Can a med school work without a university behind it? This doctor hopes so
If his plan works, Professor Stephen Tobin will be the dean of Australia’s newest medical school. He has not been asked by the government or…
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‘The retrieval guy asked which patient to take — there was only room for one’
“There is a little town on the NSW and Queensland border called Tenterfield. It is the only time I have ever had a chopper on…
‘Revenge fantasies’: Dr Screwloose on the surge in CPD-related mental health issues
The esteemed psychiatrist, Dr Screwloose, has made his speciality one that focuses on helping his beleaguered fellow medical colleagues. Never have his services been more…
Can an older GP be taught new tricks? What Dr Vivienne Tedeschi learnt going ‘back to school’ in her 60s
After dreaming of practising obstetrics since medical school, GP Dr Vivienne Tedeschi finally took the plunge while aged in her 60s to train as a…
GP registrar pressured grieving widow to cry on video to prove his empathy: UK tribunal
A trainee GP who pressured a recently bereaved widow to cry so he could display his empathy skills for an assessment video has been suspended…
Pancreatitis, party mishaps and panic — the clinical cases where AI fails
Imaging misinterpretation was meant to fall quickly to AI’s diagnostic supremacy, but a study of 150 clinical challenges suggests that imaging, numbers and party hijinks…
The pesky PESCI? The latest pass rates for tough IMG exam
Almost half of candidates have passed a notorious IMG exam, compared with a historical pass rate of around 30%. The Pre-Employment Structured Clinical Interview (PESCI)…
I needed a break from my paediatric training, but why was hitting the pause button so tough?
Medicine is a marathon, not a sprint — this is a mantra we hear repeatedly from the beginning of medical school. It’s embedded in our…
No physiology, immunology or microbiology: Physician associates sold a lie about their clinical training
Thousands of physician associates — seen as bargain-basement replacements for doctors in the UK — are being sold lies about the true extent of their…
Uber driver, refugee, surgeon and now aspiring GP — meet Dr Karim Amani
“I was operating on a militia person when his colleagues came inside the operating theatre with guns and rocket-propelled grenades. “They did not respect anything…
