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Don’t miss your chance to learn from the experts, to confidently identify skin malignancies and increase your skills in performing a range of practical skin procedures. education.australiandoctor.com.au/prac-procedure
Registrations for Practical Procedures - Suspicious Skin are now open! Hurry to secure your place, as spaces are limited for this popular CPD event. education.australiandoctor.com.au/prac-procedure
Registration for our FREE live roundtable, atopic dermatitis – breaking the cycle, is now open. Learn more and register here: howtotreat.com.au/category-2/liv
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It's the final countdown for Dermatology Academy Melbourne! Don't miss, registrations close tomorrow at 5pm. education.australiandoctor.com.au/dermatology-ac
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It's the final countdown for Dermatology Academy Sydney! Don't miss, registrations close tomorrow at 5pm.
education.australiandoctor.com.au/dermatology-ac
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Do you need some quality CPD time? Then you need Dermatology Academy! Treat yourself this weekend by registering for our August event. education.australiandoctor.com.au
Join our expert speakers at the upcoming seminar, Dermatology Academy, to update your knowledge on the assessment, treatment and referral of common skin and allergic conditions. education.australiandoctor.com.au
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Don't miss out! Registrations for the upcoming seminar, Maximising musculoskeletal health over time, close today 5pm AEST. education.australiandoctor.com.au/musculoskeleta
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There is less than a week left to register for our upcoming seminar, Maximising musculoskeletal health over time. Don't miss out, register today! education.australiandoctor.com.au/musculoskeleta
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It's clear that we GPs have hitched ourselves to a wagon that is slowing down, but people need reminding that we're businesses, not charity workers, writes Dr Justin Coleman () buff.ly/2xrWuZp
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Female GPs earn, on average, $13 less per hour than their male counterparts. Why? buff.ly/2xw9XiM
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Children from higher income households gain a greater share of Medicare resources over the first 1,000 days of their lives. Why? buff.ly/2sluph8
When navigating the wolly world of patient emotions, it can be difficult to bring up the topic of death. But it's part of our duty of care, writes Dr Chris Moy buff.ly/2LLirWj
Changes to PSA testing have led to a fair amount of confusion. In this piece, uro-oncologist Ian Vela outlines the key things for GPs to know buff.ly/2Jey7mD
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By the time most doctors see another doctor, we know there's something seriously wrong. So it proved with me. The diagnosis? Parkinson's buff.ly/2xul37L
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A large part of the attraction of general practice is the job’s capacity to provide unexpected moments of inspiration. Here’s one. True. Names and details changed. But true. buff.ly/2KUZbUT
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In more than 34 charity outback motor events, Dr Warwick Mackay — aka Dr Chev — has also raised $700,000 for good causes since his first rally 27 years ago.”buff.ly/2xbdgf9
"As a doctor, I go to great pains to explain the importance of malaria prevention to others, including sleeping under nets and taking chemoprophylaxis. However, on this occasion, I failed to practise what I preach” buff.ly/2IOQB9P
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When holding up a stop sign in public health, writes Professor Garry Egger, don't stand in the middle of the highway buff.ly/2IM842J
Failures to properly examine a patient's medical history and allergy test results could have been far more costly for this GP buff.ly/2LpGCcB
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“There’s no denying some doctor-shoppers can be clever, subtle, well-versed and manipulative. Yet, others, let’s admit it, have a sign on their forehead visible from miles away ” buff.ly/2IOQkUl
“By the time he saw me, Donald had experienced eight months of crippling pain in his neck, wrists, fingers and toes. He could not do up his buttons, squeeze toothpaste or handle a bath towel” buff.ly/2LuduRN
Like other small businesses, general practices are vulnerable to being cheated because they don’t always have the resource to detect security breaches. There’s also a perception that GPs can afford to pay up, which makes them attractive targets buff.ly/2s7jnfz
Many private medical specialists also let their public good obligations effectively reduce their potential income, writes . But patients seem to expect the sacrifice far more of GPs buff.ly/2GMBhJ5
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A quick who-am-I? I was one of the first fungi to undergo whole genome sequencing. I don’t survive outside the human body, but I’ve been around a long time. Hippocrates first wrote about me in Of the Epidemics in 400BC buff.ly/2xdCCsE
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There are now less than 4 weeks to register for our upcoming seminar, Maximising musculoskeletal health over time. Don't miss out, register today! education.australiandoctor.com.au/musculoskeleta
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Acute pain is a medical emergency, so why is there such a taboo surrounding epidurals? Paediatrician Dr Jim Newcombe takes on a lingering, painful truth buff.ly/2Ip7UOq
In our latest real medicolegal case study, GP is caught up in a complicated cross-claim after a bus driver accidentally kills a pedestrian buff.ly/2KvKwzp
On 30 November 1954, Ann Hodges was struck by a bit of bad luck ... in the form of a meteorite buff.ly/2Kwc87s
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After two years at the frantic nexus of health policy and politics, would outgoing AMA chief do it all again? Absolutely buff.ly/2rLmYj8
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Being on the front-line of the healthcare system, GPs take the brunt of expectation. Yet the ever-growing list of 'recommendations' borders on information overload, writes Dr Rob Park buff.ly/2IreuEh
Dr Pam Rachootin's motives for becoming a doctor were diverse; rooted in childhood trauma and a legacy of war. Would that have cut it at a selection interview?buff.ly/2KwHnzo