About IMSANZ
What is IMSANZ?
The Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ) represents the interests of specialist General Internal Medicine physicians throughout Australia and New Zealand. We have established links with similar organisations for general physicians in Europe, England, Canada and America.
IMSANZ has over 485 active physician members, and is the second largest group of specialist physicians associated with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians <http://www.racp.edu.au>.
IMSANZ was formed in 1997 with the amalgamation of the Australian Society of Consultant Physicians in General Medicine (ASCPIGM) with our New Zealand counterparts (NZCPIGM). The realisation that general physicians needed a strong united approach to the rigors of the medico-political landscape in both countries led to unity of purpose across the Tasman. There are national and regional issues that require specific resolutions, but there is a greater need to promote the role of the generalist in holistic patient care within all health care systems.
What does IMSANZ do?
IMSANZ provides a focus for general physicians with a broad range of skills and experience to meet in a collaborative forum and maintain skills and knowledge essential to their chosen field of general internal medicine.
The society provides a mechanism for developing the academic and professional profile and culture of general physicians, and seeks to articulate, advocate for, and sponsor the educational, training, research and workforce requirements of general internal medicine.
Since its inception, IMSANZ has publicised these issues in the production of training guidelines, policy documents, newsletters, and journal articles. It has also set up databases containing information on the geographic distribution, skills base, academic interests, and specialty affiliations of the general physician membership.
Mission Statement and Rules
Rules
of the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (PDF:64KB)