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…
Tag: Medical training
‘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…
‘Pre-competent’ candidates may have received psychiatry fellowships, research suggests
Fresh concerns have emerged about so-called ‘pre-competent’ psychiatry registrars being awarded fellowships after the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists ditched its OSCE…
Have you worked in a hospital department that has lost its training accreditation?
AusDoc would like to talk to a doctor in a hospital department where the training accreditation for junior doctors has been withdrawn or is at…
