125 GPs and one anaesthetist working in Australia via IMG fast track, AHPRA says
One anaesthetist, one psychiatrist and 125 GPs have started working in Australia via the IMG fast track, according to AHPRA and the Medical Board of…
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‘Where I work, just me and two nurses keep the patient alive’: GP podcaster on medical education’s city bias
“I was in the operating room and the surgical doctor popped his head over the drape and said, ‘I thought I recognised your voice —…
Medical Must-See: A ‘boring’ parasitic scalp infection
A chronic skin condition plus a rare parasitic fly left a US teen’s scalp teeming with “boring” worm larvae. The 15-year-old developed an intense focal…
‘They can be scared or dead’: GP’s warning to accused mushroom poisoner
Two GPs who treated accused mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson after she dished up a fatal lunch of beef Wellington have given evidence in her murder…
80-year-old GP called CPD pointless and psychologist ‘a skank’: tribunal
A GP who said CPD was pointless and that he did not need to update his medical knowledge — despite graduating in 1969 — has…
Reductions in alcohol-related liver harm stopped when COVID-19 hit, study suggests
A trend of declining hospital admissions for alcohol-related liver disease during the 2010s abruptly stopped when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Australian researchers say. The researchers…
‘We leave no-one behind’: A GP’s story of the Black Summer bushfires and the years of recovery that followed
It was 30 December 2019, and GP Dr Sara Renwick-Lau was preparing for her first summer holiday in years. Tourists had been streaming into the…
RACGP endorses drug-specific tapering plans for 15 antidepressants
A set of drug-specific antidepressant deprescribing guidelines targeting a “poorly understood” area of clinical practice has received RACGP endorsement. Developed by University of Queensland researchers,…
Semaglutide helps reverse non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, study suggests
Semaglutide may double the resolution rate of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with stage 2 or 3 fibrosis, a Novo Nordisk-funded study across 37…
Je ne regrette rien? The college of surgeons and its dealings with 215 IMGs
Last month, we were sent a joint media release from the Medical Board of Australia and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. In terms of…
