Robert Smith

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• Posted Physician Assistants to My Medical Career Community
  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...
• Posted Clinical school experience..does it really impact your career options? to My Medical Career Community
  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...
• Posted Impaired doctors - what would you do? to My Medical Career Community
  Hi All  Last night I went to a GPSN/Advant sponsored moot court case, based on a real life situation, where a child died unnecessarily due to a combination of errors – Briefly:  The girl was 12yrs old, an Olympic gymnast from the Ukraine over here for a Asia-Pacific training camp....
• Posted My specialty? ...Hmmm, I'll get back to you. to My Medical Career Community
  Like most students who tell their family or friends that they are studying medicine, I get the typical “What do you want to be?” or “What would you like to specialize in?” questions and I have a prepared (abridged) spiel “I would like to be a blah”, or “I like...

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• Commented on The possibility of double specialties?
  Hi t0t0_boy Howard brings up an important option. There really is no limit to what you can do as a GP and many GPs have areas of interest and get extra qualifications in those areas. Remuneration is increasing and not...
• Commented on Masters during PGY1/2?
  Hi Amy From All accounts Intern year is hard enough (and important for registration) with out finding time for study. Perhaps after that year while most people are getting ready to choos a path, a masters might help (esp if clinically...
• Commented on My specialty? ...Hmmm, I'll get back to you.
  For those who have chosen a path. I would be very interested about what made you finally choose that path? Was it hard to decide, or was there never any doubt? Any stories/ memories/ moments that made the choice easier? ...

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• Jonathan Tomaszewski commented on My specialty? ...Hmmm, I'll get back to you.
  Hi Robert,Thanks for the insight into your medical career so far. I think many people who have chosen a path will have different stories to tell, and hopefully we will get to hear some here. My personal experience was of a gradual realisation more than anything. I happened to do a BMedSci (compulsory at Melbourne Uni at the time) in oncology because it interested me from a basic science point of view. That was in my third year of medicine. My supervisor was by chance a radiation oncologist and the seed was planted. I didn't put too much thought into...