So you’re interested in how to become a physiotherapist and want to know what it’s really going to take…… The Australian Physiotherapy Council (APC) accredits…
Read More So you want to be a physiotherapist – what’s it going to take?>
The Northern Territory Medicare Local is now taking applications for university health students to fly to the Northern Territory to connect with high school students…
Health Workforce Australia is working towards a national approach for a skilled and sustainable mental health workforce, as demand for mental health services is increasing.…
“I was absolutely thrilled to be offered the opportunity to become a Glass Explorer late in 2013. As a long term lover and early adopter…
The Sunshine Coast certainly knows how to turn it on for locals and visitors. I consider myself lucky tolive in such a wonderful community. You…
Read More Closing the Gap – my perspective, past, present and future – by Harry Pitt>
Many thanks to Sophie Ellis, a new graduate occupational therapist for her account of what it’s been like finding a job after graduation. Creating my…
Read More The road from new graduate occupational therapist to employment!>
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), which is made up of 14 national boards and governs most of the health professions in Australia, has…
Read More AHPRA’s revised and new policies come into effect Mid-March>
Update: Please note that in mid-2014 Optometry Australia released the results from a report stating that there would be a significant oversupply of optometrists in…
Read More Are we training too many optometrists in Australia?>
Merran Findlay is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian who is the Senior Oncology Dietitian at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. She specialises in the nutritional…
Read More My career as an oncology specialist dietitian – by Merran Findlay AdvAPD>
In Australia, medications are traditionally prescribed by medical practitioners such as general practitioners, dermatologists and paediatricians, as well as dentists. More recently, suitably qualified health…
Update – on 12th May 2015 when the Federal Budget was handed down the government announced that the Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship program was closed…
Read More Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship program suspended?>
The Australian Defence Force requires the services of physiotherapists for a range of services, which, depending on the type of employment, can include clinical, managerial…
My Health Career is excited to present a guest article by Emerging Nurse Leader Natalie Sharp about her placement in North Vietnam…. “I have just…
Read More My nursing clinical placement in Vietnam – by Natalie Sharp>
A survey of 2013 Australian university graduates has found that 83.3% had found a full-time job by December 2013. Another 6.8% were not working but…
Read More 1 in 6 Australian dental graduates seeking full-time employment>
My Health Career would like to thank Kylie Hosking and the team at Peninsula Health for allowing us to publish Kylie’s blog post about how…
Read More A midwife’s round-about pathway into a career in health>
Following is a guest blog by Peninsula Health grad nurse Mike Fox. Mike has a double degree from Monash University, Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Emergency…
Read More An emergency department nurse’s inside information about the ED>
Not so long ago I interviewed Linda Rylands, and occupational therapist who graduated from the University of Queensland in 2002. Linda’s personal experiences of travel…
Read More An OT’s interest in occupational opportunities for refugees & asylum seekers>
My Health Career is pleased to present a guest blog post from Matt, a hospital pharmacist at the Frankston Hospital, which is part of the…
Following is a guest blog post by Charlotte Ganderton, a former physiotherapy graduate at Peninsula Health. Charlotte has recently completed her grad year and has…
Read More A day in the life of a physiotherapist on an orthopaedic ward>
Graduate Careers Australia has released the results of its annual survey of university graduates (GradStats) recently. Let’s have a look at how health graduates fared….…
