Australian Doctor

Australian Doctor sees general practice as the foundation of the Australian healthcare system and understands that high-quality primary care significantly impacts the health of the community. We recognize the difficulties that general practitioners encounter within the intricate Australian healthcare landscape and strive to support GPs and their patients. Our goal is to educate, inform, and connect Australian GPs on various aspects of their profession, strengthen the GP community, promote discussions, and advocate for robust general practice.

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Platypus rescue spurs rare venom emergency

1 day ago | ausdoc.com.au | Mohana Basu

A woman’s attempt to rescue a wild platypus left her in excruciating pain and requiring surgery in a rare case of envenomation reported in the Medical Journal of Australia. The 62-year-old presented to ED with severe pain just two hours after handling the monotreme, according to clinicians from the Royal Hobart Hospital in Tasmania.
Ultrasound or MRI first line for endometriosis diagnosis: new guidelines

1 day ago | ausdoc.com.au | Mohana Basu

Doctors can diagnose endometriosis with transvaginal ultrasound or MRI and start hormonal treatments to manage symptoms while diagnostic investigations are underway, updated guidelines say. RANZCOG’s practice guideline update, the first since 2021, emphasises non-invasive diagnosis and early treatment. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.
Tirzepatide reduces weight more than semaglutide in head-to-head trial of patients without diabetes

4 days ago | ausdoc.com.au | Mohana Basu

Tirzepatide leads to greater weight loss than semaglutide in adults with obesity but without type 2 diabetes, a head-to-head trial suggests. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the SURMOUNT-5 trial involved 751 participants randomly assigned to the maximum tolerated dose of tirzepatide (10mg or 15mg) or semaglutide (1.7mg or 2.4mg) and treated for 72 weeks.
RACGP updates guidance on chasing test results in anticipation of new My Health Record rule

4 days ago | ausdoc.com.au | Antony Scholefield

Forcing pathology companies to send results to My Health Record will lead to more GPs being confronted with findings from tests they did not order, the RACGP warns. In February, the federal Parliament passed laws to take Medicare cash from pathology or imaging companies that did not upload to My Health Record, with exceptions for when patients did not consent or the technology failed.
DVA’s first chief psychiatrist on Afghanistan, PTSD and the struggle of doctors to manage their own trauma

4 days ago | ausdoc.com.au | Rachel Carter

“Every doctor reading this will have experienced traumas in their working life. “As a profession, we do not deal with that well. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here. Remember MeForgot Password?
When writing scripts pays more than saving lives, something is badly broken

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Heather Saxena

The humble GP is often seen as the first port of call and rarely as the last hope. But this could not be further from reality. With a public mental health system strained to the point of breaking, and waiting lists to see even a private psychiatrist stretching out to half a year or more, the humble GP is there. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.
Widow of respected doctor blames his fatal MI on 'unrealistic' work pressures: tribunal

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.
Are GPs born with the sucker gene?

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Heather Saxena

By way of background, I must state that I am pissed off with the world in general and Homo sapiens in particular. I am not depressed, but I have long realised we are a flawed species. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.
Does being left-handed make suturing harder to pick up?

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.
'Where I work, just me and two nurses keep the patient alive': GP podcaster on medical education’s city bias

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Mohana Basu

“I was in the operating room and the surgical doctor popped his head over the drape and said, ‘I thought I recognised your voice — you’re the GP Lyf Hacks guy!'” As Dr David Lam’s pandemic lockdown hobby morphed into a podcast with 22,000 listeners, it’s made him somewhat of a medical celebrity. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.