No backdating CPD to meet 2024 requirements, RACGP warns
Doctors will not be able to claim CPD activities completed early next year towards the current year’s requirements, the RACGP has confirmed. Last year was…
Tag: Medical Board of Australia
I’ve seen the harms caused when doctors treat their own
I started my career as a rural proceduralist, and it was one of my mentors back then who informed me that, if you don’t treat…
Another specialist college facing membership backlash over its $4000 annual fees
RANZCOG is facing a member backlash over its increasing fees amid wider struggles by the specialist colleges to make ends meet. Last month, some 200…
‘AHPRA investigated me over a patient I had never met’
When this GP received an AHPRA notification, two things stood out. It used the wrong practice address, and the GP had never treated the patient.…
Cash deficits, politics and the IMG pipeline: Why medical colleges are under the cosh
Dr Death may have been a difficult personality with a misplaced confidence in his own talents. He may also have been a fraudster willing to…
GP threatened to throw acid at patient if she ended their sexual relationship, tribunal finds
A GP who threatened to throw acid at a patient or to kill himself if she ended their sexual relationship has been struck off for six years. Dr Faramarz Foroughi also threatened the patient with HIV infection, psychiatric committal and losing…
Why can’t doctors treat family members outside of emergencies?
Last week, the Medical Board of Australia issued a stern reminder to doctors not to treat their family and friends, warning it was not “good…
In defence of the new CPD — it’s not that bad!
“Mirror, mirror on the wall — who’s the best reflector of all?” Recent comments on various AusDoc articles about CPD show that we’ve all been…
GP fined $7500 for trying to persuade patient to drop AHPRA complaint
A tribunal has fined a GP $7500 for trying to persuade a patient to drop an AHPRA complaint, despite clearing him of the allegation that…
I’ve been ‘self-reflecting’ on how I became a good doctor — the answer isn’t CPD
If formal education is a substitute for practical experience, I’ve been a slow learner. I am quite certain I did not learn to be a…
