Why do we struggle to listen to patients properly?
In medical school, we are taught the 90-second rule: avoid talking during the initial stages of a consult to elicit the patient’s concerns and agenda.…
Tag: Medical culture
The $230 million junior doctor payout — how it will work and why it could take over a year
Around 15,000 junior doctors who will share in a $230 million class action settlement have recorded another win. Despite the four years of legal wrangling…
Doctors witnessing ‘seismic shift’ in attitudes of hospital bosses after legal victories on overtime
Managers are finally cleaning up their act on junior doctor rostering and staffing after another class action settlement, says a lawyer who has worked on…
Should doctors stop using the names of dead white men?
It’s a man’s world — at least when it comes to the eponyms for 3500 body parts, diseases and surgical techniques. Used by doctors every…
Junior doctor challenges AHPRA over registration fees and parental leave
When third-year oncology registrar Dr Belle Sasse took maternity leave last year, she took non-practising status to cut her registration fees to around $200 a…
Professor Steve Robson: The story of my own near-suicide and how I came through
There is a paragraph in what follows where Professor Steve Robson, the AMA president, writes: “As someone who has experienced the most profound feelings of…
Meet the GP registrar who led junior doctors to victory in $230 million class action
“I didn’t know much about class actions; all I knew was it was a big deal.” Dr Amireh Fakhouri did not expect to lead a…
‘Sickness is for mere mortals’: The illogical thoughts of an unwell doctor
I suspect that, like me, most GPs tend to battle on with our work, even when we note signs and symptoms suggestive of personal ill…
Why Dr Andrea Merrill only plays Taylor Swift during her surgeries
Taylor Swift has accompanied surgeon Dr Andrea Merrill on every era of her medical journey — from a shy teenager to finally taking charge of…
‘Hospitals could owe some junior doctors $60,000’: Dr Gaby Bolton’s class action triumph
“Doctors could easily be owed $60,000. And for some registrars — particularly those in very heavy overtime surgical specialties — I think it would be…
