Connecting Medical Regulators Around the World

The video recording of IAMRA's webinar on Disruption in Healthcare and Regulation is now available.  

COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of life in some way or another.  It has challenged and changed how we live and how we work. In this webinar, we  considered the  lessons we, as regulators, have learned – what’s worked, what hasn’t, and what can we do better in the future when faced with a similar challenge. We also took a wider view of the medical regulation landscape  – what can, and should, we be talking about right now?

This webinar was chaired by Mrs. Joan Simeon, CEO of the Medical Council of New Zealand and member of the IAMRA Management Committee.  Panelists included: Dr. Cheryl Walker-McGill, Immediate Past Chair, Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States; Aleyna Hall, Deputy CEO, Medical Council of New Zealand; and Jantze Cotter, Director, Professional Competence, Research & Ethics, Irish Medical Council.

IAMRA's 2021 Virtual Conference will take place October 12-14, 2021. 

The Theme of the Conference is Supporting a Workforce Under Pressure – The Regulator’s Role.

We want the conference to be as accessible as possible. Organizations, both members and non-members will pay a single registration fee, entitling all their staff, board/council members, etc. to attend as little or as much of the conference as they wish.  

As IAMRA has members all around the world, the conference start time will be different on each day so that the majority of attendees will have at least one day when it will be convenient for them to attend the conference ‘live’.  All attendees will have the option to attend ‘live’ on every day of the conference if they wish.

Please visit our IAMRA Conference page for more details.

IAMRA's Members General Assembly will take place virtually on October 26, 2021.

More information on this event will be available in the coming weeks.

IAMRA's 2022 International Conference on Medical Regulation will take place November 14-17, 2022 in Johannesburg, South Africa.  IAMRA's Members General Assembly will take place on November 16, 2022.

More information on both of these events will be available in the coming months.

IAMRA is pleased to announce its newest member - Korean Academy of Medical Sciences - Partner. Iamra currently has 119 members from 48 countries. To see a full list of IAMRA members, please click here or visit the Membership Listing. 

IAMRA would like to recognize the extraordinary effort and dedication of medical regulatory authorities around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We know that you are working hard to maintain focus on public health and safety and ensuring high standards of clinical practice while at the same time, working from home, advising government, responding to medical capacity and training requirements as well as innumerable other issues. Many of your council and board members are also front-line practitioners adding to the challenges of delivering effective and responsive regulation at this difficult time. Your dedication and support of medical practitioners is, no doubt, making a positive difference to the pandemic’s trajectory.

Medical regulation is a challenging and pressured at the best of times, but even more so during these times of great change and uncertainty. IAMRA’s Management Committee and Secretariat acknowledge your hard work and commitment in keeping your communities safe in these unprecedented times.

Please be assured that  IAMRA’s Management Committee is also working hard to shift the Association’s priorities in response to the effects of the pandemic. We will be sharing regular updates over the coming months.

With my very best wishes and heartfelt appreciation,

Dr. Kgosietsile Letlape
Chair of IAMRA