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…
Tag: Lighter Side
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…
A smile for Yes, a middle finger for No — a GP’s experience as a roadside pro-Voice campaigner
I have recently acquired some sympathy for pollsters. And statisticians. As a medical student, I was required to undertake a subject called Medical Statistics and…
A medical grenade threatens to tear me and my husband apart
In the turmoil of the present, I find more and more that I want to relive days of past pleasures. In this respect, I am…
‘I want to die of something more interesting’: Why my patients warm my heart
A new patient presented and summarised her medical history for me. It was only when I got a copy of her medical records, that I discovered…
It’s good to learn from your mistakes — learning from someone else’s is better
Here’s your opportunity to learn from my mistakes. If you’re getting warm on a sunny day on the snowfields, don’t tie your jacket around your…
How I developed the essential medical skill of remaining unfazed no matter what a patient says
The art of remaining nonchalant in the face of whatever crazy, cockamamie, confabulated or crude confession a patient may reveal is a valuable skill for…
With my retirement looming, this is what I’ll miss about being a doctor — and what I won’t…
As retirement beckons, I am left to ponder some of the highs and lows of a career in general practice. The highlights do not include…
It’s not OCD, but I know every bum wipe comes at a cost
OCD is no laughing matter. I once had a patient who had to get dressed to the count of 30. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling…
