Recently I was speaking to a GP colleague about the ways to protect oneself from decision fatigue. Decision fatigue is a serious issue for anyone in a high volume, high turnover medical job. He had some great insights into the problem and the solutions.What are the effects of decision fatigue? In the short term, your… via…
Standing outside a house that has seen too many years you wonder how you got here. Soil baked dry by a hundred summer suns tickles over your toes as you look down. No shoes! Why don’t you have any shoes on? The brown dirt crumbles between your toes as you take a single step forward,… via…
Worth a read. The deeper reasons why parents won’t vaccinate their kids. #FOAMedhttps://t.co/ruGR6MucK8 — Ian Miller (@theNursePath) February 4, 2017
MJA online exclusive: Burden of invasive infections in critically ill #Indigenous children in Australia #openaccess https://t.co/nmaiCBMqL6 pic.twitter.com/t3CFakwszr — MJA (@theMJA) January 29, 2017
General practice can be challenging for medical students and young students because they have not been ‘exposed’ to many rashes. Even GPs who have many years experience can occassionally be stumped. Here is a great algorithm/flowchart available from Patient.co.uk which can help us discern the likely causes – Link
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As I recently moved from country WA to the beautiful Sunshine Coast – which has also increased my commuting time – I have more time to listen to podcasts. I particularly enjoy BBC’s Inside Health with GP Dr Mark Porter. One of the recent topics on the show was…
Inspired by Dr Robin Park’s really great deep dive into the Grommet literature I got to thinking about CSOM in my world – the tropics. I decided to enlist Dr Richard Lewis, Perth-based ENT Surgeon and all round nice guy to hear about a really cool Ear Health project that he is involved in and…
