‘You’re expected to manage anything’: Life as a doctor on a tiny island
Dr Jodie McCoy was already working at Norfolk Island’s only hospital when she was a teenager, as a lifestyle officer at its aged care component.…
Tag: Rural Practice
Govt overhauls workforce program that lets junior docs work as GPs under supervision
A controversial workforce program that lets non-VR doctors work as GPs has been overhauled, with tighter criteria on where they can work and new funding for…
‘I hadn’t worked in emergency for 40 years’: GP leaves his practice to work as a locum 3000km from home
Ready to retire from solo practice in Geelong, but not wanting to hang up his stethoscope, Dr Frank Scheelings headed 3000km north to work as…
‘One of the most powerful human experiences I’ve ever had’: A budding doctor’s first deliveryÂ
“The baby’s head starts to come out and the midwife throws me a kidney dish with a needle and vial of synthetic oxytocin and says…
‘We wanted to make sure Dominic and Freddy weren’t hidden or locked away’
After Dr Tim Lane accepted a job in a small country town last year he made the decision to publicly share his family circumstances with…
GPs left in the dark as practice deals with repeat blackouts
Dr Ajit Chaurasia is used to power blackouts at his practice in rural WA, but this time, a bushfire was approaching and a heatwave forced…
GP says it’s almost impossible for IMGs to pass medical board’s clinical exam
Dr Michael Mbaogu is finding it almost impossible to recruit doctors to his outback practice, but it is not for a lack of applicants. Five…
GPs left with $62,000 repayment plan after working for debt-ridden corporate
GPs owed a collective $186,000 from debt-ridden corporate I-Medical Australia will be paid one-third of the amount, with one doctor saying the saga has tarnished…
The wild reason an orthopaedic surgeon was calling about my patient’s breast biopsy
Timing can be everything in making the diagnosis of a rare condition. It was the weekend, so my patient presented to the local hospital ED.…
Eight GPs owed $165,000 from debt-ridden corporate
Eight locum GPs have been told by a debt-ridden medical corporate that they will only receive a third of the $165,000 they are owed in…
