Ten Commandments for Med Students
This is my top ten tips for the new batch of Med Students hitting the wards this month. This is about how to be a...
Consult Skills 2: When Agendas Collide or “Physician Know Thyself”
This is part 2 of Consult Skills. Check out part 1 here if you haven’t yet. Part 1 was all about trying to be better...
Irukandji syndrome – the swarm hits Broome
We had our first ‘swarm’ of Irukandji syndrome victims for the season last week – with associated media frenzy! For those of you who are...
Consult Skills 1: The “normal” strategy: Understand the patient’s point-of-view and prosper
Pretend you are not a doctor for a minute. Imagine this: you wake up tomorrow with some abdo pain. Its not too bad, but gets...
Consultation Skills: Intro
Consultation Skills – not the most exciting topic in medicine, but these are essential skills we use every day. I think most doctors learned the...