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ASMS is proud to have res earch it commissioned from Motu on the gender pay gap published in the renowned internation al journal BMJ Open. The article – The gender wage gap among medical specialists: a quantitative analysis of the hourly pay of publicly employed senior doctors in New Zealand – suggested a gender pay gap of 12.5%. You can search for it on the BMJ Open website. ASMS’ research has also featured prominently at two virtual internation al conferences. Dr Charlotte Chambers spo ke to the International Association on Workplac e Bullying and Harassment Conference in Dubai recently, and gave a presentation on spe cialist burnout to the joint BMA/AMA conferenc e on doctors’ health in London. She was also the keynote speaker at the recent RACS Conferen ce Women’s Breakfast where she spoke about gen der bias in medicine.
Smokefree 2025 submission ASMS has made a submission to the Ministry of Health on its discussion document, Proposals for a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan. It considers that proposed actions to reduce the appeal and addictiveness of tobacco products, reduce affordability, and reduce access to tobacco provide a strong basis for achieving the goal of less than 5% tobacco use prevalence in Aotearoa New Zealand by 2025.
Prevocational conference Registrations ha ve opened for th e virtual 2021 Aust ralian and New Zealand Prevoc ational Medical Education Forum on 18 and 19 October. The mai n themes of this year’s conference are transitions an d innovations; heal th equity and cu ltural safety; professio nalism and wellb eing. The keynote spea kers are Dr Jason Frank (Can ada), Dr Rhys Jones (Aotearoa) , and Professor Trudie Roberts (U K). For more information, inclu ding details of how to submit an abstract, visit: prevocationalfo rum2021.com
26 THE SPECIALIST | JUNE 2021
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