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Nights & Research – Two Weeks in

This last week I've worked entirely night shifts, running from 10pm - 8am. I've always been someone that stays up fairly late and only sleeps for short periods, so I always thought that nights wouldn't be that big of a task. I was wrong.

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Day 1 in the ED

Today I started as a fresh intern in the ED. I chose to start with ED as my first term and this morning during my drive to work I certainly questioned that a few times – I’ve been told that ED is one of the few places in internship where you have a bit of …

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Not Everyone Wants To Be A Doctor. Who knew?

I was just talking to my favorite teacher at school. We’ve got a good bunch of teachers, but he’s noticeably outstanding. Truly, truly gifted at what he does, and clearly loves teaching. I like that, and I’m always interested in people who love what they do: how did they know? Read the full blog entry …

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ABC TV Junior Doctors: Your life in their hands

The ABC began airing a new series about junior doctors in the UK that many young doctors and students in Australia will be able to relate to. This is the not the first series of its kind aired on the ABC, there was also one made in NZ, and I believe an earlier series by …

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NY Times Opinion: When hospital overcrowding becomes personal

A pretty insightful and interesting reflection on emergency departments in the states from a US surgeon as he looks back on his junior training years. The article is written in the context of a recent essay by another US surgeon and assistant Professor of Surgery at the prestigious University of California medical school. This surgeon’s …

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MJAInsight: Dentists are top earners

This MJA Insight article draws attention and comments on an ABS article released this week regarding the earnings of dentists. It’s accessible under the box below: [box=Dentists are top earners by Sophie McNamara | MJA Insight]DENTISTS earn more than medical specialists and GPs but see fewer patients and have higher costs, according to an Australian …

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NY Times and Books: The epidemic of mental illness and in defence of antidepressants

A fascinating critique of modern psychiatry by former editor in chief of the NEJM is availabe in the NY Review of Books

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MJA Opposing views: Is it ethical to prescribe CAM that may lack an evidence base?

The MJA has posted two opposing views on this topic and MJAInsight has a commentary on the issue that you can view in the box below: [box=Alternative medicine debate erupts, Sophie McNamara]A FIERCE debate has ignited over the ethics of prescribing alternative therapies that may lack an evidence base. Writing in the “Opposing views” section …

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eMJA: Social media and the medical profession (Viewpoint)

The MJA has a published a viewpoint article discussing the growing risk of social media usage among doctors and medical students and emphasises the increaing need to maintain a professional online persona when using social media. Abstract Use of social media by doctors and medical students is common and growing. Although professional standards and codes …

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Doctor and Patient: In search of a better MCAT – NYTimes.com

Recently the college-age daughter of a friend talked to me about her dream of becoming a doctor. She was doing well as a psychology major and in her pre-medical courses, was working as a research assistant for a pediatrician at a nearby medical school and volunteered on the cancer ward at a children’s hospital. I …

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