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how much you can possibly earn?

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What sorts of locations will you go to as a locum doctor? Is it all regional stuff or is it also filling in for other doctors in metropolitan hospitals too?
I was thinking of being one for a year in PG2 or PG3, because I heard that the pay is about 4-5x what you'd get as a normal doc, does it impact your progression and potential selection into training colleges?

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What are your thoughts on the effectiveness of big volunteer organisations such as MSF? Are you able to share your thoughts on how volunteering with an organisation such as Medecin Sans Frontier might be worked into a career? In particular: Is it hard to do for long periods/often because there is now salary (as far as I am aware)? And does it significantly break up your momentum on the pathway to specialisation (might it be better to specialise first)?

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What are some ways we can get involved with research throughout our clinical years? Any tips on the application process?

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What are some ways doctors can apply to practice medicine overseas (either as a GP or specialist)? What are some considerations about taking this pathway?

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Costs are quite low for patients attending VAHS, in particular a GP there. All appointments are bulk billed and many individuals are entitled to further discounts through medicare and healthcare cards

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Any tips on managing fatigue while studying/working. Sure everyone can relate to feeling tired while/after studying, however with our workload there's only so many breaks you can take before you get behind. So any tips on what you do to get an energy lift when you need it?

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Had a questionable appointment on GP placement where a patient asked whether the doctor thought they should see a psychologist and the doctor instead of giving them a referral/mental health care plan explained to them that they need to change their mindset and they'll feel better ...

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I know that many practices that used to fully bulk bill patients, are transitioning to mixed billing (i.e. taking a out-of-pocket gap fee for medical services). I think this is a fair move, and this is what my GP clinic for placement has recently done too, but it seems inevitable that many patients are not happy about this shift and have many complains towards the clinic, especially the receptionist staff, as they are the ones they first encounter :((

What are your thoughts on this? What are the ways to better solve the situation? Can the government do something about it?

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What are the different pathways after med school?

What made you decide to become a GP instead of specialising?

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Interacting with pts from diverse cultural backgrounds

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Interacting with pts from diverse cultural backgrounds

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When interacting with patients from a different culture, what are some general tips to avoid being culturally insensitive or offensive by accident?

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This tutorial provides time and space for you to yarn with your tutor and each other about what you have learnt over the past 4 weeks in any aspect of MD1. This may include societal issues that are resonating with you or challenging you and how these issues relate to medicine.

Over the past 4 weeks you have been recording your learning and reflections in your e-Portfolio. Your reflections should include any questions that you would like to ask a health clinician to understand how your learning might apply in the practice of medicine or across different practice settings. This tutorial offers time and space for you to explore these questions in a question and answer format.

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With regards to patient interaction, what are some habits we can build right now as medical students to set us up for the future?

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What's one of your most memorable stories from working as an intern? Why is that story meaningful / how has it shaped your practice?

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How did you get involved in HAES? How / when should we start thinking about getting involved in organisations / training such as this (during medical school? after med school?)

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Professional Identity Outside the Clinic

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Professional Identity Outside the Clinic

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How do you manage the pressures of juggling professional identity & personal/family identity outside the work environment?

Doctors are often expected to be exemplary role models of health outside of the practice, however, sometimes imma feel like walking to the shops at 8pm in trackies to pick up some chocolate. Or likewise, go to a pub with friends?

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NACCHO Fact:
According to the 2020-21 report, NACCHOs provide 3.1 million episodes of care each year for about 410,000 people at 550+ sites. These are such impressive numbers and yet need requires even more than this, towards which NACCHO is striving.

Questions:
1. What is your best piece of advice for how a medical student can begin to foster a culturally safe environment in an interaction that may be lead by another clinician ie. we are observers in a GP placement or hospital setting?
2. Competence seems to be particularly difficult to ascertain in instances of mental health conditions. While we touched on some of this briefly in our tutorial, I was wondering given the high prevalence of mental health conditions today whether this is calling into question competence more frequently or whether the severity of the mental health status remains the determining feature and so may still be an infrequent ethical consideration?

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Work-Life Balance: Balancing A New Family with Clinical Practice

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Work-Life Balance: Balancing A New Family with Clinical Practice

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How do you go about managing/balancing family life with work as a GP? What are some of the things you have loved about it? What have some of the challenges been?

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If you had to do med school over again (the horrors!), what would you do differently? What would you do the same?

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I was on the bus travelling home after placement a couple of weeks ago & a patient who I had seen a few weeks prior jumped on. Concerned about patient confidentiality,  although wanting to be friendly, I smiled at them but didn't say hi or acknowledge publicly that I knew them.

Thankfully for masks, I don't think the patient recognised me, however, it made me wonder how best to manage situations like these? Can you tell any stories from your own experience?