The Australian Medical Association ACT is warning that growing workforce pressures are putting specialist medical training at risk, with concerns raised about the future capacity of several training programs.

The medical body says dermatology and intensive care face the greatest challenges in sustaining specialist training, while orthopaedics has also reported concerns about maintaining its future training pipeline.

AMA ACT president Dr Betty Ge said increasing clinical demand, workforce shortages and service pressures were leaving senior specialists with less time to supervise and mentor trainees. She said the organisation would seek urgent discussions with Canberra Health Services and ACT Health to identify specialties at risk and strengthen long-term workforce planning.

The AMA ACT is calling for an urgent assessment of vulnerable training programs, a review of supervision capacity, and measures to protect specialist training as part of the ACT Government’s response to the ACT Health System Inquiry and Health Workforce Strategy.

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