Driver Trained Occupational Therapists (DTOT) specialise in driver assessment and rehabilitation. This is to assist people with medical or disability related difficulties which impact on…

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Health Workforce Australia (HWA) is currently in the process of assessing nursing retention and productivity in Australia. Their previously released report showed that unless action…

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While My Health Career usually focuses on stories about health professions in Australia, we couldn’t help but raise awareness about a controversial issue that is…

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Alex Kountouris, lead physiotherapist for the Australian Cricket Team, recently published a blog post about injury rates in the AFL over the course of a…

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In March 2013, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) released its report titled the “2012 AMA Junior Doctor Training, Education and Supervision Survey”. The survey took…

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Private practice podiatrist Rachael Bradhurst recently wrote an article in the Australian Podiatry Council’s Podiatry Bulletin, giving tips for new graduates. These included: 1.    It’s…

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A blog post with a twist!! Sally Marchini has lived with both type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease for many years. She was inspired to…

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Thank you to Dale Briers for providing a guest blog post!! Dale works as a Career Practitioner for a Western Australian State Government organisation that…

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I was invited to speak about optometry at The Allied Network’s inaugural conference on Saturday 6th April. There was a great line-up of speakers, with…

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Following on from last month’s article (Home Medicines Reviews – why have these been a hot topic in pharmacy?), the saga continued into late March.…

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Back in January I published a blog post called ‘A mentor – should you have one?’ And wow – it really created quite a stir.…

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During the course of building the bank of resources for My Health Career over the last 18 months, I have interacted with literally hundreds of…

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The National Medical Intern Summit was held in Sydney on Friday 22nd February. It brought together the Federal Government, State and Territory Health Ministers, Deans…

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It is quite a treat when you get an opportunity to see what it’s like to be a psychology student. Even more of a treat…

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The Orthopaedic Podiatry Triage Clinic (OPodTC) is a collaborative model of screening and triage by the podiatrist in an attempt to address the problem of…

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Okay….. so before we go into all the recent controversy that has surrounded the Home Medicines Review (HMR) program, let’s talk about what this scheme…

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On Wednesday 6th March I will be at the optometry table at a careers event for students from five high schools in Brisbane. I’ve put…

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A recent article in the Medical Journal of Australia’s careers centre has reminded doctors that medical schools and boards have been promoting the concept that…

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The Men in Nursing forum was held recently in Sydney, and over 40 men attended. And no, they didn’t spend the day basking in the…

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Um really…… it depends… on which uni you are applying to. There are five schools of optometry in Australian universities, and a recent article in…

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