Prostate Screening: where are we now?
Not many topics in GP get more arguments going than prostate cancer screening – there are well-ignored guidelines, superstitions and lies, damn lies and statistics...
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...