Junior doctors’ victory after being paid just $17.70 a day for on-call clinical duties
Junior doctors in NSW will be thousands of dollars better off after winning a three-year legal fight against exploitation by the public hospital system. This…
Tag: Medical training
‘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…
‘It’s peace of mind’: Half of GP registrars now want to be employees
The idea that GP registrars should have one continuous employer so they can actually accrue leave and benefits, rather than a series of contracts over…
Peter Dutton woos GPs with $400 million plan to rescue the specialty
After its frosty response to last week’s federal budget, the AMA has praised the Opposition budget response for its plan to entice more junior doctors…
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,…
Pharmacists to review their own professional titles after being accused of misleading patients
A pharmacy group will review its guidelines for pharmacists calling themselves registrars, residents and consultants after the AMA alleged that some patients had been misled.…
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.…
Pharmacists ‘muddying the waters’ by using resident and registrar titles, doctors claim
A new pharmacy college offering resident, registrar and consultant titles is running the risk that patients believe pharmacists are medically trained, says a former RACGP…
Medical colleges pushed aside as ministers demand more specialist IMGs to fix workforce crisis
Something of both symbolic and real-world importance was announced by the Medical Board of Australia yesterday. It came in a media release that talked of a plan…
‘These are good, caring clinicians’: Why this GP is training pharmacists for the Qld pharmacy pilot
A GP who trained pharmacists to independently diagnose and treat 17 conditions for Queensland’s pharmacy prescribing pilot says they are not trying to duplicate GP…
