Policy

AMSA has policy on a number of issues relevant to medical students and regularly forms new policy as needed. Policy is formed by general medical students, AMSA Representatives, medical societies or the AMSA Executive. A position statement put together by any or all of these parties becomes official AMSA policy when it is ratified by the National Council. Once it is ratified it is then presented to the relevant bodies and made public. Some of the most recent issues on which AMSA has formed policy includes the current treatment of international students, climate change and health, as well as inter-professional education.
AMSA's entire policy platform can be found below. All of AMSA's individual policy documents are also presented below, in their Orange Book categories. For all enquiries about AMSA Official Policy, please contact the AMSA Policy Officer. Medical Students and other AMSA stakeholders interested in contributing to AMSA's policy base can refer to the How to Write Policy Guide.
==The Orange Book==
The AMSA Orange Book is a comprehensive collection of AMSA's policy base, covering a wide variety of issues under a selection of broad topics:
* Medical School Programs and Admissions
* Medical School Education
* Supporting Students
* Graduations, Internships & Careers
* Funding & Regulation
* Medicine in Australia
* Global Health
* Social & Other Policies
The following section is the AMSAwiki equivalent to the Orange Book.
==Official Policy Documents==
Click on the name of the file to see the policy. 
===A - Medical School Programs and Admissions===
Bonded Medical Schemes (2017)
Classification of Medical Programs (2017)
Domestic Full-Fee Places (2017)
Ethical Recruitment of International Medical Students (2016)
Medical Schools Admissions (2016)
===B - Medical School Education===
Anatomy Curriculum (2013)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Awareness in Medical Education (2014)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health in Medical Curricula (2017)
Information Technology and the Delivery of Medical Education (2015)
Interprofessional Education (2014)
Medical Student Societies’ Representation (2013)
National Barrier Examination (2014)
Quality Clinical Placements (2016)
Rural Clinical Schools (2016)
Shared Clinical Placements (2015)
===C - Supporting Students===
Bullying in Medicine (2015)
Medical Students With Disabilities (2015)
Mental Health and Wellbeing (2015)
Sexual Harassment (2015)
Student Income Support (2014)
===D - Graduations, Internships & Careers===
Commonwealth Medical Internships (2015)
Early Streaming (2014)
International Students (2016)
Internships (2016)
Medicare Provider Number Restrictions on International Students (2015)
National Internships Application Process (2016)
Rural Training Pathways (2016)
Vocational Training Pathways (2016)
===E - Funding & Regulation===
Funding of Medical Programs (2015)
Increased Student Numbers (2015)
Medical Student Registration and Mandatory Reporting (2015)
===F - Medicine in Australia===
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (2015)
Alcohol Misuse and Harms (2014)
Antibacterial Resistance (2014)
Blood Donation Deferral (2017)
Conscientious Objection and Access to Care (2017)
Disability Care and Support (2014)
Gender Equity in Leadership and the Workforce (2017)
LGBTIQ Health (2016)
Organ and Tissue Donation (2015)
Pharmaceutical Sponsorship (2014)
Physician Assistants Policy (2015)
Research and Reportage (2016)
Universal Health Coverage (2014)
Voluntary Assisted Dying (2017 Amended)
Youth Trauma and Incident (2015)
===G - Global Health and Public Health policy===
Access to Essential Medicines (2015)
Access to Safe Termination of Pregnancy (2017)
Australian Foreign Aid (2017)
Climate change and health policy (2017)
End of Life Care policy (2017)
Ethical Recruitment of International Medical Graduates (2013)
Global Food and Nutrition (2016)
Global Health and the Medical Curriculum (2017)
Health and Human Rights (2013)
Health Care in Conflict Zones (2017)
Health Inequities and their Social Determinants (2013)
Non-Communicable Diseases (2015)
Overseas Medical Placements (2013)
Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health (2017)
Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS (2016)
Sustainable Development Goals (2016)
Tobacco free campuses policy (2016)
Vaccinations Policy (2016)
===H - Social & Other Policies===
Illicit drug reform policy (2015)
Unemployment and Health policy (2015)
===2007 and earlier===
Compiled Brief Policy Statements