Kia ora koutou, rau rangatira mā,

Greetings leaders and colleagues,

It was an absolute pleasure to host the AI symposium in Baltimore last month and to catch up with our members and friends who attended. We are thankful to our keynote speakers, panel members and all who contributed to making the symposium such a great success. We have all come away with a lot to think about around this rapidly changing field as AI is integrated into medical practice. I encourage you to access the excellent presentations available to IAMRA members at MO-IAMRA Symposia.

WHO Global Guidance

We were privileged to have Dr Agya Mahat from the WHO launch the  WHO Health Practitioner Regulation: Design, Reform and Implementation Guidance. The guidance aims to support the design, implementation and reform of health practitioner regulation. IAMRA is pleased to support the WHO in dissemination of the guidance. You can access a webinar where Dr. Mahat discusses this work HERE.

Upcoming webinar: “Getting the most out of the IAMRA Physician Information Exchange (PIE)”, October 22, 2024

IAMRA’s PIE platform is an important member benefit to support regulators with critical patient safety information. PIE facilitates information sharing across international borders, allowing IAMRA members to identify doctors who have been sanctioned in another jurisdiction or made a fraudulent application for registration. 

This webinar will feature one medical regulator who benefited from the PIE platform. Please register here.

If you are a medical regulatory authority interested in learning more about using the PIE platform, please contact: sheermans@iamra.com.

IAMRA Conference: “People-focused regulation for a safer global community” September 4-7, 2025, Dublin, Ireland

Abstract submission is now open. I encourage all medical regulators and partners to submit your innovative work and accomplishments related to the conference theme and sub-themes, including the regulator’s role in enabling a global health workforce, developments and innovations in education, accreditation, assessment, and remediation, as well as engaging with the public and patients, and many others. Your participation will provide a rich conference for our global network.

Register for updates on the IAMRA 2025 Conference here.

We hope you find this newsletter useful. Please get in touch to share any medical regulatory updates for forthcoming editions.

He mihi mahana - Warm greetings and wishes.

Joan Simeon

Chair, IAMRA