Most registrars say the costs of specialist training are stressing them out
Most registrars are stressed about the level of cash required to get through specialist training, including 51% of GP trainees, the Medical Board of Australia’s…
Tag: Medical students
From foster care and med school rejection to intern: Dr Taylor Glover’s story
Dr Taylor Glover was 11 when her home life fell apart. “Growing up, there was drug abuse, alcohol abuse and violence,” she says. × Welcome…
‘$12 per patient to fund the clinic’: GP tells Q+A why general practice is collapsing
Last night, GP registrar Dr Shruti Yardi asked the panelists on the ABC’s Q+A why she should work in general practice. The panelists included Minister…
KFP exam changing to multiple-choice as young doctors report ‘handwriting fatigue’
The RACGP will remove short-answer questions from its Key Feature Problem fellowship exam after registrars criticised the perceived demands of having to handwrite full-sentence responses.…
Can a med school work without a university behind it? This doctor hopes so
If his plan works, Professor Stephen Tobin will be the dean of Australia’s newest medical school. He has not been asked by the government or…
RACGP presidential candidate Dr Alan Bradley responds to the big questions facing GPs
RACGP members will vote for a new president this month. Five GPs are campaigning for the role, and AusDoc has asked all five to answer…
Soon after my near-death flight, I faced a greater terror — my anatomy exam
My dentist was regaling me with stories about his university days while I had my mouth open, drowning in my own saliva. He initially took…
‘We are not all rich kids’: Medical students struggling to make ends meet
After working as a physiotherapist for over a decade, Lisa Ross went back to university to study medicine, wanting to do her bit to address…
General practice hits new low after falling down the list of med student preferences
General practice has plummeted in the list of medical students’ first preferences, falling behind surgery and anaesthesia into fourth place. While rural generalism is climbing,…
Why does everyone assume medical students are from rich families?
Medical students who are struggling financially say they are shocked that a $427 million budget investment to pay students during placements will not include medicine.…
