by Medical Career Planning | Jun 21, 2017 | Suggested Articles
I often get asked about how many specialty areas there are within medicine, and to find out more information on specialty training pathways to help people make decisions. There are alot of things to consider when thinking of your specialty choice - how long is the...
by Medical Career Planning | Jun 21, 2017 | Suggested Articles
Medical Career Planning (MCP) is very excited to announce a new partnership with Medical Education Experts (MEE). MCP will be working with Dr Rebecca Stewart and the team at MEE to mentor, counsel and support doctors who require some assistance in this area. Medical...
by Fiona Higgins | Jul 17, 2016 | Suggested Articles
The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) has said that the area of addiction medicine is in desperate need of more doctors to train and practice in this area. Apparently there are currently 230 Fellows of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ Australasian...
by Fiona Higgins | Jul 17, 2016 | Suggested Articles
According to new projections released by the Department of Health, unless there is an increase in the number of post-medical school training positions available, around one in six students entering medical school in 2015 will not be able to complete their medical...
by Fiona Higgins | Jul 17, 2016 | Suggested Articles
Thinking about studying medicine and want to know what medical specialties are out there? Let’s start at the beginning…..The Australian Medical Association has a page on their websitethat outlines the pathways to medical school and to become a doctor. For a list of...
by Fiona Higgins | Jul 16, 2016 | Suggested Articles
Few of you would disagree that the quality of clinical diagnosis relates to how well you have taken a patient's history, done a clinical examination, and requested appropriate further investigations. This has parallels with the way in which you are more likely to...