Enhancing joint replacement recovery
General practitioners play a crucial role in guiding patients through various stages of medical care, including post-joint replacement recovery. Read More...
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Training in acute medical emergencies
All doctors will eventually experience a medical emergency. Complex, important decisions are required urgently, often with inadequate information. To manage an emergency well, a clinician needs both technical competence (medical knowledge, procedural skill), and the so-called ‘soft’ skills (communication, leadership and decision-making). Read More...
Unmasking PTSD: understanding treatment, growth and hope for recovery
Incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) varies across population, countries and trauma types, with rough estimates suggesting about 3.5% of the population experience PTSD at some point in their lifetime. Read More...
Shoulder pain 101
Pain is the most common presentation in the shoulder. After 15 years of consultant practice, I would like to share some tips and pearls learnt, sometimes through bitter experience. As the saying goes, ‘Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment.’ Read More...
Optimising psychiatric medication use: deprescribing considerations
Psychiatric medication deprescribing has gained significant attention in recent years as healthcare professionals recognise the importance of optimising medication use and minimising potential harms associated with long-term use. Historically, there has been little attention paid to deprescribing in psychiatry, and the focus of research had been on prescribing. Read More...
More than babies to worry about
The demise of another maternity service, this time in regional WA, is bad news for young families, but nor does is bode well for the rest of the community. Read More...
Here we go again
Australia is again facing a shortage of doctors. This happened in the mid-1980s and in early 2000s. This time it is more severe. The solution being proposed is a throwback to the ’80s – bring in more doctors from overseas. Read More...
Below and Above
Vines above. Truffles below. Images of karri forest, cool-cimate misty mornings, open fires spring to mind. Thella Estate is both a serious truffle grower and a premium wine producer. Read More...