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    Tag: Lighter Side

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    ‘I’d work six months as a doctor then have six months off for the pro basketball season’: Dr Darren Ng’s story 

    March 20, 2025

    Starting both medical school and his professional basketball career aged 18, Dr Darren Ng “didn’t have much of a life”.  “I’d go to medical school in…

    Press ‘one’ for healthcare: Will vending machines take over as GPs brace for extinction?

    February 28, 2025

    For too long, vending machines have languished in dark corridors, dispensing soft drinks and fat-filled snacks, contributing to the obesity epidemic. In a revolutionary program,…

    If junior doctors are ‘marshmallows’, what kind of lollies are the rest of us?

    February 19, 2025

    Have you heard about the leaked email? Oops! A medical administration staff member laments that current junior medical staff are “clinical marshmallows” for objecting to…

    These stories remind us the little things are actually the big things — AusDoc reflects on 2024

    December 18, 2024

    This is the last day before we shut down for the summer break. A few days ago, in an attempt to find the spirit of Christmas, I…

    ‘My double life as a puzzler’: GP among world’s fastest jigsaw solvers

    November 12, 2024

    Unlike most pandemic hobbies, Dr Hannah Farthing’s obsession with jigsaw puzzles did not end with the COVID-19 lockdowns. Instead the pastime has taken her into…

    Is this rancid culinary ‘treat’ the best description yet for CPD and other GP exasperations?

    September 30, 2024

    As five-year-old Nathan’s fan club grows, and anticipation builds for his relocation to Australia, I have yet another endearing anecdote to share.  He and Mama…

    Penis cheese, rawdogging and Taylor Swift faeces — what is Queensland Health on about now?

    September 13, 2024

    It has been called unhinged, groundbreaking and fabulous, but when a health department starts talking about rawdogging, penis cheese and Taylor Swift, at least the…

    Heartsink, slapstick and the human touch: Why I love my patients

    September 11, 2024

    According to the author Haruki Murakami, writing a novel is like ET assembling a transmitter out of junk in the garage.  You need to collect…

    ‘My patients like my dog more than me!’: Doctors and their dogs

    August 19, 2024

    AusDoc prides itself on sniffing out a story, so we’re feeling a little hangdog that we didn’t spot this earlier — a Facebook group with…

    Cholera shots, prophylactic antibiotics and 200,000 condoms — medicine at the Olympics

    July 26, 2024

    Associate Professor Carolyn Broderick’s preparation for the Paris Olympics has not involved reps or running but wargaming for a gastro outbreak and river-borne Escherichia coli.…

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