Aust Health Rev. 2000;23(4):8-26.
The Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee (AMWAC) was established by the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) in 1995 to provide information and analysis to AHMAC and the profession about the medical workforce to inform the policy process. This article provides a brief history of the events leading to the formation of AMWAC and of the work of this committee, particularly its approach to medical workforce planning and the outcomes of some of its research. The paper concludes that the forces leading to and maintaining workforce geographic and structural maldistribution are better understood as a result of AMWAC studies and the work of other stakeholders. Further research is required to improve understanding of the hospital medical workforce and the factors influencing the career decisions of young doctors and to monitor the impact of strategies to improve workforce distribution.
澳大利亚医疗劳动力咨询委员会（AMWAC）于1995年由澳大利亚卫生部长咨询委员会（AHMAC）设立，旨在就医疗劳动力向AHMAC及医疗行业提供信息和分析，以为政策制定过程提供参考。本文简要介绍了促成AMWAC成立的相关事件及其工作情况，特别是其医疗劳动力规划方法以及部分研究成果。文章得出结论，由于AMWAC的研究及其他利益相关者的工作，人们对导致并维持劳动力地理分布和结构分布不均的因素有了更好的理解。还需要进一步开展研究，以增进对医院医疗劳动力以及影响年轻医生职业决策因素的了解，并监测改善劳动力分布策略的影响。
