lockdowns
Pandemic drops prescription rate
With mask mandates, lockdowns, social distancing and sanitizer everywhere, other illnesses and infections seemed to disappear, a supposition backed up by new research from Monash University which reports that outpatient antibiotic prescribing in Australia fell by up to 38% during the pandemic. Read More...
Fear, resilience and our mental health
It can take time for the consequences of actions to occur. A melanoma does not develop the day after sunburn nor lung cancer a week after starting smoking. Thus, the mental health problems related to lockdowns and fear may not all be visible yet. Read More...
Blended learning – digital transformation of medical education
We are in a period of unprecedented disruptions – the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our sense of normality. Lockdowns aimed at ‘flattening’ the curve impact our lives, including the delivery of medical education in WA. Read More...