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I encountered an old screening tool today, and one of the orientation questions was "what year did World War 2 start".

Given many patients don't know who the Prime Minister is at baseline, let alone WW2 history, what are some modern suggestions for what we could ask instead?

For example: is it "4-5", "5-6", or "6-7" (asked with the hand gesture of course, I'm not a monster)

Wrong answers only

Hi im currently a PGY1 working in QLD :)) Im really keen to get onto RANZCP in PGY3 onwards.

I was wondering how other psych keen doctors or registrar/consultants are studying for clinical knowledge, college exams, interviews etc.

My psych registrar recommended starting with ICD-11 which I thought was a great idea but wondering if there are any tips or suggestions!

Thank you!!!

https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2026/may/students-from-melbournes-west-to-be-part-of-next-generation-of-gps?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR7nXdleHRuA2FlbQExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR61g0lVWMm2V52ii61gby4WnWGt1PEwg8ntOc4YTRqDIcLIZfJXOLheveX3XQ_aem_ocSHNpR14tZCZiFvvF-Kig

Who thinks this will result in a meaningful increase in GPs?

So many have tried and failed. Increased exposure might actually turn them off (it did for me lol)

Only way is to lock them to GP training upon graduating +/- training perks +/- better than current pay upon fellowship imo

Seeking recs for a mortgage broker or business banker who truly understands the nuances of a (newish) private income in addition to FT income. Seems our current guy is dropping the ball at the last minute and we are now time sensitive/ at risk of losing the contract. In QLD if that helps.

No particular question, just found the recently released coroner’s inquest report on the unfortunate death of Kyle Gallagher quite an engaging read.

I think most of us in medicine can picture how such a case can occur. Plenty of reminders from the report, notably that the clinical picture can evolve (quite quickly too with something like airway and beathing problems) and we should be more bold to re-refer/re-escalate, no matter how recent the specialist opinion.

Undoubtedly there is a cohort of patients more prone to anxious tendencies but repeat complaints/escalation is a red flag that might warrant fresh eyes. Important information is easily lost amidst analytical noise and any potential biases.

When crap hits the fan in medicine, there will always be one question- “Did you examine the patient yourself?”. While retrospect is 20/20, I fear most explanations of why we did not may fall short of convincing, in the context of an inquest.

On a related note, I really admired how well structured the report is and how easy it was to follow the chronology of events and reasonings of the coroner.

Link to full report:
https://www.coronerscourt.qld.gov.au/\_\_data/assets/pdf\_file/0007/902428/inquest-into-the-death-of-kyle-james-gallagher.pdf

Is anyone in QLD close to our offending colleague?

Someone needs to set up a gofundme and anyone who has downloaded a pdf copy of First Year Anaesthesia needs to donate $5 to the fund.

Recently witnessed some difficult interactions with a patient and their relatives on my ward. The patient was not a doctor, but had a relative who was, and often tried to interfere with and change management plans, despite working in a different specialty.

This made me reflect on my past experiences, and I realised how a disproportionate amount of interactions with medical relatives of my patients have been negative. I still remember as an intern how the son of one of the patients I saw in ED threatened me by saying he used to be a med reg at my hospital and that he would file a complaint against me (didn’t go anywhere as it was unreasonable). I also recall how an ex-nurse partner of another patients was so nasty towards the nurses looking after the patient that a few of them broke down crying.

It’s strange to me because having experienced the pressures of the job, surely they would be more understanding than the average person. Has anyone else had similar experiences?

This is a med school level of inappropriate humour.

hello. surgical sub speciality reg

this is not a joke post. I need 7 hours sleep to feel normal. I frequently don’t get / am woken up on call and disturbed. I find this means i am inefficient and make mistakes.

does anyone have advice (don’t say sleep more) to avoid this. clearly the bosses found a way so it is possible to bat through

Hi, I've recently graduated from dental school and am very seriously considering going through medical school to try for OMFS. I personally don't mind the long slog of many years of uni, training, etc. but I'm more concerned about going through all those years to not end up making it onto the program. With that said I am seeking advice on the following questions:

1) Although it is a competitive program nowadays, if you continue applying enough times is it common for people to eventually be accepted?

