A PGY6 doctor explains why temporarily hoping off the medical training conveyor belt helped them become a better doctor.I spent the second half of 2019 agonizing over whether or not I should take a year away from clinical medicine. I did all the normal things to help...

As doctors we encounter a number of traumatic experiences. Debriefing is key not just for our mental health, but also for our educational development. I still vividly remember the first cardiac arrest I saw. As a third year medical student on my first clinical...

A final year medical student weighs up the pros and cons of dating within and outside of medicine. For better or for worse, over the last few years I have been (mostly) single and have spent a considerable amount of time, effort, and dedication dating, when I could...

Starting med school is a big jump, but when you add moving hundreds of kilometres interstate it gets a little more complicated. Leaving family and friends behind, surviving financially,  deciphering Centrelink instructions and creating your own support networks  while...

Dear 1st year me,  Congrats! You’ve just turned 17 and about to embark on your dream of studying medicine. Despite the predictions, despite your self-doubt and the obstacles that stood in your way, you’re here!  It seemed like only yesterday when you sat, impatiently,...

It's difficult to see the good in a 3-hour round trip to med school or a clinical placement, but as one medical student shows us there's a lot to gain in the space between home and work.Out of the window, the sun spilt over the horizon in shades of deep orange and...

It can be a daunting leap from resident to registrar regardless of the speciality. A seasoned unaccredited surgical registrar gives you the advice they wish they had been given when they started. Countless articles are written every January in Australia with tips and...

Congratulations! You’ve made it. Despite a global pandemic, you have finished your preclinical studies, and are hopefully allowed on the wards this year. This is where the fun begins. Taking blood, clerking patients, assisting in surgeries – we get to play doctor...

Below is a collection of very common knowledge that you will likely pick up within your first few weeks of internship. This is by no means meant to be a comprehensive guide to surviving the year, but hopefully it will give you good insight and understanding, so you...

Medical School Horror stories are a cathartic and humourous way to share our struggles and triumphs so we can have a laugh, a cry and make it easier for the next overwhelmed med student! Send us your stories here!  Moving into a new share house can be a scary...

While medicine is a wonderful field in which to work there are plenty of reasons to want to walk a different path. So a career in clinical medicine no longer excites you? That’s OK. Maybe it never did. Maybe you chose to study medicine because you were 17 or 18 and...

Within the current medical training landscape we're feeling the pressure earlier and earlier to choose a speciality. A junior doctor reflects on some useful approaches to help us decide.Medical training is a well-oiled machine that aims to chute undifferentiated...

Unfortunately, with older patients we encounter at the hospital, we are often too stretched to really connect with them on a personal level. But when we do, there's a great deal we can learn from their wisdom and experience."I don't want to spend the rest of my life...

2020 has stretched and challenged us in ways we couldn’t imagine. From the catastrophic bushfires to the global pandemic, an economic recession and the Black Lives Matter uprisings. In many ways, it has changed the way we approach, understand and practice medicine. ...