Important announcement: Updated internal ACLM CPD program requirements for Fellows and Members

As a College for practitioners working at the junction between law and medicine, ACLM provides an internal Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program.

ACLM Council has recently updated the College's CPD program to make requirements clearer and simpler for our members.

These updated requirements apply for this year commencing 1 January 2024 and are mandatory for all ACLM Fellows and Members. 

Click here for full details.

Announcing a new ACLM membership category

At the 2023 Annual General Meeting, a special resolution was passed which approved the creation of a new ACLM membership category:

Medical or Dental Affiliate member.

This new membership category is designed to allow medical and dental professionals who are not yet eligible for Associate membership to engage more fully with the ACLM community, with the aim that this will nurture their interest in legal medicine.

Eligibility Requirements

A person who:

1. is a registered medical practitioner or dentist with the appropriate licensing authority in Australia or New Zealand or, if from another jurisdiction, a Council approved licensing authority; and

2. is not eligible for Associate membership (due to not currently undertaking, or in the foreseeable future proposing to undertake, a graduate qualification relevant to legal or forensic medicine, and not currently practicing in a field of medicine or dentistry which the Council considers relevant to legal and/or forensic medicine); and

3.has demonstrated their interest in furthering their understanding of legal medicine by having attended at least one of ACLM's short courses prior to application

is eligible to apply for membership as a Medical or Dental Affiliate of the College.

A Medical or Dental Affiliate member is not entitled to claim his or her membership of the College as denoting specialist knowledge, skill and experience, nor may any abbreviations be used after his or her name to signify membership of the College.

Read the updated Memorandum & Articles of Association here (Article 8B).

Find out more and apply here.

Informa 2024 Medico Legal Congress – early bird rates available now

The Informa 2024 Medico Legal Congress is coming soon, on 19 - 20 March 2024 in Sydney.

This program will include the following topics:

- Recent Legislative Changes You Should be Aware Of
- Disability Royal Commission: The Interface of Health Systems and the Law
- What to do if Open Disclosure Processes Break Down
- Cosmetic Surgery Update Post 1st July 2023: what will happen next?
- Recent Developments in the Standard of Care in Medical Negligence Cases
- How to Discuss Risk with Patients
- Cross-Border Issues in the Era of Telehealth & Travelling Medicine
- Medicolegal Obligations when Using AI tools in Healthcare
- Approaches to Supporting Witnesses in Matters Involving Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in Tribunals
- Voluntary Assisted Dying: What you Need to Know About the Differences from State to State
- Intentional Torts in Healthcare
- The Commercialisation of Healthcare
- Unlawful Detention, Gillick Competency, and Other Considerations within the Hospital / Emergency Setting
- Defamation 101
- Expert Evidence

ACLM is proud to be an official supporting organisation for this event.

ACLM 2023 Annual General Meeting

The ACLM 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held in the following time and place:

Date: Thursday 12 October 2023 

Time: 1.00pm AEST (QLD time) 
Other time zones: 11am AWST (WA) / 12.30pm ACST (NT) / 1.30pm ACDT (SA) / 2pm AEDT (NSW & VIC)

Attendance Methods: Hybrid (Brisbane face-to-face meeting with video conference tie-in for virtual attendees)

Physical Location: Cliftons Brisbane, L24, 288 Edward St, Brisbane City QLD 4000

Anticipated Duration: 1 hour

We invite all of our members to plan to attend the AGM whether in person or via Zoom tie-in. More information will be provided via direct email to our members with the Agenda and Zoom log in.

Please RSVP by email to aclm9@legalmedicine.com.au if you plan to attend the in person meeting in Brisbane so we can ensure adequate seating and catering. Lunch refreshments will be provided for in person attendees.