Coroner highlights traumatic suicides of patients excluded from VAD scheme
A coroner is calling for a review of voluntary assisted dying laws after an elderly man, who was excluded from the scheme because he was…
Paul Smith
Paul is editor of Australian Doctor Group.
Overseas anaesthetists, psychiatrists offered fast-track specialist registration — four ‘priority’ specialties are next
Overseas psychiatrists and anaesthetists have been added to the Medical Board of Australia’s controversial fast-track pathway allowing them to register as specialists without any assessment…
Best AusDoc clinical cases of 2024: New breast reconstruction techniques, vomiting chefs, and meat-based diets
With the year coming to an end, the AusDoc clinical team has selected some of its best clinical articles from the last twelve months. They…
The best of AusDoc at 40: A weird and wonderful day in the life of Dr Fog and our other readers
This year AusDoc celebrated its 40th birthday. We asked one of our long-time columnists Dr Jon Fogarty to write a day in his life as…
Best of AusDoc 2024: Finding distant love, Dr Goldsworthy’s karma, and a GP’s quest for redemption
The AusDoc team has selected some of their favourite stories from over the last year. They range from Dr Lei Min Chen’s fight to practise…
Leading endocrinologist victim of deepfake AI scam showing him describe doctors as ‘idiots’
A leading endocrinologist has been the victim of a bizarre deepfake scam, with a news item fabricated by AI showing him describing doctors who prescribe…
‘Patient requests for second opinions should not feel like a personal criticism’
A new study has been published on requests for second opinions by the families of children being treated by oncologists at Sydney Children’s Hospital. It…
Medical colleges say a two-tier registration system for specialists is coming
The machinery for fast-tracking IMGs is meant to include internal wiring to ensure the medical colleges have some control over who can work as a specialist…
My most memorable day? The sudden thud, the loud cry and looking down to see the baby lying at my feet
As part of AusDoc’s 40th anniversary celebrations, we asked readers to describe their most memorable day in medicine. Here, you can read about Dr Geoffrey…
Urgent care clinics accused of failing to provide proper clinical handover to GPs
GPs have accused urgent care clinics of providing inconsistent or non-existent clinical handover to patients’ usual doctors. The allegation is spelt out in a new…
