The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights describes the rights of patients and other people using the Australian health system. These rights are essential to make sure that, wherever and whenever care is provided, it is of high quality and is safe.
Tens of millions of dollars have been paid to Australian medical schools to boost the number of doctors in regional areas, but only half of those schools have been meeting the minimum standard for the funding....
The University of Canberra has been identified as the preferred site for a new sub-acute hospital in Canberra’s north, Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has revealed today.
British Journal of Healthcare Computing 20 January 2012
[New York, USA/ Medicine] - First-year students at New York University School of Medicine have been taught anatomy using a pioneering online 3D interactive virtual human body called the BioDigital Human. It is used to supplement the traditional use of human cadavers in anatomy instruction by allowing students to both view and interact with realistically simulated 3D organs and other anatomical structures.
To prepare for future health workforce requirements, planners need an understanding of the clinical activity of physician assistants (PAs) and their career trajectory. We compared the characteristics of clinically active older PAs to younger PAs.
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
The peak doctors' lobby has called for every rural GP and specialist to be paid tens of thousands of dollars per year in extra incentives to encourage more to commit to country practice, warning that "urgent intervention" is required to tackle a workforce crisis.
Peter Brooks, Director Australian Health Workforce Institute at University of Melbourne weighs up what a national dental scheme would actually mean for the country.
As many of us recover from the festive binge of overeating, drinking too much and not exercising enough, spare a thought for the new health minister as she plans for 2012. An exciting agenda looms - will we finally see a national dental scheme? And will the government finally manage to address escalating healthcare costs?
The head of medicine at Queensland's James Cook University says more Indigenous students need to sign up to medical courses to help improve health standards in remote communities.
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) is the professional association and union uniting doctors and dentists in New Zealand: September 2011: What makes Health Workforce New Zealand Workforce Service Reviews work? - Dr Lucio Naccarella
