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Reflections on General Practice

Are you the effing doctor?!

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2 days ago November 16, 2018 in Reflections on General Practice.

Doctors’ mental health and the perfect storm

"The statistics on doctor suicide are horrifying… and doctors-in-training are particularly susceptible."#MentalHealth#crazysocks4docshttps://t.co/169YDALwv3 — Steve Robson (@DrSteveRobson) November 9, 2018

1 week ago November 9, 2018 in Reflections on General Practice.

I ‘have it all’ – but truly, it ain’t what I expected — Dr Liz Sturgiss

An increasing number of doctors in all specialties are working part-time. The BEACH dataset shows a steady decline in the number of sessions worked each week by Australian GPs between 1998 and 2008, while a survey published in August this year of UK GP trainees found only one in five intended to work full-time in […]…

October 24, 2018 in Reflections on General Practice.

Going bush

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August 2, 2018 in Political, Reflections on General Practice.

Why #GoRural ?

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July 1, 2018 in Reflections on General Practice.

Burnout and scope of practice in new family physicians

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July 1, 2018 in Doctor's health, Reflections on General Practice.

What compels you?

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June 26, 2018 in Ethics, Political, Reflections on General Practice.

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  • Paracetamol PR for Febrile Seizures? October 30, 2018
    Today I am reviewing a paper from the Paediatric literature that has created a small stir.  Ever since I trained we have managed simple, febrile seizures with no active intervention other than symptom relief and watchfulness.  The Paediatric party-line, based on some data, is that using anti-pyretic medications will not change the prognosis or rate of […] […]
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    We all love to interfere with the clotting cascade in modern medicine, and this is a new way to do so!  Yet another unpronounceable new drug.  Ti-CAG-re-lor  is the latest in the family of drugs [cyclopentyltriazolopyrimidines.. forget that word immediately ] that stop clots and start bleeding.  I like to call it “tiger claw” and everyone around […] […]
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