The AMA is wrong — the medical board must make cognitive screening of older doctors mandatory
I am a middle-aged GP. As such, I have a while to go before I am likely to be subject to the mandatory health check…
Tag: Medical culture
I miss the days when telephone conversations with other specialists were the norm
I received two unexpected delights in one day from two different specialist colleagues. What were their gifts to me? × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and…
‘Lacking evidence and probably ageist’: RACGP hits out at medical board’s mandatory health checks for older doctors
The RACGP says the Medical Board of Australia’s push on mandatory health checks for older doctors is backed by no evidence and is probably ageist.…
My most memorable day as a doctor? ‘G’day, Liz, I’ve come for my tits and fanny check’
As part of our 40th anniversary, we asked readers to describe their most memorable day in medicine over the past 40 years. Here, you can…
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.…
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…
