Pain as a rite of passage: Why does the sadomasochism of medicine continue?
My grandfather was a GP in country NSW in the 1930s and ’40s, back when a GP was the Swiss Army knife of doctors: the…
Tag: Doctors’ health
Vexatious complaints against doctors linked to domestic violence and marriage breakdown, review finds
AHPRA has been urged to pay greater attention to whether complaints are being lodged against doctors subject to domestic and family violence. This week, the…
Up to 90% of doctors are humiliated during their training: Here’s how it impacts patient care
Imagine being questioned about complex technical knowledge in front of your peers, supervisors and members of the public – knowing that a wrong answer could…
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…
AMA urges medical board to ditch any push for mandatory cognitive testing of older doctors
The AMA has called on the Medical Board of Australia to ditch any demand for mandatory cognitive screening of late-career doctors as part of its…
Why I’d support a rule restricting GPs to 25 patients a day
WARNING: This article contains disturbing ideas and will upset some readers. The British Medical Association (BMA) is recommending that British GPs increase the average length…
The medical board should ask two simple questions before forcing older doctors to undergo health checks
The Medical Board of Australia in trying to ‘retire’ incompetent/incapacitated senior doctors is going about it the wrong way. The board’s primary responsibility is to…
The medical board’s plan for mandatory health checks on older doctors is age discrimination
The Medical Board of Australia proposal for mandatory examinations and cognitive assessments for doctors aged 70 or older raises critical ethical questions. Profiling a specific…
Are doctors and illicit drugs an innately dangerous mix? This GP says no
Should regularly using illicit drugs away from work automatically disqualify you from practising medicine? Some argue that doctors using recreational drugs hurts the medical profession’s…
What three doctors’ health experts think of the medical board’s push for mandatory health assessments of doctors over 70
“It’s like being an actor. “The best time to leave is when you’re on centrestage, the crowd is roaring for more and bouquets are being…
