IF the shortage of medical training internships isn’t addressed, would-be doctors will be stuck in limbo unable to finish their training, the AMA warns.
THE internship shortage for medical students has reached crisis point, says the Australian Medical Association (AMA).
Faced with a growing ageing population, the AMA says the shortage could have severe implications on the [...]
Does your application secretly have the words “overqualified,” “desperate” and “likely to be bored stiff within a month” written all over it? If you are aiming too low in your job search, chances are employers will read between the lines and notice — and move on to someone else.
There are two primary reasons why people [...]
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WOMEN should forget about taking time off work to look after their babies if they want to climb the career ladder, research suggests.
Female professionals who want to get ahead should return to the office as soon as possible after giving birth – or even give up having a family, a survey of top recruiters showed.
While [...]
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Despite Australia’s doctor shortage, public hospitals are unable to meet the demands of training the next generation of medical specialists.
So far this year, the New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmanian health systems have been unable to offer internships to all the medical students who need them. A sharp rise in student numbers has also contributed [...]
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Does your hospital have a social media policy? And if so, does it extend to employee use of sites not hosted by your organization?
One thing I’ve noticed while perusing hospital social media policies that were lurking on the web is that most seem to refer only to terms and conditions that apply to medical center-sponsored [...]
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U.S. employers shed 131,000 jobs in July. If you are out there reading the classifieds and scanning job boards, you are certainly not alone, but those postings can be difficult to navigate.
What will the job entail? Are you really qualified? And how can you make yourself look like the ideal candidate to the hiring manager?
The [...]
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The major parties are facing a big challenge in the area of health, with both prescribing similar medicine for a number of ailments.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have been spotted traipsing through hospitals with funding announcements in hand and local candidates in tow.
Beyond the usual political sniping, both want a new [...]
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Medical students would like to use video games in med school, according to findings from a survey published online in BMC Medical Education. Virtually all of the students surveyed (98 percent) like the idea of using technology to enhance healthcare education; four in five think that video games could be educational.
The findings are perhaps not [...]
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Paid parental leave is an important and necessary social and economic reform.
Without strong families, Australia will not have a strong future.
The Coalition’s Paid Parental Leave scheme will enhance child and maternal wellbeing by providing working mothers with real time and real money during the important period following childbirth.
The Coalition’s scheme will be 26 weeks in [...]
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Like other employers, hospitals increasingly are turning to on-site staff wellness programs to curb employee healthcare costs. The financial consequences of poor employee health can be severe. For example, Advocate Health Care, Illinois’ largest integrated health network, experienced almost $6 million in lost productivity in 2009 due to obesity (approximately six times higher than smoking), [...]
