Medicine
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In the News
Uni research reveals opioid prescriptions doubled over the last 24 years
New research has found that opioid prescriptions for non-cancer related pain has doubled over the last 24 years. Academics from the University…
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Graduate employment: how each Australian uni, study area fares
Undergraduates who studied at Charles Sturt University are more likely to be employed full-time three years after graduation than those…
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Industry & Research
Student doctor rockers play for degrees
Against a backdrop of high-profile junior doctor suicides, Flinders University is introducing novelty into its medical degree. The Adelaide-based institution is…
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Rural generalism: study and career option of the future
Medical students interested in remote health care are celebrating, following news that a new Rural Generalist Pathway will be added…
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New plan aims to build rural workforce
Education institutions need to ensure that more medical students come from rural backgrounds, or are required to complete training in…
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Policy & Reform
John Dwyer appointed to lead new medical school that students don’t want
Esteemed doctor and academic John Dwyer has been tapped to head the proposed Murray Darling Medical School, but not everyone’s pleased…
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Australia ‘needs’ international med students
International medical students should remain part of Australia’s “self-sufficient” health workforce ambitions, says Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand. Responding…
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Med grads face no-man’s land
Hundreds of international medical students could miss out on internships when they graduate next year due to a “tsunami” of…
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Curtin defends rural medicine stance
Curtin University has rejected suggestions that its planned medical school will increase pressure on clinical placements and fail to deliver…
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Victoria University researcher sounds alarm on nursing skill mix
Victorian aged care facilities have reduced the number of registered nurses employed in the sector following revised legislation which has…
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Teo says ‘dismal’ research funding needs boosting
A stellar international academic career was not enough to convince the Australian science and medical community of the worth of…
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First graduates from new medical school
It was with some pride that the University of Western Sydney celebrated its first group of graduates from its school…
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CQU defends chiropractic course
A group of 34 medical researchers and doctors has written to Central Queensland University urging it to re-consider plans to…
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No action needed, says AMC
The body that accredits medical schools has said the University of Queensland medical school’s accreditation is not likely to be…
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Medical students take expertise offshore
Valuable foreign medical students are being deterred from Australian study by anxiety about the graduate internship bottleneck, says global migration…
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School lifts doctor numbers
A hundred new doctors a year are expected to graduate from the University of Western Sydney’s new clinical medicine school,…
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