After 44 years as a GP, Dr Diane Faulkner-Hill needs the age pension to survive
Like most pensioners, Dr Diane Faulkner-Hill watches every cent in her account. Despite working 44 years in general practice, she rarely had money for superannuation…
Tag: Doctor stories
Did the oracle predict my patient’s infection, or was it just an amazing coincidence?
A patient who was very excited about the adventure of moving overseas for work, presented to address some medical concerns before she left. She told…
DVA’s first chief psychiatrist on Afghanistan, PTSD and the struggle of doctors to manage their own trauma
“Every doctor reading this will have experienced traumas in their working life. “As a profession, we do not deal with that well. × Welcome to…
‘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 —…
‘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…
‘Where are you really from?’: This paediatrician reflects on the intersection of being brown, female and a doctor
Dr Sarah Arachchi says from the day she was born, she has been identified by the colour of her skin, “branding my origins like a…
‘They were scared I was going to be killed’: The Aussie doctor who read his own death notice
This story has been updated. See footnote. Dr Mohammed Mustafa’s medical mission to Gaza became so dangerous that the aid organisation that sent him prepared…
‘I left medicine, I stepped away, I became a comedian’: Adam Kay on the bad day that changed his life
Adam Kay is a former obstetric registrar who walked away from medicine after a “bad day at work”, one of those days that was so…
Why isn’t this relatively cheap treatment for major depression more widely available?
Recently, I spoke with AusDoc about my journey from psychiatry inpatient to medical student — via some electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). This period was an important…
Jimi Hendrix, jail and life as a ’70s doctor: AusDoc interviews Bob Brown
In September 1970, a 25-year-old Dr Bob Brown met a patient he would never forget. “It was around 8am, and he was brought up on a trolley…
