Hey cool – our first dietetics guest blog post!!! The honour has gone to Queensland University of Technology’s dietetics student Holly Harris because she was…
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Strap yourselves in….. this is not for the faint-hearted…. I am going to be talking very candidly about what it’s like to be a health…
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Following is a guest blog post by Dr Gerry Considine, who is currently working as a General Practice (GP) registrar in country South Australia. He…
Three words – preparation, execution, resilience. I had the privilege of being in a room to hear Anna Meares speak with about 25 other people…
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Following is a guest blog post by Kenneth Lee, a pharmacist and PhD candidate from Western Australia. He is the mentoring representative of the Pharmaceutical…
It looks as though the pharmacy profession is on the cusp of entering a new era of health care on a global scale….. The World…
Occupational Therapy Week will be celebrated in Australia from October 21-27, coinciding with World Occupational Therapy Day on October 27. This year the theme of…
Following is a guest blog by Brooke Sachs, a med student at the University of Sydney. “Inspired by some unwittingly deep questions from wonderful friends.…
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The Australian Dental Association (ADA) has released a document outlining the reasons why Australia may have an impending oversupply of dentists. It is expected that…
Occupational Therapy (OT) is concerned with improving people’s lives through involvement in daily activities. When people think ‘occupation’, they often think ‘work’. However, to a…
The Australian Dental Council oversees the accreditation of education and training programs for dentists in Australia. Becoming a dentist in Australia involves being competent in…
“University Open Day Season” has officially started throughout Australia!!! And let’s face it, attending an Open Day can be pretty overwhelming. Here are our top…
When many people think about what a psychologist does, an image springs to mind where the patient is lying on a couch talking to the…
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Parkinson’s Disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. The most commonly known symptom is shaking or tremors in the hands/upper limb, but…
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UMAT was replaced by UCAT in 2019. The Australian Medical Students Association (AMSA) issued a press release in July 2012 calling for an end to…
With the Olympics being on lately, we’ve seen that Sports Dietitians Australia (SDA) have been putting it out there on Twitter!! And we’ve loved it!!!…
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