GP registrars offered $40,000 to train in Queensland
Almost 600 GP registrars can get a one-off $40,000 payment this year to lessen the financial pain of leaving the hospital system, the Queensland Government…
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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…
Fellowship exams are rubbish — all they do is push brilliant doctors away from medicine
“In examinations, the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.” — Oscar Wilde I don’t believe we need exams. I was “grandfathered” into vocational…
$130,000 salaries for registrars the new normal? Five states now trialling employment of GP trainees
GP registrars will receive salaries of $130,000 or more under Queensland’s four-year trial of the single-employer model. It means the Federal Government is now funding…
Are the ‘clinical marshmallows’ about to strike back?
The medical administrator who accused junior doctors of being “clinical marshmallows” had been asking doctors to work 10 consecutive night shifts, a doctors’ union has…
Are junior doctors really ‘clinical marshmallows’?
A misfired management email describing junior doctors as potential “clinical marshmallows” for placing lifestyle before career has sparked anger, an apology and, of course —…
GP registrar who shouted anti-COVID-19 vax tirade at AMA conference has suspension overturned
A GP registrar suspended after shouting at an AMA conference that COVID-19 vaccines were killing patients is free to return to medical practice following a…
The trainees in which specialty are most stressed by the cost of their training? Find out here
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…
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…
Moving from Sydney to a town of 1900 people ‘opens your eyes to the depth of general practice’
Going from the University of Sydney medical school to Cairns may seem like a leap for some doctors. But GP registrar couple Dr Blake Kelly…
