Competence and Excellence in Medical Practice
With just over sixteen weeks to go until the RACGP written exams, planning your study should ‘be done and dusted‘. But, if you’ve left your run a little late, we’d like to share some words of wisdom to ensure you make the most of your precious learning time. So what’s the plan? Your study plan …
Working, training and being assessed in different medical contexts is challenging. With the publication of RACGP exam results, there is always a vibrant discussion regarding the validity and reliability of assessment, exploration of ‘near misses’, and an understandable spectrum of emotion extending from exhilaration related to a high mark, elation and surprise at an …
And the cognitive bias of the week is…..ZEBRA RETREAT! In my previous blogs I’ve been exploring the importance of generating a broad differential list early in the diagnostic process. This is particularly important to mitigate against biases such as premature closure and affective bias (‘gut-feel’). If we have generated a good differential list, it should …
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Japanese Proverb Six months ago, I started a journey towards an important goal – running the Melbourne Half Marathon. This will be my fifth (and probably last due to my rapidly expanding injury repertoire), and I am not new to running, but have …