The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) has initiated a JDocs website to provide career guidance to junior doctors in Australia and New Zealand during…
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MedEntry, Australia’s leading UMAT prep organisation, have teamed up with My Health Career to share some tips on how to succeed in the UMAT and…
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Australian parliament has passed the Turnbull Government’s historic legislation to legalise the use of medicinal cannabis products for Australian patients, with the right procedures. Referred…
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The latest wave of medical student opposition for the proposed Murray Darling Medical School (MDMS), a joint program by Charles Sturt University and La Trobe…
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has marked the first nationally-consistent approach to supporting children with developmental delay or disability by the release of the…
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The university year is well and truly underway for medical students. Here are some tips on how to excel this year. Dr Hon Weng Chong,…
A team of UK researchers has transformed their paper, published in the British Journal of General Practice, into a website fully dedicated to covering the…
The Nurse Path founder Ian Miller says that bullying is the topic that comes up in his conversations both online and amongst other nurses more…
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The Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council has published the Review of Medical Intern Training which aims to examine the purpose and the role of internship…
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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released Medical Workforce 2014 revealing that, among other statistics, there are strong increases in the number…
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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The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has released a position statement supporting the Australian Government’s policies that encourage the use of biosimilar medicines to contain the…
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…
The Medical Board of Australia has taken the next steps on revalidation of doctors by commissioning research and seeking expert advice to provide one or…
The Australian Medical Students’ Assciation (AMSA) submission to the Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) Consultation emphasizes that rural recruitment and retention is more successful in…
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Following the airing of the Four Corners report “Wasted” on 29th September, which featured commentary on the over diagnosis and over treatment of common health…
A recent study published in the Pharmaceutical Journal found that 80% of 7,154 patients would grant access for pharmacists to see their GP record. The…
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Psychologists and psychiatrists are two of the key experts in mental health care. Both psychiatrists and psychologists are trained to provide treatments for mental health…
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Release of the Expert Advisory Group Final Report The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Expert Advisory Group (EAG) released its final report on discrimination, bullying…
