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Balancing Roles:  Medical Student, Friend, Family Member

by Liam R, 14 July, 2018

Balancing Roles: Med Student, Friend & Family Member

The very first time you tell someone you aspire to study medicine in Australia, you are met with encouragement & e...

The Importance of Volunteering for Careers in Medicine

by Bibiana H, 01 July, 2018

Careers in Medicine - The Importance of Volunteering

You may have just seen a great article by Elliot that discussed ...

Protecting Doctors: What is the law?

by Elliot DE, 24 June, 2018

Protecting Doctors in the Workplace: What's the law?

As a graduate of medicine and law, I am hoping to give you some insight into t...

Things I wish I'd known before starting Med School

by Hannah L, 17 January, 2018

Things I wish I'd known before starting Med School

 

Starting med school can be pretty daunting. New people, new routines, new structures. Not to mention the HUGE amount of work you can expect to do between now and the day that you retire. It’s that first d...

What you can do with your medical degree?

by Liam Ramsey, 14 November, 2017

What you can do with your medical degree?

The answer to “What you can do with your medical degree, “is only limited by your imagination, ambition and perseverance. Medical degrees are changing, from courses embedded within conservative traditionalis...

Relaxation and Mental Health in Medical School

by Elliot Dolan-Evans, 24 October, 2017

Relaxation and Mental Health in Medical School

Medical school can be an awful lot of hard work, just as any serious study in any profession can be. Unfortunately, there is a temptation by medical students to completely bury themselves in the study, see little dayl...

Medical School Clinical Placements

by Dan Wilson, 24 October, 2017

Medical School Clinical Placements

As a medical student, I see too many of my colleagues misusing their opportunity at Clinical Placements. Your time as a medical student, allocated to each different clinical placement, is invaluable because you have open...

Medical anthropology

by Bibiana H, 06 March, 2017

How about Medical Anthropology?

How many times have you come across television sitcoms or visited a GP in Australia or internationally, and there has been some form of cultural misunderstanding? This has happened to...

Considering Psychiatry specialty career path

by Elliot D, 23 January, 2017

When I Grow Up - Psychiatry

Though many of you may be currently knocking down the doors of Australian medical schools, and thinking about the ...

Medical Marijuana Cannabis Legalisation

by Elliot Dolan-Evans, 27 December, 2016

Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis

In recent months there has been a very interesting change in policy direction from the Australian Federal Government concerning medicinal cannabis. Medicinal cannabis has been a highly controversial pharmaceutical opt...