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Welcome - AMCA interest groups

There's plenty to see here. So please take your time, look around, and learn all there is to know about our Interest and Working Groups.


For your convenience, recordings & slides/videos from latest and past Interest Groups are contained in this section (please scroll down)

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20th OCTOBER 2022 - CAMS 20

Medical cannabis use in Australia: consumer experiences from the online cannabis as medicine survey 2020 (CAMS-20)

VIDEO OF OUR RECENT AMCA / SCCAC JOINT EVENT FOR HCPs

To join the Society of Cannabis Clinicians Australian Chapter (SCCAC) click the button

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TGA Advertising Regulations guidance 21/4/22

Video of our Interest Group on 21st April. Links to the two advertising examples are: https://10play.com.au/theproject/news/2022/cannabis-queen/tpv220323rpxmv and https://fb.watch/cdOSedBUgy/

THE AMCA STRUCTURE: FROM INTEREST to action

Interest Groups (IGs)

Interest Groups (IGs)

Interest Groups (IGs)


Interest Groups will enable all members to have their voices and opinions heard, raise issues and concerns, and hear from experts (including members) from within their field of interest. 


Different IGs will meet regularly on different topics within their remits, and be moderated by one or more of our Board Directors to ensure fair share of voice, good behaviour and importantly, to also ensure that the ideas, concerns, issues and interests of our members are brought back to the Board for further discussion and action.  

Working Groups (WGs)

Interest Groups (IGs)

Interest Groups (IGs)


Once key issues and any overlapping areas from different Ineterest Group sessions have been identified, a small number (8-12) of interested/experienced/skilled members will be asked by our Board to form a Working Group tasked with addressing specific issues and developing outputs and/or solutions. 


This way, we hope to utilise our members' experience, skills and ideas and to distill their input into meaningful actions and solutions.

WGs will be lean, focused, and adhere to SMART principles. 

Outputs / Solutions

Interest Groups (IGs)

Outputs / Solutions


AMCA is all about action to improve the sector for all concerned, from patients through to industry and everyone in between. 


As outputs and/or potential solutions to key issues/challenges are produced, they can be channelled to the appropriate Federal or State authorities directly or via other collaborative organisations.


Working Groups can also help with putting together submissions and reports for e.g. Senate Inquiries, Senate Estimates, and other forums requiring input from across the medicinal cannabis sector.


 

INTEREST GROUPS

AMCA IN ACTION!

AMCA's structure to keep its members informed and to fulfill its promise to enable all members to have the opportunity to have their voices heard, is outlined below. We hope this will enable our members to hear from a range of different experts on different topics and to raise issues and concerns.

 

Interest Groups will be moderated and overseen by Board Directors / Ambassadors with skills and interests in specific areas to ensure a fair share of voice and good behaviour. The initial planned Interest Groups are as follows:

  

Interest Group                                                                Board Directors

 

Patient   Access / Advocacy                         Lucy Haslam, Leon Beswick

 

Education                                                      Dr. Tamara Nation, Rita Martin, Justin Sinclair

 

Health Professional                                       Dr. Tamara Nation (Doctors) 

                                                                        Rita Martin (Nursing)

 

Drug Driving                                                  Teresa Nicoletti, Lucy Haslam

 

Industry / Regulatory / Legal                      Joel Hardy, Teresa Nicoletti, Emily Rigby

 

Research                                                         Nial Wheate, Justin Sinclair


The Board Directors associated with each Interest Group will also be responsible for:


  • taking key issues, ideas and concerns back to the full Board to plan appropriate Working Groups.
  • identifying members from the Interest Groups to form appropriate Working Groups to address the identified issues / concerns.


Working Groups will:


  • be made up of 8-12 interested / skilled / experienced members.
  • adhere to SMART working principles.
  • be tasked with producing specific outputs / solutions to be channelled to relevant Government Departments, collaborative organisations or other groups to ensure actions are taken.
  • be asked, as appropriate, to contribute to submissions on behalf of the AMCA.

Contact us if you want to get involved!

Please let us know which areas interest you and let us know if you'd like to get involved at the 'grass roots' Working Group level. 

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AMCA Reimbursement Interest Group 9/9/2021 - recording

Joel Hardy, one of the AMCA Board Directors takes members through updates to the licencing and permit process of the ODC (Office of Drug Control) / MCS (Medicinal Cannabis Section). He shares advice and the realities of the, often lengthy) process.

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AMCA Reimbursement Interest Group 31/8/2021 - recording

AMCA invited Dr Marta Calvo Blanco, Veterinary Clinical Educator, CANNect Veterinary to present to members on a submission recently made to the TGA to reword the S8 cannabis and THC entries to allow for veterinary access. The current listing allows for "human therapeutic use" only. The submission asked for rewording to "human and animal therapeutic use". This would be the first step to allow Australian veterinary surgeons access to this new therapeutic field. The submission will be public in late August for 1 month. Join Dr Marta Calvo Blanco (introduced by Carrie Newbold, General Manager, ECS Clinics) as she describes the details behind this submission, and how it may change the landscape of medicinal cannabis for our furry friends in Australia.

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Contact Marta Calvi Blanco

AMCA REIMBURSEMENT INTEREST GROUP 27/7/2021 - slides

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AMCA Reimbursement Interest Group 27/7/2021 - recording

Rudolf Schrover from Synevi explains the PBS reimbursement process to AMCA members

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Contact Rudolf Schrover

AMCA TGA Advertising Guidelines Interest Group 22/6/2021

Teresa Nicoletti explains the TGA advertising guidelines to AMCA members

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TGA Advertising guidance for businesses involved with medicinal cannabis products

TGA WEBINAR ON Advertising COMPLIANCE 18/3/21

Members of the TGA and ODC outline the guidelines for advertising medicinal cannabis to the public or HCPs

Click on this link https://www.tga.gov.au/webinar-presentation-medicinal-cannabis-advertising-compliance or the image to the left to access the recording on the TGA website

TGA Advertising guidance for businesses involved with medicinal cannabis products

AMCA industry/regulatory/legal Interest Group 16/12/2020

AMCA Industry Board Directors host a meeting for members to share their comments and concerns regarding permits and GMP / import regulations

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As members, please let us know topics you would like us to cover in future Interest Groups. You can also express your interest in joining a future working group - please note the name of the area(s) of interest to you.

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