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  ‎ ‎ I know how this goes. You see ‘correctional medicine’ and something in you has already moved on. Not for me. Too niche. Probably unsafe. And definitely not what I trained for.  One of the doctors I work with didn’t give it much thought either. He was looking for locum GP work. A colleague mentioned to…

Spend enough time talking to doctors about their careers and you start to notice a pattern. Very few people say, “I evaluated my options and deliberately chose this exact role again.” What you hear instead is something more like, “I’ve thought about changing. Just haven’t got around to it yet.” Years can pass inside that…

‎ ‎‎ ‎ When the CPD requirements changed in 2023, doctors across Australia were stressed, confused, and angry. Dr Susannah Ward was bored enough on a nine-hour car drive to actually figure them out. What she discovered became Ataraxia Collective, and it’s solving a problem much deeper than CPD.  There’s something Dr Susannah Ward sees…

When our Nursing Director, Martin, was chatting with one of his Remote Area Nurses recently, she said.. “I never start a contract without duct tape.” And if you’ve ever worked out bush, you already know why. For this RAN, duct tape has solved a number of problems. It’s patched cracked water bottles, held a clinic…

When I’m speaking with GPs, whether they’re exploring a permanent move or considering their next locum contract, one theme comes up in almost every conversation: work–life balance.  For some, it’s a question of what even is work-life balance in a modern GP setting where patient demand is high and admin never seems to end. For…