2) Typically which PGY are applicants eventually accepted onto the program?

3) How important is research for acceptance? And typically how many research items do successful applicants have?

4) There are a few very limited positions around Aus/NZ as a House Dentist/Officer in OMFS department, is experience in this positions usually important for acceptance?

5) If things are not working on the OMFS pathway is it difficult to pivot to another surgical specialty (ENT, etc.)

Thank you in advance for your help! Please also feel free to leave any thoughts/comments from yourself or anybody you know in the OMFS field

Hi everyone.

MD4 in a bit of a conundrum here, feel very unmotivated to do clinical medicine. Just had a mock OSCE and came back with a borderline pass mark of 51 - feedback was that I was indecisive and needed prompting throughout some of the stations. This aligns with some of my recent case assessment marks on placement where i get a pass and the assessor gives me a "you can do better than this" kind of speel. Have reached out to Med School for performance improvement, am seeing a GP, and have a therapist.

Background, started off med school performing very well in OSCES (90+% first OSCE then 84% in MD1, then 55% at end of preclin, then below average 55% in MD3, and now borderline 50% pass in MD4 on mock OSCE . In the background of this, I've had a lot of trauma indirectly tied to being a medical student (In MD2 Mum lost her job and then took a pay cut and I didnt work to support the household earnings drop (at her request because she felt guilty about it), in MD3 mom was assaulted by her employer and made redundant, so had a year where i was kind of economically grounded and couldnt do anything (I wrote papers though and they were unpaid), and now in MD4 shes retired and our house is totally paid off and my life is really good now outside of placement so I kind of dont have any extrinsic factors motivating me to pursue medicine anymore now either (really hard problem to relate to i know).

I am of the view I have probably just been avoidant of becoming more clinically independent and need to lock-in, be open with my friends about my shit performance and attempt to upskill reasonably fast as there are likely significant margins for improvement berfore MD4 final exams.

Problem List:

1. Is this trajectory of statistical OSCE performance decline something that can be overcome in 3-5 months? Give me tips.

2. I am interested in competitive surg subspecs and feel like this longitudinal evidence of subpar performance may reflect poor character traits - so should I reconsider my clinical choices?

Alright, this might have been asked numerous times before but I appreciate some insight as a newbie. So I'm from overseas who's been offered a level 1 supervised position in a MMM4 private billing practice. I understand at the moment it's close to impossible to land a level 1 position and it's definitely an employer's market in this circumstance.

I'm a non VR GP with 10 years of experience in general practice and a diploma in family medicine. I've been offered remuneration as follows :

level 1 : 45%
level 2 : 50%
level 3 : 55%
Enrolled in GP training : 60%
Fellowed GP : 65%

I wish to gauge if these are the market rates at the moment, of course keeping in mind
that I'm brand new to the Aus healthcare landscape and the massive bottleneck for a level 1 position. Thank you for your input.

Basically the title

Essentially the title - interested to hear peoples experiences with this. On one hand they're published, peer-reviewed articles, but they're also often not explicitly described.

Hey, was hoping ppl from vic & nsw can comment on their experience with BPT training in metro vic vs nsw (in the more supported networks). Hoping to know

1. responsibility/hours
2. AT job prospects. Including going interstate for AT roles

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

Final year MD student here (CAT1) really wanting to hear about people’s experiences during their intern years at VIC hospitals (especially the last few years more recently). I’m likely a future BPT so information about recent changes to BPT in PGY2/3 would also be great.

Really wanting to hear more about Alfred, St Vs, RMH, Austin, Monash, Western, Northern, Eastern and others if notable.
- culture (how supportive it is)
- overtime pay concerns
- anything else notable e.g. rural placements/ night shifts

Thank you so much