I went to an information seminar about the new Physician Assistant (PA) last night at UQ - primarily as a medical student who was interested in what the scope of practice will be, how they will fit in with the health care team etc. The new program at UQ for...

Dear All, My name is Tran Le and I am the Ambassador for the General Practice Student Network (GPSN) at Griffith Medical School. I would like to thank everyone who became involved with GPSN this year (members, committee and sponsors!). To wrap up the year, the local GPSN clubs (Bond,...

i have heard that it is extremely difficult for otds to get registra positions in surgery and dermatology.can someone tell me if it is the same for PSYCHIATRY...

5 November 2008 Joint Release Kevin Rudd Prime Minister The Hon Nicola Roxon MP Minister for Health and Ageing The Rudd Government will invest $148 million to immediately establish new GP training places, allowing 175 additional new doctors to begin training to become GPs over the next two years. This...

I am wondering if anyone could provide me with some information regarding the possibility of a physician to undergo surgery training and vice versa. For example, can a neurologist receive a training to become a neurosurgeon? Thank you very much....

Hi Jonathan. First of all I apologies if this is not the right forum for this question but maybe you can redirect me further. I am currently in my 3th year residency in rad-onc in The Netherlands.(Med school in The Netherlands) After visiting New-zealand several times I am considering immigrating...

Elsevier Australia is launching a new medical website, specifically targeted at specialists, and we want you to be a part of it! We're looking for enthusiastic bloggers as well as interview participants for short podcasts and vodcasts to contribute to our exciting new online project, which will be launching in...

Hi All As a second year medical student with only a few moths to go before I am really let loose on patients- I am to choose my clinical school for 3rd year (possibly 4th year as well). By "choosing" I mean placing my top 3 preferences in a mysterious...

The My Medical Career Vascular Surgery specialty profile will be added to the My Medical Career website towards the end of 2009. In the meantime there are resources available for current and future vascular surgeons:Australian and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery website and theNew Zealand Society of Vascular Surgeons...

A pre-clinical perspective isn't much of a perspective, really. I know a lot more now about the medical careers paths available to me than i did before I started medicine, a lot more. That doesn’t meant I know very much now though, just that I’m not quite as ignorant as...