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UPDATE: My Medical Career thanks the community

Posted in News & Events on 21.03.11
The My Medical Career team would like to thank all its readers and advertisers over the last three years for your support in making this website and resource for the Australian medical student and young doctor community possible. Sadly we...
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Medical Graduates becoming ‘coffee cup interns’

Posted in News & Events on 24.02.11
Medical students have called for the Federal Government to allocate more funding for over-stretched public teaching hospitals, claiming many graduates are becoming nothing more than “coffee cup interns”. In the past two years, state governments have been forced to accommodate...
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Indigenous doctor among nominee for Queensland's Australian of the Year nominee

Posted in News & Events on 25.01.11
From Australian Doctor - AN Indigenous GP who has dedicated his career to improving the health of fellow Aborigines is Queensland's Australian of the Year nominee. Associate Professor Noel Hayman was one of the University of Queensland's first Indigenous medical...
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20% Book Sale at Elsevier

Posted in News & Events on 02.12.10
To all medical students, Just released, Elsevier Australia is having a 20% off on all medical titles and free delivery for orders on their online store for 2 weeks until 15th December. All customers will also go into the draw...
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Attack of the marathon

Posted in News & Events on 24.11.10
From Australian Doctor: If you or your patient are planning on running a marathon, here are a few simple steps to get you on the road. By Dr Lessa Huguenin. OKAY, so you’re 40, or 50, or about to turn...
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Anaesthetic training opportunities for rural and remote GPs

Posted in News & Events on 22.11.10
The Gillard Government is getting on with the job of delivering more obstetric and anaesthetic services in rural and remote areas. Increased funding for maternity training for doctors will enable general practitioners to complete procedural training in obstetrics and anaesthetics....
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University of Sydney's Poche Centre to host showcase for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health initiatives

Posted in News & Events on 13.11.10
For the first time, a myriad of training and research initiatives in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health will be presented in the one forum facilitated by the University of Sydney's Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, on Tuesday, 16 November...
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2011 internship campaign places record number of interns in NSW hospitals

Posted in News & Events on 20.10.10
Seven hundred and seventy medical graduates, more than ever before, have been allocated to internship positions in New South Wales after CETI Medical Division (IMET) successfully facilitated another internship allocation and recruitment process for the 2011 clinical year. We also...
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More doctors, but most are still in cities

Posted in News & Events on 20.10.10
As quoted from 6minutes.com.au By Michael Woodhead. Australia has seen a 20% increase in the number of medical practitioners, but most are still in urban practices, a new workforce survey shows. According to an AIHW report, the number of medical...
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$900,000 teaching and learning centre will be established at St Vincent's Private Hospital in Lismore

Posted in News & Events on 15.10.10
As quoted from the Northern Star. A $900,000 teaching and learning centre will be established at St Vincent's Private Hospital in Lismore after the Federal Government agreed to fund the state-of-the-art complex. Although the hospital's chief executive Bob Walsh did...
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