While starting salaries for new graduates from university health degrees have increased significantly since 1999, the percentage of graduates going directly into a full time…
The Australian Government will invest $250 million over two years to help translate Australian health and medical research into commercial reality as part of the…
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Minister for Rural Health Fiona Nash has launched an Implementation Plan as a further commitment to Closing the Gap. The Implementation Plan is a ten-year…
There are 9 schools of dentistry in Australia. These are in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia. Depending on whether which…
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“I was 29 years old and had been graduated from dental school for 7 years, I was in the prime of my life or at…
It’s been about a month since Minister for Health Sussan Ley announced the members of the Federal Government’s Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Taskforce and…
In a win for Australian dentists, The Federal Government has removed the professions of “dentist” and “dental specialists” from the Skilled Occupations List from today,…
“The #WhyWeDoResearch campaign was conceived and launched via Twitter by Claire Gibbs, Senior Clinical Research Nurse (@ClaireGibbsUK) and Abby Greaves, Research Administrator, (@JPUHResearch) at the…
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The ABC has again reported on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. They recently published revelations by psychologist Terence Kirkpatrick that…
Health practitioners need to be aware that their advertising must comply not just with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) guidelines where appropriate, but…
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As usual, the federal government’s health budget has been a mixed bag for the industry. Professional bodies representing practitioners including podiatrists, pharmacists, occupational therapists, medical…
Read More The health industry’s reaction to the 2015 Federal Budget>
I have just returned from a series of 4 careers expos in the New South Wales towns of Young, Forbes, Dubbo and Bathurst. Although this…
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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) stated that only “appropriate practitioners” can prescribe medicine in the UK. There are two categories of the…
Once again the federal government’s industry employment projections data show that the Health Care and Social Assistance sector will be the leading provider of new…
“Today’s dental school graduates can no longer automatically expect a high paying job fresh out of their school experience. Long gone is the time when…
The health industry is incredibly rewarding yet can be a mentally draining area to work in. Take it from Natasha Jennings of the Alfred Hospital’s…
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According to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), there are 9 schools of dentistry located in 5 states throughout Australia. New South Wales University…
Accredited Practising Dietitian Sally Marchini was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes almost 40 years ago and then coeliac disease 13 years ago. It was that…
Read More Are your clients gluten free for the right reasons? by Sally Marchini APD>
This is the fourth and final post in my series from the Digital Health Summit at CES 2015, following on from posts on wearables, disrupting…
“It is 7am and my iPhone alarm is constantly screaming at me to wake up. As I’m about to hit the snooze button so that…
