Dr Philip Morris, 2009 President

The Gold Coast Medical Association Inc. (GCMA) is the only local membership-based organisation that represents the broad interests of the medical community on Queensland’s Gold Coast, Australia.

In addition to promoting communication and networking among members – which include general practitioners and specialists – the Association has a pivotal role in local and national issues, serving as a vital link between the medical profession and the wider community.

To this end, the GCMA is active in a range of areas, including:

• Providing local input on health issues at a State and national level.
• Offering members regular educational forums on the latest medical issues, techniques and business practices through its regular guest speaker program. Creating public awareness of topical health issues.
• Generating and disseminating information to the community on medical matters.
• Supporting members in various fundraising efforts for the benefit of local charities.

Goals and Objectives

The continuing objectives of The Gold Coast Medical Association Inc.:

• To promote on the Gold Coast medical science and to maintain the honour and interests of the medical profession.
• To hold or arrange for the holding of periodic meetings of the members of the Association and of the medical profession generally or any section or number of such members.
• To circulate such information as may be thought desirable by means of a periodical journal, which shall be the journal of the Association, and by the occasional publication of transactions or other papers.
• To form a bond of union between members of the medical profession on the Gold Coast and a medium through which their opinions may be ascertained and expressed.
• To collect and circulate statistics and other information relating to the medical or allied sciences or the medical profession.
• To advance the general and social interests of the medical profession.
• To promote fair and honourable practice to suppress discourage or prevent malpractice or professional misconduct to settle disputed points of practice and to decide all questions of professional usage and courtesy referred to the Association by any member of the Association.
• To correspond with individuals or other bodies on any matter touching medical interests and by its moral influence and the exercise of a judicious supervision to prevent abuses in the profession.

Australian Medical Association Queensland www.amaq.com.au (07) 3872 2222	Association of Medical Receptionists Gold Coast amrgc@iprimus.com.au (07) 5665 6218	Gold Coast Institute of Mental Health www.gcimh.com.au