Why are we so quick to criticise other doctors when things go wrong?
Why are we so ready to criticise colleagues? We’re encouraged to develop empathy for our patients. Why can’t we be empathetic towards each other? ×…
Tag: Culture of medicine
As a doctor, how would you feel going to ED, telling other doctors you planned to kill yourself and being sent away? Let me tell you
When we have an MI come through ED, they are given the gold-star treatment — because MIs will kill you. Never are you told, “Sorry,…
From psych inpatient to ECT and now medical school: Sam Diprose’s story
At 4am on a psych ward, inpatient Sam Diprose met the doctor who changed his life. “He shared with me that he had a friend…
Stressed surgeons linked to fewer complications for patients: study
Surgeons, like elite athletes, may produce better outcomes if they are displaying higher physiological stress in the early stages of surgery, a study shows. US…
Racial bias ‘likely existed’ in high-stakes RACP exam, investigation finds
This month the Royal Australasian College of Physicians released a detailed 80-page independent report into the running of one of its make-or-break exams. The report…
Dr Nick Coatsworth: Senior doctors should resist the ‘back in my day’ narrative
Dr Nick Coatsworth says intergenerational comparisons — the ‘back in my day’-isms — can make it harder to address young doctors’ mental health and burnout. The former…
When patients stroke our ego, do we end up treating them or serving ourselves?
We all have rusted-on patients, and our interactions with them differ depending on that complex flux between what they think they want and what we…
The AMA is wrong — the medical board must make cognitive screening of older doctors mandatory
I am a middle-aged GP. As such, I have a while to go before I am likely to be subject to the mandatory health check…
‘Lacking evidence and probably ageist’: RACGP hits out at medical board’s mandatory health checks for older doctors
The RACGP says the Medical Board of Australia’s push on mandatory health checks for older doctors is backed by no evidence and is probably ageist.…
My most memorable day as a doctor? ‘G’day, Liz, I’ve come for my tits and fanny check’
As part of our 40th anniversary, we asked readers to describe their most memorable day in medicine over the past 40 years. Here, you can…
