Diagnosed with cancer as an intern: ‘Everything was white noise — I didn’t know what to do or say’
“When I walked into my postop review, the look in my gynaecologist’s eyes gave me the hint it was not good news. “I have had…
Tag: Medical training
I’d rather deal with drunks and criminals than a bullying supervisor: My message to junior doctors
Not all that long ago, I watched a surgeon publicly dress down a young registrar for writing up a bag of magnesium for a post-op…
Does being left-handed make suturing harder to pick up?
Being a leftie has been seen as a drawback during surgical training, but a new study shows they are just as capable of mastering surgical…
Medical college reveals the blunder leading to 220 registrars being told they passed an exam they actually failed
The cause of the “catastrophic” blunder that led to hundreds of UK registrars being wrongly told they had passed an exam they sat 18 months…
Hundreds of registrars who ‘passed’ UK college exam 18 months ago told they actually failed
Almost 20% of registrars who sat a September 2023 exam were given the wrong results — mostly passes when they should have failed — after…
My first year of medical school was sudden death — an era of big egos and elitism
Recently, I was given a copy of a paper, published in the Australasian Annals of Medicine in November 1962, entitled ‘The Art of Medicine’. It…
Racial bias ‘likely existed’ in high-stakes RACP exam, investigation finds
This month the Royal Australasian College of Physicians released a detailed 80-page independent report into the running of one of its make-or-break exams. The report…
Flat-chested manikins used in CPR training could be contributing to poorer outcomes for women
The flat-chested nature of 95% of CPR manikins may impact how likely women are to receive first aid from would-be rescuers, Australian researchers suggest. They…
Two registrars launch $109-a-year CPD home, as medical board’s deadline for doctors looms
Two doctors-in-training have started the cheapest CPD home yet with an opening offer of $109 a year. By the year’s end, doctors have to choose…
GP training revival: RACGP declares every training post will be filled in 2025
More than 1500 doctors will start GP training in 2025, with no training posts left empty for the first time since 2017, the RACGP says.…
