We need an independent audit of fellowship exams to see if they’re fit for purpose
“Perfect happiness for student and teacher will come with the abolition of examinations, which are the stumbling blocks and rocks of offense in the pathway…
Tag: Medical culture
As a doctor, how would you feel going to ED, telling other doctors you planned to kill yourself and being sent away? Let me tell you
When we have an MI come through ED, they are given the gold-star treatment — because MIs will kill you. Never are you told, “Sorry,…
Why does leaving medicine feel like leaving a cult?
“Shame on you for glorifying people leaving such a noble profession.” That’s a little … intense. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering the medical…
From psych inpatient to ECT and now medical school: Sam Diprose’s story
At 4am on a psych ward, inpatient Sam Diprose met the doctor who changed his life. “He shared with me that he had a friend…
Are junior doctors really ‘clinical marshmallows’?
A misfired management email describing junior doctors as potential “clinical marshmallows” for placing lifestyle before career has sparked anger, an apology and, of course —…
Stressed surgeons linked to fewer complications for patients: study
Surgeons, like elite athletes, may produce better outcomes if they are displaying higher physiological stress in the early stages of surgery, a study shows. US…
I had to beg my father to take me to hospital: The curse of growing up with medical parents
It seems that the unfortunate fate of those born to parents with a wealth of medical knowledge is that their parents never believe they are…
Urgent plea for 1200 doctors to claim their share of $31 million in unpaid overtime
Unfounded fears of career reprisals or a move interstate may cost some junior doctors their share of a $31 million unpaid overtime settlement, one lawyers…
Dr Nick Coatsworth: Senior doctors should resist the ‘back in my day’ narrative
Dr Nick Coatsworth says intergenerational comparisons — the ‘back in my day’-isms — can make it harder to address young doctors’ mental health and burnout. The former…
When patients stroke our ego, do we end up treating them or serving ourselves?
We all have rusted-on patients, and our interactions with them differ depending on that complex flux between what they think they want and what we…
