RACGP backs push for $36,000 parental leave for GP registrars
The RACGP has called for GP trainees to receive up to 14 weeks’ paid parental leave to prevent drastic income slumps compared to their hospital-based…
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‘Back at work two weeks after having a baby’: GP registrars want fix for parental leave dilemma
GP registrars who have returned to work weeks after having children are calling for a government-backed parental leave fund that could eventually sustain itself through…
RANZCOG forced to rename GP ‘diplomas’ after watchdog’s surprise crackdown
RANZCOG will rename its diploma and advanced diploma qualifications after a surprise crackdown from the federal education watchdog. The diplomas are mostly for GPs and…
‘The pressure paralysed my ability to function’: Surgeon describes his nightmare year with the yips
“The operating theatre became a courtroom to me and I felt on trial”. Dr James Naples is talking about his time as a trainee surgeon…
‘Milking cows is really therapeutic’: A city GP’s first nine months in an outback town
After a decade without a permanent GP, Julia Creek found Dr Adam Louws. The former inner Brisbane GP moved 1600km to the tiny Queensland town…
Why the big silence around the departure of the RACGP’s CEO, Paul Wappett?
It is often said only the two embroiled in an affair know its truth — that the rest is gossip. Last week, we learnt that…
Many junior doctors fear claiming all their overtime: AMA survey
Four out of 10 junior doctors do not submit claims for all their unrostered overtime hours for fear it will impact their future work prospects,…
The hidden lives of Australia’s unaccredited registrars
Given the value of the products they make, medical schools have always been big business, but a big business which thrives most when driving the…
Med school places should be funded based on how many doctors go rural, govt told
The Federal Government should reward universities that address community needs and produce rural doctors with more funded medical student places, the AMA has told the…
‘Doctors fear losing what they love’: Dr Tasha Port’s suicide shows medicine’s culture of silence lingers
Dr Tasha Port was preparing to submit her application for the paediatrician training program when she took her own life in June 2020. Medicine had…
