I’m a magnet for scammers, but $10,000 is all they’re going to get out of me
A long time ago, a colleague ridiculed me for having a computer on my office desk. To me it seemed a boon. I was dealing…
Tag: Doctor stories
Dystopian times: In 1984 I was a medical student and young mum who didn’t know what a GP was
I wasn’t aware back in 1984 that a publication called Australian Doctor had been born that would become an amazing source of fulfilment for me…
Happy Birthday, AusDoc! Best wishes from the great and good of general practice
AusDoc is marking its 40th anniversary this week. Below are a selection of tributes from some of Australia’s leading GPs, ranging from Professor Simon Willcock…
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…
Back to the future: Dr Jon Fogarty on the realities of life as a GP in 1984
You want to know what it was like as a GP in the year Australian Doctor was first published? As someone who was there, I’ll…
‘Losing my balance, I rolled into the bed to join the new baby between the mother’s legs’
As part of AusDoc’s 40th anniversary, we have been asking readers to describe their most memorable day as a doctor. Here, you can read about…
Take my advice: If you’re a doctor over 40, you need to start living dangerously
Bring adventure, mental and physical challenge, change and calculated risk-taking into your life. I made “someday” happen. You can too. “Someday” it may be too…
Why do we struggle to listen to patients properly?
In medical school, we are taught the 90-second rule: avoid talking during the initial stages of a consult to elicit the patient’s concerns and agenda.…
Can you still make the financial roulette of universal bulk-billing work? This GP says he has
At a time when universal bulk-billing is financial roulette, one GP says he has found a way to build a thriving practice while providing free medical…
How this doctor quit medicine to make $140,000 a year playing online games
When Dr Michael Pomroy first ventured into the world of an online game called Space Engineers he was attempting to de-stress from his shifts in…
