DR MUKESH HAIKERWAL
General Medical Practitioner, Altona North, Victoria
National Clinical Lead, National e-Health Transition Authority
Commissioner, National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission
19th President, Australian Medical Association
Former President Australian Medical Association, Victoria
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal is a General Medical Practitioner in Melbourne’s Western Suburbs where he has practised for over 17 years. He completed a successful tenure as the 19th National President of the AMA in 2007 following 2 years as National vice president and 2 years as State President . He championed the cause of the “Public Health” without losing site of his key constituency – the medical profession.
He achieved significant change leveraging the vast array of talent and local knowledge of his members. He engaged the electronic and written media and the attendant public scrutiny with consummate media skills and lobbied hard whilst establishing good working relationships with the Federal and State and territory Departments of Health, Health Ministers, Opposition spokesmen and other health and welfare groups. He is currently working with the National e-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) appraising the clinical health professional community of the benefits of vital role of IT in healthcare.
Internationally, he is the Chair of the World Medical Association Finance and Planning Committee.
In February 2008 he was appointed a Commissioner to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission.
Mukesh is married with three boys. His personal interests include travel, film, cricket, cycling and cookery.
PROF JACQUES FRENETTE BA MD
Fellow College Family Physicians Canada
Assistant-Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Laval, Quebec, Canada
Professor Frenette is highly experienced in the education of Family Physicians in Canada and similarly experienced in accrediting family medicine programs for licensing authorities and for the professional College. He has observed and participated in review processes around the world and in 2004 joined a GPET review team as a valued international observer of GPET's accreditation process. He also visited a number of RTPs to gain a better understanding of community-based GP training and regionalised delivery in Australia. In his current role he is specifically responsible for the development of teaching in rural and remote areas of Québec Province, where the issues carry many similarities to the Australian setting. As assistant dean Professor Frenette oversees the development of teaching in rural areas. He is also a member of the conjoint committee of the college of Family Physicians of Canada and the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, which is interested in the promotion of rural training, rural recruitment and retention of Family Medicine Graduates. He is part of a working group of the Association of the Faculties of Medicine of Canada for the development of Faculty Development Modules for teachers involved with International Medical Graduates.
Professor Frenette is a member of the GPET Quality Advisory Group. He is uniquely familiar with GPET's accreditation process and his international perspective is informed by an understanding of the Australian setting. Professor Frenette is also familiar with the roles of professional Colleges and brings an international perspective on College involvement in accreditation of training.