lara McNabb – Interstate PMC representative
- Ms Julie Hatty – PMCV
- Dr Sarah Rickman – PMCV
- Ms Amber Fiske – PMCV
- Ms Kristy Scalea – PMCV
Education Committee
To develop, monitor, deliver and evaluate high-quality and accessible educational programs in support of prevocational medical trainees. The Education Committee will engage with relevant stakeholders to promote and support prevocational medical trainees, supervisors, educators and MEO professional development.
Education Committee Membership
- Chair – Professor Louis Irving
- Deputy Chair – Dr Brendan Condon
- PMCV Medical Director – Dr Sarah Rickman
- PMCV Board Representative – A/Professor Robert O’Brien
- Medical Education (General Practice) Representative – Dr Heather Grusauskas
- Medical Education (MEO Network) Representative – Jane McPherson
- Medical Education Representative – Pauline Dib
- Term Supervisor Representative – Dr Tsung Chung
- Prevocational Supervisor Representative – Dr Rachael Coutts
- JMO Victoria Representative – Dr Kirstie Evans
- Invited Member – Julie Hatty
- Secretary – Dr Shemona Rozaria
Medical Workforce Committee
The Committee’s function is to represent all health services and prevocational medical trainees across Victoria, providing expert advice to shape policies and processes of the Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV) which contribute towards medical workforce initiatives to streamline recruitment and planning across the State.
Medical Workforce Committee Membership
- Chair – A/Professor Wanda Stelmach
- Metropolitan Health Service Representative – Dr Genni Newnham
- Rural/Regional Health Service Representative – Dr Louise Litten
- Metropolitan Health Service Representative – Dr Abi Arulanandarajah
- Rural/Regional Health Service Representative – Professor Matthew Hadfield
- Metropolitan Health Service Representative – Dr Tony Kambourakis
- Rural/Regional Health Service Representative – Dr Junyi Shi
- Medical Workforce Managers Committee Chair – Hannah Cole
- JMO Victoria Representative – Dr Reece Ansar
- JMO Victoria Representative – Dr Jonathan Vu
- JMO Victoria Representative – Dr Jaidyn Muhandiramge
- SaferCare Victoria Representative – Professor Andrew Wilson
- PMCV Representative – Julie Hatty
- PMCV Representative – Korian Strakosch
Medical Workforce Managers Committee
The Committee’s function is to represent public health service medical workforce departments of prevocational doctors across Victoria, to contribute towards medical workforce initiatives to streamline recruitment and planning across the state.
Graduate Nurse Midwifery Program (GNMP) Committee
Graduate Nurse Midwifery Program (GNMP) Governance Membership
- Chair – Leanne Shea
- Members:
- A/Professor Michelle Rutherford
- Laura Bignell
- A/Professor Katrina Nankervis
- Julie Wright
- Susan Jennings
- Tim De Boo
- Briege Magee
- Professor Julie Morphett
- Department of Health Representatives:
- Jane Bostock
- Nicole Argall
- Linda Murray
- Scott Bennett
- PMCV Representative – Jenny Smith
Clinical Educators Network
MEO Network
The purpose of the Medical Education Officers (MEO) Network is to establish a support network for the MEOs to provide readily available resources for the delivery of educational and training programs and welfare support to prevocational doctors. (Under Review)