Carmel Sparke

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke

The wife of a leading doctor who suffered a fatal MI has lost her bid for compensation after she claimed his death was the result of relentless workplace stress. The director of medicine at Tasmania’s Launceston General Hospital, Dr Alasdair MacDonald, collapsed on Christmas Day in 2023. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke

Being a leftie has been seen as a handicap during surgical training, but a new study shows they are just as capable of mastering surgical skills as right-handers. Most instruments and instructors are right-handed, but “whether this affects the performance of left-handed trainees remains unclear,” the study authors wrote in Surgery Open Science.

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke

Two GPs who treated accused mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson after she dished up a fatal lunch of beef Wellington have given evidence in her murder trial. Dr Christopher Webster and Dr Veronica Foote were both on duty at Leongatha Hospital in Victoria’s southeast when Ms Patterson presented, saying she had “gastro”. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke

Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine with links to the articles, opinions, studies and posts. Bird dropping ‘luck’ theory tested as Teal doctor MP’s political fate hangs in the balance × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke

Almost half of women have experienced partner violence, including 12% who report being choked and 15% who performed sex acts against their will, an Australian study suggests. Based on a representative survey of 8500 people, the study estimated prevalence of intimate partner violence — physical, sexual or psychological — at 48% for women and 40% for men, higher than previous figures.