IAMRA hosts webinars on a regular basis.  Please check the homepage and Upcoming Events for announcements.  Recordings of the webinars are available to Members in the Members Only section of the website.  For more information on IAMRA or the webinars, please contact the IAMRA Secretariat.

November Webinar

“Strengthening Global Patient Safety through the IAMRA Physician Information Exchange (PIE)”
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. CST

To ensure you join at the correct local time, please check Time and Date for your city. If your city isn’t listed, select your continental region just above the list of cities.

Registration:
Registration is free and required to attend. Once registered, you will receive a unique webinar link via email. Please keep this email to access the webinar on the day of the event. While you may share the registration link with colleagues, the webinar link itself is unique and should not be shared.

Register Here

Facilitator:

• Ms. Nicole Krishnaswami, IAMRA Chair

Speakers:

• Ms. Natalie Pattinson – Head of Operations, General Medical Council, UK

• Ms. Nisha Patel – Manager, Registration, Medical Council of New Zealand

• Mr. Dustin Dollar – Director, Physician Data Center, Federation of State Medical Boards, US

Join us to learn how PIE is strengthening global patient safety and hear from leading medical regulatory authorities on their experiences and outcomes.

Title: "An Exploration of AI Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities for Medical Regulatory Authorities" Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM CST

Facilitator:

• Mark Staz, Chief Learning Officer, Federation of State Medical Boards

Speakers:

• Frank Meyers, Deputy Legal Counsel, Federation of State Medical Boards

Please contact the IAMRA Secretariat for more information.

"Quality Assurance of Medical Education in the UK and Lessons Learned" Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM CST

Facilitator:

• Dr. Heidi Oetter, Medical Consultant and Former Registrar, College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (Canada) (Immediate Past Chair, IAMRA) 

Speakers:

• Tom Bandenburg, Head of Quality Assurance Reporting, General Medical Council, UK
• Abigail Nwaokolo, Head of Quality Assurance, General Medical Council, UK

Please contact the IAMRA Secretariat for more information.

“Getting the most out of the IAMRA Physician Information Exchange (PIE)” October 22, 2024 at 6:00 am CST

The UK, General Medical Council shares a Case study on using PIE.

Facilitator: Kara Oleyn JD, Senior Vice President Intealth, Executive Director ECFMG

Speakers:

• Natalie Pattinson B. Bus Mgt– Head of Operations, General Medical Council, UK
• Stephanie Howell – International Liaison and Illegal Practice Manager, General Medical Council, UK
• Andrea Wright- International Liaison and Illegal Practice Adviser, General Medical Council, UK
  

Please contact the IAMRA Secretariat for more information.

“Ethical Recruitment of Health Workforce – how should medical regulators step up?” July 30, 2024 at 3:00 pm CST

Facilitator: Adj. Prof. Martin Fletcher, IAMRA Board Member & CEO Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

Speakers:

Please contact the IAMRA Secretariat for more information.

The regulator’s role in providing a more compassionate and supportive approach to complainants in sexual misconduct matters. May 14 or 15, 2024 at 5:00 pm CT 

Facilitator: IAMRA chair elect Ms. Nicole Krishnaswami   

Speakers:

Please contact the IAMRA Secretariat for more information.

What makes a good Board member? February 20, 2024 at 2:00 pm CT

Facilitator: Dr Heidi Oetter, IAMRA Immediate Past Chair

Speakers:

• Dr. Anne Tonkin, Chair, Medical Board of Australia
• Dr. Suzanne Crowe, President, Medical Council of Ireland
• Ms. Kate Wood, Chair, Medical Council of Canada
• Dr. Divine Banyubala, CEO of the Medical and Dental Council, Ghana, and IAMRA Board member

Please contact the IAMRA Secretariat for more information.

The challenges of regulating cosmetic surgery – how are medical regulators globally dealing with the challenges of regulating the rapidly growing cosmetic surgery? 

September 26, 2023 at 9:00 pm UTC/21:00 UTC. 

Dr. Divine Banyubala, Chief Executive Officer of the Medical and Dental Council, Ghana and member of the IAMRA Board of Directors will be facilitating the webinar. 

Speakers include:

• Jason McHeyzer, National Director, Cosmetic Surgery and Compliance, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

• Dr. Michael Murray, Deputy Registrar, College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, Canada overseeing the accreditation of private facilities at which cosmetic procedures are provided in Canada

• Dr. Sarvam TerKonda, a plastic surgeon affiliated with the Mayo Clinic, past Board Member of the Florida Board of Medicine, and Immediate Past Chair of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States

Please contact the IAMRA Secretariat for more information.

Medical regulatory authorities and climate change – do medical regulators have a role in joining efforts to tackle climate change and contribute to environmental sustainability? 

April 12, 2023

Dr. Heidi Oetter, Chair of IAMRA and Registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia facilitated the webinar. 

Speakers included:

• Jane Dancer, Manager, Strategy and Policy, Medical Council of New Zealand

• Sanji Gunasekara, Principal Policy Adviser, Medical Council of New Zealand

• Jane Durkin, Assistant Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, General Medical Council (UK)

• Satinder Kaur, Assistant Director, Facilities, General Medical Council (UK)

Please contact the IAMRA Secretariat for more information.

2020-2022 IAMRA Webinars

2020-2023 IAMRA webinar recordings and additional content can be accessed here, and include the following topics:

The Great Covid Reckoning – How are medical regulators responding to the health workforce crisis? (December 8, 2022)
Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility and Anti-racism (September 13, 2022)

Telehealth and Virtual Care - COVID and Beyond (July 28, 2022)

Duty of Candour (June 22, 2022)
Misinformation and Challenges to the Independence of Medical Regulation (May 24, 2022)

Disruption in Healthcare and Regulation (May 17, 2021)

Be kinder? The challenge of humanizing medical regulation in a post-COVID world (April 20, 2021)

Physician Health and Wellness (March 29, 2021)

Emerging COVID-19 Challenges for the Safety and Standards of Patient Care (December 10, 2020)

Professional Conduct and Discipline in the Era of COVID-19 (October 28, 2020)

A Guide to Conducting Video Hearings (October 2020)

Registration Assessments in a Pandemic Environment (September 28, 2020)

COVID-19 and the Acceleration of Virtual Care and Virtual Regulation - Lessons and Questions from Canada (August 26, 2020) May 24, 2022

The Medical Regulator's Role in Cultural Safety and Health Equity (August 6, 2020)

ECFMG Response to COVID-19 – Upholding Standards in a Global Pandemic (June 23, 2020)

COVID-19 and The Impact on Medical Regulation (May 20, 2020)