GP’s letter to Santa: Do you have CPD too?
Dear Santa, I hope you haven’t been struggling with heat waves in the North Pole, which would so upset the reindeer and your important work with…
Tag: Lighter Side
What will make GPs happy this Christmas? AusDoc asks ChatGPT
It has indeed been a tough year on many levels for a lot of people. So, in the AusDoc office there was some discussion about…
‘Do you think this could be Ebola?’: When a patient’s travels become a GP’s adventure
When Australia locked down its borders to the entire world during the pandemic, one huge source of stress was eliminated for me. I’ve always enjoyed…
GP’s hairdo wins big at Aussie Mulletfest
He first started growing it during COVID-19 for fun, but Dr Alastair Bush crowning glory has now secured worldwide fame with a win at Australia’s…
‘The loop of lunacy keeps playing in my mind’: Hospice interview with a dying general (practitioner)
The following story is based on an interview with a dying “General”, admitted to hospice. The General worked as a practitioner. × Welcome to AusDoc.…
Intoxicated by the warm brew of self-righteous indignation: Where has all the courtesy gone?
I phoned a colleague’s surgery recently and heard the recorded message. There were various options about making an online appointment, and what to do about…
A crying baby was the perfect soundtrack for my online CPD course on human errors
I attended an online CPD interactive workshop to earn a discount on my medical insurance fees. All the attendees had to shift between an online…
My radio days as the medical expert with the ‘gift of the gab’
In 1982, a producer for the morning show on a local radio station rang AMA Victoria to say they were recruiting people from various professions…
RACGP’s baffling move to erase human interaction from mentor relationships
Sometimes I feel like an alien. What type of world have I crashed into? By the start of the dreaded CPD year of 2023, I…
A toddler, a red balloon and the art of fighting memory loss
A patient with memory disorder presents following an MRI of her head. It shows small vessel disease. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering the…
