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The Board expanded engagement with national and international stakeholders to strengthen collaboration and professional visibility. We participated in events including conferences held by the Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine, and Indigenous Allied Health Australia.
As part of our commitment to cultural safety, we engaged an Indigenous artist to develop a design that will be central to our persona and recognisable to all medical radiation practitioners.
The Board met with the Medical Radiation Practice Council of NSW and the New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board to explore joint projects that promote collaboration and international engagement. We also held two webinars for medical radiation students in Australia in August and September, which were attended by more than 400 students.
Maintaining public safety through ethical and accountable practice remains a priority. We published information on informed consent and the safe use of digital systems, emphasising individual access to patient records and discouraging the use of generic logins. We completed a review of national exam content to improve exam validity and reliability. This supports reliable and fair assessment of practitioner readiness for safe practice.
We also shared information about research on the use of medicines by practitioners and the impact of AI on professional accountability. These initiatives inform not only future practice but regulatory responses that promote safe, evidence-informed care.
The Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia continues to be attentive to setting affordable registration fees to recover the costs of effective delivery of regulatory functions under our Health Profession Agreement.
Fees also recover the cost of funding Board-specific investment in supported regulatory operations, consultation on professional capabilities, and education initiatives such as Teaching and Mentoring on the Run.
We continued to support workforce development and a culturally safe profession. Public consultation on revised professional capabilities marked an important milestone in our strategic plan. We thank the members of the project working group for their expert advice and guidance.
We supported the development of an embedded learning model by RMIT University and Queensland Health, and congratulate them for their innovative approach to nuclear medicine education. This model offers opportunities for students to combine remote learning with clinical placement, while living in their community. It further strengthens and supports our objectives of inclusive pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples into the profession and promoting culturally safe care.
The final phase of the current strategic work plan has brought success but also revealed future challenges and opportunities for strengthening the profession through engagement, innovation and effective regulation. We thank all medical radiation practitioners for their dedication to patient care and look forward to continuing our collective efforts to ensure a strong, adaptable and future-ready workforce.
Ms Cara Miller, Chair
