Features
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GP training – the path ahead
25 May 2015
This is a tumultuous time for GP practice and training.A four-year freeze on Medicare rebate indexation is expected to force many doctors to abandon bulk billing for their... -
Scamming scammers and the scams they peddle - a users guide to spotting and avoiding scams
06 Jul 2015
By John Alati, Federal AMA Senior Industrial and Legal AdviserAnyone with an email address has probably at some point received an unsolicited offer, often from someone claiming to... -
Australasian Doctors' Health Conference 2015
03 Nov 2015
By Dr Kym Jenkins, Conference convenor and Medical Director, Victorian Doctors’ Health ProgramDoctors’ health, and the health of the medical profession more generally, has never... -
Axe GP co-payment to help close Indigenous health gap
17 Mar 2015
The Federal Government has been urged to lift its investment in general practice funding in order to tackle high rates of undetected but preventable and treatable chronic health... -
Govt must be in for long haul to close health gap
16 Mar 2015
Indigenous life expectancy is improving, but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are still likely to die a decade younger than other Australians.In an update on... -
Quality selection, training vital to safeguarding GP future
25 May 2015
By Dr Penelope Need, Director of General Practice training at Southern Adelaide Local Health Network; tutor in Medical Professional and Personal Development, University of... -
Into the great unknown
25 May 2015
Dr Danielle McMullenAs 2015 rolls rapidly on, current and future GP registrars grow ever more nervous about the uncertainties in GP training from 2016.We’ve all heard about the GP... -
Trainee doctors face uncertain future
17 Mar 2015
There is significant uncertainty among specialist medical trainees about their job prospects as new Fellows face increasingly fierce competition for a limited number of employment... -
Funding modern general practice
05 May 2015
By Dr Tim Ross, GP and National Medical Director, Bupa.Dr Ross will be presenting at the AMA National Conference, Policy Session 1: Funding quality general practice – is it... -
What price a medical career?
17 Mar 2015
Cost remains a big gripe for specialist trainees.Only a quarter of those surveyed by the AMA last year felt their training program represented value for money, and almost 75 per...
