Australian Doctor News

When a volcano erupts: GP tells her disaster medicine story

1st June 2020
Dr Alison Lyon was just three days into a volunteer position at a medical clinic on Vanuatu’s biggest island, Espiritu Santo…
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Australian Doctor News

'During a crisis, it is difficult to think': Why GP disaster training is important

27th May 2020
As the bushfires raged across great swathes of Australia in January, many GPs in the communities under threat were asking…
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6Minutes News

Aussie GP to hang up his stethoscope at 85-years old

25th May 2020
Dr Bruce Spork has seen a few changes in his 55 years as a GP in Brisbane. When he started out in 1965, the main treatment…
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Dr Bruce Spork
Medical Observer Opinion

Did I miss being a GP? No, not really...

14th May 2020
Many readers may know that before I was a GP, and sometime AusDoc correspondent, I worked in the medical defence industry —…
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Medical Observer Opinion

My telehealth triumphs

13th May 2020
One of my succulents, given as a get-well gift by a patient, is flowering again.  This is the signal that another…
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Australian Doctor News

With the end of OSCE, GPs share memories of exam day trauma

11th May 2020
Humiliation and head injuries: these are some of the obstacles that GPs have overcome when taking the OSCE. The clinical…
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Dr Paul Muthiah.
Australian Doctor News

'Needless to say, I don't sleep well': A GP's life at the coronavirus coalface

30th April 2020
The lives of thousands of GPs have been turned up-side-down since COVID-19. Here Dr Thileepan Naren offers his story: the…
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